Norwich Matters

Question: What do the following have in common?

The patriarch of Yale University’s mysterious Skull and Bones Society
The heroes of World War II
The founder of Alcoholics Anonymous
The fathers of Theta Chi

Answer: They all got their start in the Norwich University Corps of Cadets!

Fast-paced and meticulously researched, Norwich Matters is a fascinating account of high points in the history of America’s oldest private military college, including the stranger-than-fiction truths behind its most notorious secret societies.

TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Whispers from the Attic
In the Beginning
Major General Ernest N. Harmon
Fraternal Disorder
The Panty Raid
There’s Something in the Water
The Norwich Regulators
Theta Chi
The Royal Order of Night Riders
Erving Newcomb Buffum
There’s No Place Like Home
The Skull and Swords Society
Why Norwich Matters
Acknowledgments
A Note on Sources
Appendix
Honorable Mentions