Another wry report on the behavior and manners of the Thencanic Society. Transcription included.
Murphy, E. T. (Edward Thomas), ca. May 1879-A humorous report by the Critic, including puns on classmates' names and sly comments on their behavior. Words in (parentheses) are original. Transcription included.
Schultz, John A. (John Anistaki), 1880-1959An 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.
Anderson, R. Earle (Robert Earle), 1881-1967John 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.
Schultz, John A. (John Anistaki), 1880-1959At the end of the 1904-1905 academic year, the Thencanic Society held a reunion banquet for its members and alumni, the product of which was this booklet. The event included a number of speeches by past Thencanic Presidents (and James M. Green). Perhaps most importantly, the booklet elaborates the names of the Thencanic's presidents through the February 1905 term. A partial transcription, covering only the autographs, is included.
A note: Trentoniana owns two copies of this booklet, which are identical aside from the autographs section. The first three pages of the attached PDF cover the entirety of the first copy, while the final page is the only unique part of the second.
Thencanic Society (Model School (Trenton, N.J.))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.
Spilsbury, Persifor G. (Persifor Gybbon), 1882-1959