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James S. Messler gives his brother Benjamin serious competition for the longest Critic's Report. This highly detailed summary of the meeting includes some of the usual discussion of the membership's behavioral issues, but Messler takes some time to lay out what qualities he believes embody a Thencanic member. Transcription included.

Another report of the Society's rowdy behavior, including comments about the boys' "large lung capacity," their habit of looking at "hens" out the window, and their attempts to pass notes during meetings. The Critic also mentions that the acting Governor of New Jersey spoke before the Society for Memorial Day; the report of this meeting, if it ever existed, has been lost.

A detailed report from the critic, with individual notes for many of the Thencanic members. Suspicions of gas leaks, loud audience members, and distractions from homework appear to have made this meeting rather memorable. Not every student mentioned could be identified. Transcription included.

The middle third of this report includes the Critic's remarks about his fellow members' habit of gazing at female students out the window, using juvenile, if well-educated, language. The rest of the report discusses the antics of J. Foster Post and Marcus Farley, who proved unable to fulfill their responsibilities at this meeting. Transcription included.

A short report with the usual events of a Thencanic meeting. While the Critic throws some barbs at his classmates, his review is positive overall. Transcription included.

J. Foster Post reports on a very disordered meeting, with students "thundering" and playing with the radiators. Post also criticizes the previous week's critic. Transcription included.

This report includes the all-too-common criticisms around poor behavior during the meeting and when others are speaking. It also briefly mentions The Signal, by this point the Normal and Model Schools newspaper. Blackwell's remarks are otherwise positive. Transcription included.

A humorous summary of the Thencanic's meeting, which included a game of football, name-calling based in U.S. monetary policy, and demonstrations on "how to make love." Transcription included.

This report offers a brief summary of the events at the Thencanic's 16th anniversary celebrations. The Society's members and Normal/Model School staff made remarks (two staff members remain unidentified), and everyone enjoyed refreshments. Transcription included.

This booklet outlines the events of one of the Thencanic Society's "entertainments." The main item was Howard Hanson's farce-comedy "An Equilateral Triangle," the text of which does not survive. It does, however, include the names (or at least the first two initials) of the participating members, as well as their class years. No transcription, as the booklet is typed.