Diary of H H Walters - 1886 Donated by and transcibed by Lori Craynor ************************************************************************ USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ************************************************************************ May 30, Sunday 1886 A party of four, consisting of F. M. Davis, M. H. Willis, ______ Kirk, and myself took our dinners and walked out to Flint Lake three miles north of Valparaiso and spent the day. We hired a boat and rowed all over the lake. July 3, Saturday 1886 Spent the day at Sager's Grove, there being a celebration held there under the management of the G.A.R. Many of the students attended. July 25 Sunday, 1886 F. J. Parsons, a member of the Law Class, and a graduate of the Scientific Course, was drowned in Sagers Pond at 11. A.M. His body was recovered about 3 P.M. I assisted in hunting for the body, doing some diving, but did not locate it. Aug. 5 Thursday, 1886 Our class, numbering seventy-five, graduated today, being the largest that ever graduated in that course from this institution. One more was prepared to graduate, but owing to a difficulty, he did not do so. Graduating exercises were the feature of the last week of school. Aug. 6 Friday, 1886 Left Valparaiso at 7. A.M. on the Nickel Plate R.R. going with an excursion to Chicago. Took a boat ride on the Lake, visited the "Battle of Gettysburg", Lincoln Park, Water Works and other places of interest. Met with no adventure all day and at 10. P.M. left for home on the C.B.V I.R.R. +++++++++++++