About the diary writer
- Barbara McDowell Whitt
- Kansas City, Missouri, Alexandria, Virginia, United States
- ~ 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.
Finally Made the Dean's List at Park College - Saturday, January 2, 1965
I finally made the Dean's List at Park! After waiting out the suspense all vacation, I had all but given up hope of my grades coming today, but they did. In student teaching I got an A- and A in philosophy of education, A- in art for elementary teachers, and B+ in music for elementary teachers. Those were the grades I thought I deserved, but I just couldn't be sure. We went out to Grandma's for supper tonight. This afternoon Mom and I drove to Iowa City (while the girls and Daddy rode horses) to see if we could find some books from Phyl's textbook list, but the bookstores were closed for inventory.
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Wow! Pretty impressive grades I would say. Guess I married a pretty smart lady.
Thank you to my wonderful husband who reads every entry of my journey through Park College.
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