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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.

Washington's Ridiculous Day was Held Today - Tuesday, June 9, 1964

The annual Ridiculous Day took place in Washington, as wild as ever. I wouldn't want to go to town for the day just for that, but a lot of people apparently do. The carnival for the celebration is all around the square, so people have to park a long way off. I wasn't quite as far away as Sunset Park. Mom, Phyl and Ann went to town this morning on some errands, and they got me some white tennis shoes on sale that I wanted. Other than that, I didn't get anything. I hope Mrs. Luckenbill can make do since I only got one local news item, but they usually show up from some place. Mom trimmed my hair this evening.

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