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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.

Working on Harvest Festival Pages of the Yearbook - Friday, July 10, 1964

I am nearly finished with the Harvest Festival pages of the yearbook that I started so long ago. I can say one thing, at least I have some fun sections with which to work. The work seems long and tedious, yet I am progressing pretty fast at that. With all of the pages on the living room floor, if we have a fire or tornado, I guess I've had it. Nic was busy and rather impersonal acting today - but I showed him the article about Africa. Sometimes in spite of all my good intentions, I still end up being on the shy side around men. I guess I'll finish reading The Moonflower Vine. I was on the last chapter two months ago when Virginia loaned the book to Bonnie and Connie.

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