About the diary writer
- Barbara McDowell Whitt
- Kansas City, Missouri, Alexandria, Virginia, United States
- ~ About: A 1961-65 Park College Diary ~ As a high school girl and then a college coed in the first half of the 1960s, I wrote nightly entries on the pages of one-year diaries. In January 2010 I began transcribing the entries into a blog and gave each one a title. I grew up on three farms within 30 miles of Iowa City and the University of Iowa with its Iowa Writers' Workshop. As the oldest of four daughters, in my diaries I sometimes referred to my sisters as "the kids" or "the girls." We helped our parents, but we also had good, wholesome fun - a characteristic I took with me to Park. Park is 300 miles southwest of West Chester, Iowa, in Parkville, Missouri, on the Missouri River 10 miles northwest of Kansas City, Missouri, and across the river from Kansas City, Kansas. In 2000 Park College became Park University. Today Park's flagship campus is in Parkville and there are an additional 41 campus centers across the nation. Park was one of the first educational institutions in the United States to offer online learning. My last post was on May 22, 2018. I may be followed on Twitter @BarbaraMcDWhitt.
A Good 125th Anniversary Celebration - Saturday, June 13, 1964
Washington has really had a good 125th anniversary celebration. They deserve a telegram of congratulations. We saw the "Washington Way" historical pageant tonight. It was very good - local talent but professionally directed. Marilyn Friese made a good queen of the celebration. The winning candidates were determined by the number of tickets they sold to the pageant. The six we bought from Marilyn no doubt helped. Dick Anderson, the one with whom I had the "part" in the style show, was the grand champion beard grower. This whole event has been just as fun as a Park College Harvest Festival. I received a $150 per term grant-in-aid from the college for next year.
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