Our Dorm Room Will Be Colonial Style - Saturday, September 30, 1961

Vivien and I went to Kansas City and we now have our drapes and rug. We decided to do our room "colonial style" with our Martha Washington bedspreads so got white ruffled curtains and a braided rug in sort of green, yellow and tan. I bought a camera for $10.00 that Mom had said I could get for part of my birthday present early. I got a color film for fall pictures of this beautiful campus. We ate at a Chinese restaurant and had fried rice, chow mein, egg rolls and almond cookies. It was interesting - sugarless tea in cups without handles. We didn't get back till almost 7:00 on the Greyhound. I got an A on my audience characterization paper for speech. 

A Visit to the Campus Infirmary - Friday, September 29, 1961

This morning I walked up to the infirmary to inquire about the hemorrhoid I've had the last few days. I was going to go at 11:00 but biology lab got out out early so I went at 9:30 when the doctor was there. He said it was a slight one and they gave me some medicine for diarrhea. I had to take some up there and had to find some soda crackers in a cupboard to take it with. I'm glad no one was in the dining room to see my gagging and eyes watering. Vivien thought a nap would be best for me this afternoon so I took one. Now I've got to start reading my art. I wrote to Phyllis to have her send me the timeline from Kiplinger Magazine  to use for speech.

Liking the Way French Class is Taught - Thursday, September 28, 1961

It has been a typical beautiful college day. We did our first writing in French class. I sure like Dr. Hampl. She is going through the words we've had and grouping them according to the International Phonetic Alphabet and also giving comments about silent consonants, etc. It's swell. I managed to read Book VII of Ovid a lot better. I don't know why I didn't read the rest of the book better. What a fast week this has been. Tonight Viv, Nancy and I spied on the couples coming in at 9:00, from our window. Interesting! This is the best room in Hawley, I'm sure, for view (front) and location (center of second floor) - except for the telephone's constant ringing [one phone per floor shared by all the girls on the floor]. 

Will Dress for Dinner on Wednesdays - Wednesday, September 27, 1961

This afternoon I went down to Vivian's Beauty Shop to get my hair thinned and shortened. It cost $1.50 and looks and feels a lot better. I've had quite a few comments on it, too. Tonight was dress-up for dinner and vespers. Not too many were at vespers. Gordon Edwards gave a very interesting talk. I wrote a four page letter home this evening. I also got a letter from Mom. She told Mrs. Kephart that I tested out of English composition and am taking world literature instead. I'd been wishing she would tell her. But I've got to get a better grip on Ovid before it's too late. I'm doing a terrible job of reading it. Nancy Kelley is here studying Spanish with Viv. Viv is always giving lessons. She, by the way, was one of the 50 finalists in the United Presbyterian college scholarship contest.

An Individual Microscope for Biology Lab - Tuesday, September 26, 1961

Tonight some of us had pizzas from North Kansas City. When three of us share a small one it costs 45 cents each. The freshmen were "branded" once again with our Park beanies. They look real cute en masse. Tonight we had a movie on Semantics in Alumni Hall. President Morrill sat behind us. (He bumped into me last night! - an important man!) I'm afraid I messed up my biology lab today. I think it's going to be really fun though. It will be wonderful having a nice individual microscope - if I can learn to adjust it and speed up my lab procedures.
 

A Day of Successes - Monday, September 25, 1961

This has been a day of successes. We just got our Park beanies that we have to wear till Saturday noon - a Hell Week "extension." Tonight the girls had physicals over at the health center. It sure is a nice place. I got my schedule changed and the appropriate approvals made. I think I'll like trampoline and fencing. Viv and I went down to the lumber yard this afternoon and bought two boards for our brick and board shelves. We found the bricks in Herr House basement. I bought a light blue Park College sweat shirt. There's a rumor that they're going to stop using the present emblem but I sure hope not.

Mid-Prairie Yearbook Came Yesterday - Sunday, September 24, 1961

I feel a thousand times better for having slept or rested over twelve hours last night. I hope to go to sleep as shortly after our 10:15 floor meeting tonight as possible. I had a hard time staying awake in church this morning even so. I guess it was partly hunger. I really helped my cold. Nancy Kelley and I thought there was an LEC meeting this afternoon in Mackay. We couldn't hear the announcement very good. We walked in on a Men's Athletic Council meeting! We felt so funny. We've sure been having some drizzly, rainy days. Margie, Viv and I took a little kitten over to Woodward tonight where there's already a mother cat and three kittens. I got my Mid-Prairie yearbook yesterday. At long last!