For new readers, I suggest you begin reading the oldest entry first (the one shown first on this list.) Click on any of the links below:
Linton Hall Military School Memories
LHMS from an adult point of view
LHMS and how it sucked up our parents' money
The school's declining enrollment
Response to comments from alumni
Blind obedience at Linton Hall Military School
Camping and hiking ... and what I learned at Linton Hall might have saved my life
Being an officer at LHMS
The things we got away with!
What other Linton Hall alumni wrote
Did we learn leadership there?
Life before Linton Hall
Linton Hall's unpaid workers: the officers
History of Linton Hall
Getting "bumped" -- the officers' rite of passage
Why would a "military school" even exist?
They started aclling it "Linton Hall School" at least ten years before it stopped being a military school!
Rules and procedures for using the toilet
What I learned about sex, drugs, and rock 'n roll at Linton Hall
"A boy is more than just a boy; he is an individual"
What the Linton Hall Military School brochure said ... and what it was really like
How awards were given (or denied to those who really deserved them)
John Phillips (of The Mamas and the Papas)-- famous Linton hall alumni
The 1940s at Linton Hall Military School
Why do some alumni see nothing negative about the school?
Linton Hall School -- today
Special Sunday treat (for very lucky officers only!)
We used to shoot real guns at the rifle range
Fun in the snow!
Finding Linton Hall alumni
Mail from Home!
Camping and the "Over & Under" patch
Goodbye Linton Hall; My last post?
Letters from Linton Hall: The first couple of weeks
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I was a captain in 1966 at LHMS. The author was probably in 6th grade and I was in charge of C Company, which was comprised of 5th and 6th graders. The author was probably in my company. And I can tell you, a lot of what was written in the book happened, i.e. there was no tying urine-soaked pajamas around a cadet's neck. There was also no shooting of live ammunition guns, to my knowledge, (the author graduated in 1968, maybe something changed in those two years). There was a lot of good at Linton Hall. I learned a lot, even though, yes, we all hated the school. And yes, the nuns ate a lot better than the cadets did. I served mass at 6 AM to get the freshly baked, apricot-filled muffins. I lived at this school 363 days per year for five years, only going home for Christmas Eve and Christmas day. I came in a hellion and left heading for the priesthood. I never became a priest, but the affect of Linton Hall left a positive effect on my life and I have helped many others. This was due to the effect Linton Hall left on me. Not sure where all the vindictiveness from the author in this book came from, but there was a lot of good from the nuns, priests and other staff, such as Bill. I was a soldier in the winter and an indian in the summer. It was a good part of what I am now.
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