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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.

Sobbing and Crying About Written Comp Grade of 74 - Saturday, April 10, 1965

If my written comp grade that I got back today is right and there is no mistake, I feel as if I'm suffering the worst experience of my life! As far as I'm concerned, a 74 is a D on the college scale and I do not believe that if I got a 94 on my GRE and have never had anything lower than a B in any of my education courses, that my comprehensive exam should be of D quality. After lunch I saw Seth and since he wasn't busy he listened to my sob story. I cried again tonight to myself quietly in Evelyn's and my room. The girls I've told are very understanding. Dee got an 85, MaryAnne 80. Evelyn is home this weekend, so I don't know her score. The other grades I've heard are 70-72.

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