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This small booklet likely comes from the same unknown "black paper backing" scrapbook as several other documents from around 1918. It details the fifth annual debate between several debating societies of the New Jersey State Normal School and several from Pennsylvania's Swarthmore College. The topic for the debate, which took place amid American intervention in the First World War, regards whether colleges should substitute military training for athletics during the war. No transcription.

A photograph of a group of children in front of the Normal School, presumably a class portrait. An arrow in the right margin points to a student, but the name underneath the arrow is indistinct. "M. A. Hall" is faintly inscribed on the reverse, and in another hand is inscribed: "Gift of *Anne D Moore, W. Townshend, Vt 1/87" and "this belonged to Mrs. Keppele Hall -- aunt of Mrs. Moore's husband."

A side view of the Normal and Model Schools, with the Model School in the foreground. The image, although at its core a photograph, has been colorized and touched-up by an unknown person, perhaps the photographer.

This report, by an author known only as "F.W.", provides both praise and criticism to the Thencanic members. The author stresses the importance of proper posture, oratory, and behavior, among other points needing improvement. Transcription included.

A report by one "W. Le Roy Randolph," who is currently unidentifiable. After stern words for the boys eating during the meeting, the author gives both praise and criticism to the day's speakers. Transcription included.

A short and messily written anonymous report of a less-than-perfect meeting. Aside from the possibly plagiarized oration, the debaters were unprepared and the rest of the membership continued to lounge about during the meeting. Transcription included.

This series of three resolutions/letters documents two private debates and one public one between the Thencanic and the Normal Debating Society. The resolutions do not include the topics for debate, nor the names of the debaters. The identities of the Normal School students cannot be conclusively determined. Transcriptions included.

Real photo postcard of Rosena Craig Foster, possibly wearing her graduation dress.

The unidentified student known as "Reynolds" (probably "R. Reynolds") provides a report on a fairly mediocre meeting. Though some students did well, others continued to eat during the meeting, behaved poorly, and failed to prepare for the debate. Transcription included.

A brief letter from an unidentified student of the Normal Debating Society, apologizing for some interpersonal difficulty with the Thencanic. The exact situation remains unclear but may relate to the matter with "Mr. Ivins" (see related materials). Transcription included.