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.
Answered Question for "Town Talk" Column - Tuesday, June 23, 1964
This seemed like a fast day for some reason. They were leaving to go out to Grandma's where Phyllis and Daddy were making hay, when I got home from work, so I had the house to myself most of the evening. Two men from Mutual of Omaha came about the insurance Daddy and Mom took out for Phyllis and me. Nic asked me whether I was going to stay in Washington after graduation for his "Town Talk" column. When I said, "Why would anyone want to stay in Washington the rest of his life when there's the whole rest of the world to see?" he said they'd crucify me - nail me to the fountain in Central Park.
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