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The first critic's report by future Thencanic Secretary Benjamin Messler shows the author's love for writing by surpassing in length every known prior report. Messler remains respectful but spares no one in the Society from his criticisms, listing problems with behavior, describing rhetorical and oratorical mistakes, and begging the Society's pardon for his remarks. Transcription included.

Thencanic Society (Model School (Trenton, N.J.))

A report signed only as "Critic," perhaps due to the harsh words it has for the Thencanic Society. Though brief, it shows that the problems of teenage boys continue to affect the Society's operations. The anonymous Critic caps off his report with a flourish that leads into a doodled illustration of a man in a top hat. Transcription included.

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Thencanic letter from Welling S. Katzenbach, 19 September 1898 · Item · 1898
Part of TFPL New Jersey State Normal and Model Schools at Trenton and Successor Institutions Collection

Welling S. Katzenbach, who seems to have recently graduated from the Model School, congratulates the Thencanic Society on the election of new officers. He offers his opinions on the selected students, and offers some reflections on the debating society at the post-secondary institution he was attending at this time. Transcription included.

Katzenbach, Welling S. (Welling Sickle), 1884-1913
Thencanic letter from William Bamford, 16 May 1898 · Item · 1898
Part of TFPL New Jersey State Normal and Model Schools at Trenton and Successor Institutions Collection

William Bamford, Model School Class of 1896, included this letter with his book of Thencanic Society officers from 1882 to 1896. In it he explains his process of creating the work and why he assembled it. It provides important contextual information on this essential document. Transcription included.

Bamford, William B. (William Brokaw), ca. 1878-1945