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.
Phyllis and Steve Shugart's Brother Rich are Here - Saturday, March 13, 1965
Phyllis and Steve Shugart's brother Rich got here about 11:00. Seth showed them the science hall and I got to see the work he is doing in the physics department. After lunch I talked with Phyllis and washed my hair. Then the four of us went up to the observatory and walked around campus some. I think Mr. McGehee brought a popular little "couple for the weekend" to Park. Both Steve and Dee are in Chicago this weekend. Rich is certainly making himself at home. We went to the movie tonight, then Phyl and Rich went to the Parchie Varsity Playboy Club and Seth and I went to the Armentrouts. Seth and Charlie made fudge while Vivien taught me how to play chess.
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2 comments:
This was a particularly interesting post, with the fudge and chess and Playboy Club and all!
I'm glad you liked it, Ron. It was a fun weekend.
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