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Another wry report on the behavior and manners of the Thencanic Society. Transcription included.

A long and detailed report by the critic, who raises points against nearly every aspect of the Society, from the behavior of its members to the conduct of its officers. Transcription included.

A critic's report by the "boy orator" Mr. Camp, who usually is a subject of the reports rather than an author. Camp compares the meeting to "a stampede of cattle" and the debate to a circus side-show. Transcription included.

An overall positive report, the first by Robert Earle Anderson (who was 15 in 1896). He gives many of his fellow Thencanic members praise for their debate performance, but recommends one invest in some cough drops. Transcription included.

John A. Schultz, Thencanic Secretary, kept this journal of the group's mock legislature for the first months of 1897. In addition to describing the events of and bills introduced at each session of the legislature, he lists each committee, their members, and the state each member represented. Transcription included.

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.