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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.

Called Evelyn's Boyfriend, Talked for 15 Minutes - Saturday, December 26, 1964

This was a leisurely day of fun and visiting. I've felt sort of lazy though. This afternoon we went over to the Value Fair, a discount store. The girls got some clothes, but I didn't get anything. I called Jim Hurst and talked with him for fifteen minutes. He really is sincere. I'm going to have to act a little more interested in him and Evelyn. I know I've been neglectful. I guess it's about time I realize that they really are a good couple. Virginia was "fooling around" dialing numbers by direct dialing and called Abbie Timmins [in Iowa] - just like that!

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