Thencanic Seating Committee report and chart, 31 March 1899

Model School student and Thencanic Society member, ca. 1890s. Brother of Raymond. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/156793012/persifor-gybbon-spilsbury

Member of Model School class of 1900; probably the same Charles Baumgartner buried in Saybrook, CT. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/161098996/charles-greene-baumgartner

Model School student and Thencanic Society member, ca. 1890s. Brother of William Burgess, Jr. Trained as a banker, but converted to Protestantism and became a missionary to Japan and China through the YMCA. In the 1930s he left China, gained a PhD in Sociology, and helped establish the Sociology Department at Temple University. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/100284501/john-stewart-burgess

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.