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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.

Our Bridal Shower for Evelyn and Dee was Very Nice - Sunday, June 6, 1965

The shower Bonnie and I gave for Evelyn and Dee was very nice. We had a very nice group there although a few (and most of them were on-campus girls) weren't able to make it. We managed to all but completely surprise them by having them wait in Dr. Pai's office "to talk about the remedial reading program." For entertainment we had them do "drama bag" skits. I laughed so hard my stomach hurt! Our refreshment table was about the nicest I've seen around this college in a long time. I went to the 8:30 service at the Parkville Presbyterian Church this morning.

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