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~ 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.

Tonight There is an Eclipse of the Moon - Wednesday, June 24, 1964

Daddy and Phyllis baled hay again this afternoon. We went out this evening to help them put it up. There is an eclipse of the moon tonight. Marty is Ann's guest. I rode my bike out to the Wellman road and back three times, then Bernice came along, so I went out and back with her. And then I did two more times with Rosemary. My legs will probably be stiff. Nic was still afraid the people of Washington will hang me when they see my comment - he asked what kind of flowers I want. I don't think my answer is so bad. The column was in the Journal tonight.

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