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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.

Hawley and the MDCP had a Hamburger Fry Tonight - Sunday, June 13, 1965

Sandy Odo asked me this morning if I would help usher at church, so I did, along with her, Paul and Tex. Mrs. Hansmire had called me Friday about "looking after" a high school girl coming this afternoon to Room 313. She didn't come till tonight, when I had gone over to the library. What would Park College do if I suddenly said "No" when they asked me to do something? This afternoon I worked on posters for word discrimination. They'll be good to have for third grade. That reminds me, I got a letter from Mr. Fuller yesterday saying I'll now have 23 pupils this fall. Cleveland won one and lost one game today. Hawley and the MDCP (Military Degree Completion Program) had a hamburger fry tonight.

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