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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.

Took News Item About Park Graduation to Journal Office - Tuesday, April 27, 1965

I went with Mom and Dad to PTA tonight. Many were interested in my teaching position. Mrs. Mangold approached me about teaching the junior high class in Bible School. Phyllis, Ellen and I went to Washington this afternoon. We ate lunch at the Dari Delite. I took my local news item about graduating from Park to the Journal and left it on Mrs. Luckenbill's desk. Mrs. Morris was the only one I talked with as most of the others were out for lunch. I bought some blue shorts and a red print blouse at the new Mode O' Day store and tennis shoes. I unpacked my big suitcase.

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