Thencanic Society Signal resolution and report, 17-24 May 1895

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Thencanic Society Signal resolution and report, 17-24 May 1895

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Thencanic Society Signal resolution and report, 17-24 May 1895

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  • 1895 (Creation)

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2 items, 2 pages

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(1877-1948)

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Thencanic Society member, ca. 1890s. Son of resturanteur Thomas C. (Capner) Hill and younger brother of City Councilman/diarist Edmund C. Hill. [His family members appear on FindAGrave, but not his own marker: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/44083476/thomas_c_hill]

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(1882-1969)

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Model School Class of 1901 and Thencanic Society member. Frequent author of Critic's Reports. Grandson and namesake of New Jersey State Senator John Davison Rue, which is why he is referred to with "Junior" only sometimes, and why he seems to have dropped it as he got older. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/210894508/john-d-rue FS ID: GSB4-GCJ

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(1882-1917)

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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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This resolution documents an attempt by the Thencanic Society to regain some control of The Signal, the school newspaper that started in the Society. One of the signatories' names is known (John Muirhead), but he cannot be conclusively connected with anyone. The results of this committee appear in a report issued the following week, in which T. C. Hill advises that the Society cannot obtain an editorship, but could pursue reporter positions. Transcriptions included.

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