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Title
Date(s)
- 1898 (Creation)
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1 page
Name of creator
Biographical history
Model School student and Thencanic Society member, ca. 1898. Princeton University Class of 1903. Instructor in the History of Education and later in English for the State Normal School/State Teachers College. Grandson of iron industrialist and state politician Charles Hewitt and great-nephew of iron industrialist and U.S Congressman/New York Mayor Abram Hewitt. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45568782/charles_conrad_hewitt; FamilySearch ID L51C-4QP
Name of creator
Biographical history
Model School student and Thencanic Society member and Censor, ca. 1898 (though he would have been too old then?). Brother of Model '96 alumnus Alfred D. Hollingsworth. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/160279806/frank-hollingsworth
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Administrative history
A literary and debate club at the Model School from 1882 to 1917. The members (only young men) focused on improving their oratory skills, personal appearance, and general comportment, with one member serving as "Critic" to evaluate the boys' behavior during each meeting. The literary aspects of the Society led to the publication of "The Signal" in 1885--while it started as a literary magazine through the Thencanic, it quickly escaped the Society's control and became a general Normal/Model School periodical. This club ended when the Model School closed in 1917. This version of the Thencanic should not be confused with the later revival in the 1930s with college students.
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The Censor lists the following topics for debate: whether the explosion of the U.S.S. Maine justifies war with Spain, whether the U.S. would benefit from national plebiscites, and whether geometry is better than algebra. The second topic has been circled, probably indicating that it was chosen as the topic for debate. Transcription included.