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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.

Went to a Party at the Old Red Brick School - Saturday, June 27, 1964

Nic ended up getting a blind date for his friend Ben Prior and Nancy Satler, so we doubled with them to the "infamous" Second Circle that a group of Washington guys have fixed up at the old Red Brick School. It's really a cool place. I wish some kids from Park could see it. It was hard to remember that I was finding such entertainment in practically my own back yard. Everyone there was a college student. They had chips and drinks, cards, records and guitar playing. I've also widened my horizons. My prejudice against "eastern" kids can no longer be so deep seated. These kids from Washington County, Iowa, acted exactly the same. We went to the Four Corners restaurant afterwards.

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