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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.

Helped with Faculty-Student Picnic at Hamiltons - Sunday, May 30, 1965

This morning I went to the Episcopal church north of here with Tex Smith and Miss Vulliamy. I had wanted to visit an Episcopal church and was glad for the opportunity. This particular congregation is about as informal as our own in West Chester, and they have a minister who reads his sermon. This afternoon I sunbathed on Hawley lawn. Then at 3:30 I drove to Commons to pick up the food for the faculty-student picnic at the Hamiltons. Linda, Bonnie, Kathy and I went early to help. Playing croquet was fun. Tonight Mom Hunt drove Marv, Al, Bonnie, Kathy and me to the Plaza to window shop and get ice cream and hamburgers. Evelyn was home for the day but is back tonight.

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