**nightly entries written by a coming-of-age girl who became a woman from Washington County Iowa**
About the diary writer

- Barbara McDowell Whitt
- Kansas City, Missouri, Alexandria, Virginia, United States
- ~ 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.
Psychological Statistics Problems - Wednesday, October 9, 1963
I spent the evening doing the statistics problems I should have done two nights ago. I'm still not sure they're all right. I talked to Mr.Carey this afternoon about my resource unit. He thought "Transportation" would be better to cover in 3-5 weeks than merely "The Airport." I also got a hold of a Missouri elementary art curriculum guide to send to Mom for this year. She's been wanting one for three years. I'm up to my old ways again. I have a very un-Stephens-like D average in phys psych. I hereby vow to ace the course from here on out.
DeCloud For Individual Pictures - Tuesday, October 8, 1963
These days go so fast. I spent from 2:30 to 4:00 at the health center watching TV, including an hour western show with Margie. Mrs. Flaherty didn't have any work for me to do. In fact, she had been going to tell me through the window that I didn't even have to come in, but then I'd have to sign my time sheet anyway. I didn't get my last statistics problem worked so had to hand in an incomplete. Karen had me calling photographers to see if we could find one other than DeCloud for individual pictures, but I "got off easy" by convincing her DeCloud was our best bet (true).
A Dozen Red Roses - Monday, October 7, 1963
The test wasn't too bad, but I probably did about the worst of anybody. Nancy and I went to Bob Young's campaign party in the Brig tonight. We bowled with Tom, Ben and Paul while George set pins. However, we didn't have time to finish our game. We had a house meeting tonight. After supper there was an LLC float committee meeting, followed by Nancy and me going up to visit Margie. She has strep throat. We have been having beautiful fall weather, an Indian summer so far. It has only rained about an hour since we got back this fall. This was Vivien's birthday. Charlie got her a dozen red roses.
World Wide Communion Sunday - Sunday, October 6, 1963
I got up in time to go to church. This was World Wide Communion Sunday. Dr. Patton and Dr. Schurr conducted it somewhat differently by having us go up to the altar in groups of 18. I've been studying phys psych. I detest taking the test tomorrow. I just don't feel like studying. Fred Wohlfert probably thinks I don't stand a chance - he was with me in the library tonight. Evelyn, Nancy, Tom and I ate our sack lunches up by the observatory. Tom and Nancy climbed up to the second level via the roof to try to get in but didn't succeed.
The Edge of the Great Plains - Saturday, October 5, 1963
The delegation to the Park-Tabor soccer game at Hillsboro, Kansas returned at 2:30 this morning. We had a ball. We left at 1:00 and got to Hillsboro at 5:00. We went on a school bus (memories), by turnpike to Emporia, and then west across rural Kansas to the edge of the Great Plains. At the last turn-off we were 37 miles from El Dorado. We had a "Commons" lunch in the town park, but some of us supplemented by going to a cafe. The game was thrilling, a 3-3 tie after three 5-minute overtimes. We stopped in Emporia for snacks at the restaurant where the team stopped for dinner. It was a high school type thing on the college level.
Sent Dave His Yearbook - Friday, October 4, 1963
I stayed up till 2:00 working on my paper, got up at 7:00 and went to breakfast and came back and finished it by 10:30. I finally got around to sending Dave Kennedy his yearbook. It had been returned for lack of correct address, although it had been forwarded to a box number in Fairfield. Hope the "D Street (510)" address John Sojay had reaches him. Margie is in the health center with swollen glands. She was fine when she and Nancy went to Kansas City this afternoon. Nancy got some slide film and flash bulbs for me. She walked up to see Margie when I went to work tonight.
A Paper on "Jung on Freud" - Thursday, October 3, 1963
I guess I still haven't learned not to wait until the last minute to do a paper. I was lucky to get hold of the library's copy of the "Atlantic Monthly" long enough to take notes on most of the material I wanted, then finished with the copy one of the military men got for Judy Cox. Now to evaluate it. I think I may stay up and get it finished tonight since I don't have a class till 11:00 and could sleep late. Nancy served cake to Judy, Margie and me in Margie's room tonight. I wasn't in the dorm from 8:30 this morning till 5:00, and then only till 5:30. After supper we had a float committee meeting, then back to "Jung on Freud." Nancy and I will be sharing the dining room. She's typing a poli sci reading report.
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