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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.

A Nice American Society of University Women Tea - Thursday, February 18, 1965

Margaret, Leslie and I from Stephens and a number of other senior girls went to a tea sponsored by the American Society of University Women, Parkville Branch, at the Presbyterian Church tonight. It was very nice. Dr. Bergman from the English Language Institute showed slides of India. This afternoon I took the news release for our remedial reading program to Miss Anderson. With a few minor changes, maybe we will be on our way to a summer program during June. I sent a letter to Phyllis, went to my mailbox, and there was one from her. Seth called me last night to ask if I'd like to go to a party at Bob and Sally Lastick's Saturday evening.

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