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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.

Saw Rose Bowl and Cotton Bowl Parades and Games - Friday, January 1, 1965

We had a quiet New Year's Day watching the Cotton Bowl and Rose Bowl parades and games. Michigan beat Oregon in the Rose Bowl, and Arkansas beat Nebraska in the Cotton Bowl. It's been so long since I've seen a football game, I really enjoyed it. I still like soccer though. Tonight Cuddebacks had us there for supper. I visited with Mom and Marion while "the kids played" upstairs. This was a rainy, gray and foggy day. If it were to be any indication of the year ahead, it would be rather dismal!

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