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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.

Got Stanford Tests and an Iowa Test for Our Program - Friday, May 28, 1965

I've been getting some good natured teasing about my being "addicted to Park College." Bonnie said I should tell people when they ask why I'm here, "They revoked my diploma." I just came up from Mom Hunt's apartment where Marv and Al made cinnamon toast for a group of us. This morning I went out to Chinn and Mr. Ultican gave me a supply of Stanford tests. Then I stopped past the junior high to get and Iowa test from Mrs. Gatton for our seventh grade student. After lunch Kathy went with me to take last year's Stephens composite in to DeCloud's studio for repairs. Someone drew pencil marks on thirteen photos and tore two from the composite.

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