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Perhaps in response to the membership's rowdy behavior, the Thencanic Society established a committee of three students to assign seats for each member. Following a brief report, a chart includes the names of all of the Society's members at this time. Transcription included.

A long, slightly meta, commentary on the meeting. Persifor Spilsbury emphasizes the need for honest criticisms, even if they upset the Thencanic's members. He also points out flaws in the students' behavior and oratory, chastizes them for making excuses, and demands they "act as gentlemen or get out of the Society." Some students cannot be identified with the provided information. Transcription included.

This resolution began the Thencanic Society's efforts to install a "memorial window" in the Normal/Model Schools' "chapel." See the related materials for further information on this project. Transcription included.

These three finance-related documents have been grouped together, as they all date to the same academic year (1899-1900):

1. The report of Treasurer J. Foster Post (served Fall 1899), shortly before the end of his term. This item has a full transcription included.
2. An account book from the Trenton Trust and Safe Deposit Co., made out to the Thencanic Society in the name of Persifor Spilsbury, the Treasurer for Spring 1900. Following several withdrawals throughout the term, the Thencanic was left with $56.15; modern "inflation calculator" sites through the U.S. Department of Treasury do not cover the period before 1913, but this was still a few days' wages for the average industrial worker in Trenton. An impressive amount of money for a secondary school club!
3. Two checks, from May and June 1900, representing a withdrawal of the $56.15 from the bank.

Persifor Spilsbury (brother of Raymond) offers his commentary on the state of the Thencanic Society meeting. After serious remarks on the turbulent behavior, he gives praise to the students who participated in the debate. One student remains unidentified. Transcription included.

This brief report summarizes the Thencanic's 17th anniversary celebrations. While only two of the non-Society guests came, everyone had a good time and ate plenty of food. Transcription included.

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.