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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.

Mom, Dad, Virginia and Ann Left After Dinner - Sunday, October 11, 1964

I came back and got ready for church while Mom, Dad, Virginia and Ann went back to Waid's for a quick breakfast. Then we went to church in the chapel. Dr. Patton had a very nice sermon that included "Park College and what it can do for you." After dinner they got started back after a fast but enjoyable visit. I then started rounding up things for the education department open house and gave Bonnie the last minute help she needed. Not too many people showed up, not even education majors, but oh well. It rained again on the Sunday after a beautiful Harvest Festival Saturday.

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