Comments for Howe Military School Memories

Comment on The Pool by Andrew D. Smith

Andrew D. Smith — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:07:41 +0000

Jay,

I was a member of that team, if you look in the 1986 yearbook you can see me in the water. They cancelled the team our senior year, I was set to be the capitan, that never happened, though I was the capitan of the Rifle team, fun times.

Comment on Pilgrimage To Stratford by Andrew D. Smith

Andrew D. Smith — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:45:10 +0000

Jay,

I do remember those good old days! Ontario was a blast, the time there was great. I wish at times we could relive those years. 22 years have past since graduation, 22 years of life have flown by.

It was awesome seeing you in Tampa this last week. And thanks for coming out to dinner with all…time spent with you was well worth it. I just hope we don’t have to wait another 22 years to get back together again!

Take care,

Andrew

Comment on What Are Little Commandants Made Of? by Jay Sprout

Jay Sprout — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 03:42:59 +0000

Oh my gosh that is the best story EVER.

Comment on What Are Little Commandants Made Of? by charlie snouffer

charlie snouffer — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 03:36:41 +0000

when col. trout first came to howe he was the t.o. of e co. which back then was the band co. this was 1970/71……..i was in b co at the time and back then inspections were held on sunday mroning. my roomate was ed crowe.well we were all read for inspection standing by our bunks in garrison uniforms and spit shined shoes. a quick note about our shoes.you had 2 pair on for inspection and a pair for everything else.when you had on your inspection shoes you developed a walk that was strange at best. you picked your feet stright up and set them stright down so you wouldntt crack the “glass shine”…….back to that first meeting with col. trout ( he was a capt. back then) crowe decided he needed to fix his shirt so he droped his pants and was blocking his shirt when the door opened up and in walked our co (mckown) and capt trout…….capt trout took one look at crowe and told mckown that this company wasnt even close to being ready for inspection and that he would bhe back a 1:30 that afternoon….needless to say crowe wasnt very well likied for a while after that.capt. trout took his own sweet time that afternoon doing his inspection

Comment on Waiting by Jay Sprout

Jay Sprout — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 03:15:38 +0000

TWO tables?! Whoa. That certainly is the other extreme from being the superintendent’s waiter and only having one person, let alone the one table I had when being a “normal” waiter!

Comment on Waiting by charlie snouffer

charlie snouffer — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 02:46:11 +0000

o the days of being a waiter in the mess hall….now i am going back to late 60’s and early 70’s. this was when tom smuz ran the mess hall and the canteen…..we each had 2 tables to take care of and depending on what the meal wwas you could be kept running all during mess. the two best gigs of being a waiter was that i got to work in the canteen on the weekends for cash and my jr. year i had the head tables…col. kelly’s and maj. cowles…..great times

Comment on The Road To Teaching Part 15 by Chris

Chris — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 17:15:28 +0000

Can you recommend any good study materials for the Middle Grades Integrated Curriculum test? The only study guides I’ve found for it online have abysmal reviews.

For your own quest, have you looked into the Educator Preparation Institute program in Florida? I’m starting the one at Hillsborough Community College in October. It’s a statewide program that’s geared toward working adults (through online and evening classes)who already have bachelor’s degrees in subjects other than education. It essentially covers the 15 credit hours in education courses required to obtain the 5-year renewable Florida teaching certificate. The kicker is that the courses are taught by local school principals, which makes it a tremendous networking opportunity as well.

Comment on Industrial Arts Building by Scott Hume

Scott Hume — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 03:39:07 +0000

Legend had it that in the late ’70s, someone, as a practical joke, put two golf balls in the howitzer that fired blank rounds during parades. So during a parade, when the howitzer fired, the golf balls allegedly shot out and broke the windows in the I.A. Building.

Comment on M Company by Scott Hume

Scott Hume — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 01:05:56 +0000

What later became M Company was called the North Wing, and what became L Company was called the South Wing (makes sense). F Company split into L and M Companies in the fall of ‘81, a few months into the school year, and I stayed where I was in M. The school decided that it was best to have two smaller companies to match what was literally etched in stone on the west entrances, like the photo above.

In M Company, we used to joke that L and M stood for “Ladies” and “Men.” Being that the school was not yet co-ed, those in L Company were not amused at being called “ladies.”

There was a trash can where the CQ desk is now, and the phone outside the TO’s office was a pay phone. I made a lot of collect calls home on that pay phone, begging my father to get me out of there.

On the left side of the photo with the CQ desk in the middle: The room where I lived most of 6th grade (‘81-’82) was the second open room past the closed door to the left of the bulletin board.

Comment on Requisitions by Scott Hume

Scott Hume — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 23:55:21 +0000

I won’t mention the science teachers’ names, but if it’s who I’m thinking of…..very interesting.