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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.

Stephens Will Have 18 Women in Hawley - Wednesday, August 19, 1964

Finally I received the final word on Stephens. We will have the east end of Hawley's fourth floor plus Room 405 and 407 on the west end. The remainder of the floor will be occupied by freshman girls. Stephens will have 18 - two in each room. I made a few roommate switches - the Dean of Women said I could - from those "singles" they had put together. I hope things work out! Personally, I'd rather make our one extra room a private lounge and entertain guests (guys) in Hawley lounge. Two men were here to sell us a water conditioner - I and my signing cards at the fair!

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