Thencanic Society Window Committee Reports and Receipt, February - June 1900

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Thencanic Society Window Committee Reports and Receipt, February - June 1900

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Thencanic Society Window Committee Reports and Receipt, February - June 1900

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  • 1900 (Creation)

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4 items, 9 pages

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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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(1882-1959)

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

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(1884-1931)

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Model School student and Thencanic Society member, ca. 1890s. Later a member and president of the Trenton Board of Education. Brother of Trenton historian and librarian Mary J. Messler, and of fellow Thencanic member Benjamin E. Messler, all children of the prominent Trenton merchant Robert A. Messler. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/156998369/james-stevens-messler

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(1882-1963)

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Model School student and Thencanic Society member, ca. 1900. Later a Dean at the University of Maine. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/77266239/paul-h-cloke

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(1882-1963)

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Model School Class of 1901 and Thencanic Society member. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49147609/john-robins-wyckoff

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(1883-1941)

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Thencanic Society member, ca. 1890s. Brother to Richard Blossom Farley. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15330168/marcus-martin-farley

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(1882-1963)

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Model School student and Thencanic Society member, ca. 1890s. Later a New Jersey State Assemblyman. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53902420/william_hartwell_blackwell

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(1882-1963)

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Model School student and Thencanic Society member, ca. 1899. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/85738597/isaac-harrison

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This set of four documents details the history of the Thencanic memorial window, which sat in the "Chapel" of the Normal/Model Schools campus. Through Philadelphia glassmaker Alfred Godwin, the Society raised money from among its members and ex-members (nearly all of whom have been identified) to install a window celebrating philosophy and the Thencanic. The window cost $75.00, approximately $2,800 as of 2024. Transcriptions included.

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