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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.

Sat on Mackay Steps to Enjoy the Longest Day of the Year - Monday, June 21, 1965

I sat and talked with Tex tonight on Mackay steps in order to enjoy the longest day of the year. I can hear my mother saying those words, "the longest day of the year." This afternoon I checked the Highland apartments (none were furnished), went to Antioch to try on a dress I had in mind but bought nothing, and stopped at the administrative center (after having a strawberry sundae and asking directions at a Howard Johnson's). I checked about my Missouri teacher's certificate, got a physician's blank, and the secretary gave me a couple of leads for places to live.

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