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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.

Will Get Books and Tests From R-5 to Use in Our Program - Thursday, May 27, 1965

Things ended up working out very well for me today. The Board of Education in Kansas City couldn't give us any books or tests. I finally got a hold of several "roses among the thorns" in the R-5 district, and I think Mr. Ultican at Chinn will be able to give us what we need. Luckily I got to the Pattons' house (after trying twice before) when Dee was there, and that was the only time Mrs. Patton would let me go into her room. I got the things I took there in April. Dee is leaving for the weekend, so I really needed them! Dr. Pai is leaving everything mostly up to me in connection with our program. He will be in Iowa City Tuesday through Thursday. My road maps were still in the car so I used them to show him how to get there.

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