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With this certificate, the Thencanic Society shows its appreciation for its President. Although no name is given, Samuel Wood was elected President in September 1893. The certificate may also refer to the previous president, Hervey Studdiford. Transcription included.

Before the Thencanic Society established a mock Congress of the United States, they seem to have used a mock New Jersey State Assembly. This bill, a slightly juvenile and tongue-in-cheek effort to prohibit boys at the Model School from trespassing in the girls' hall, on pain of eating cafeteria food, demonstrates this initiative. Transcription included.

The Thencanic Society's mock congress for the first months of 1894 produced this packet of dockets, which includes the title of each bill and their supporters, plus a summary of further actions and the results of any votes. They unfortunately do not include the full text of each bill. Nevertheless, these dockets shed light onto the topics the Society deemed important, such as women's suffrage, annexing Canada, immigration, and the prohibition of alcoholic beverages. A partial transcription is included, which provides only a summary of each bill without directly copying them verbatim. Not every student's name has been connected with a person.

One of two surviving bills from the 1897 Thencanic mock legislature, this House Bill relates to fraudulent attempts to solicit money. It is packaged in a baby-blue docket, complete with ribbon, suggesting the Thencanic society's devotion to a "real" legislature, as well as the social connections the boys' families doubtlessly had. Transcription included.

This document contains the full text of House Bill 2, which appears in the packet of dockets from 1894. It also includes the committee report proposing amendments, as well as a description of further actions on the bill. Not every name has been definitively connected with a person. Transcription included.

"Senator" Briggs proposed this bill, concerning gambling suppression, at the Thencanic's Mock Congress. Though undated, Briggs last appears in the existing record ca. 1893. Transcription included.

This Senate Bill represents the other house in the Thencanic's mock legislature for 1897. As with House Bill 19, it comes in a ribboned docket--this one pink. The bill, which would have provided for West Point students to attend the inauguration of President William McKinley, was rejected. Transcription included.

The third known mock legislature in the Thencanic began in January 1897 with these regulations, which Charles Hewitt adapted from the actual rules of order in the U.S. Congress. Transcription included.

As part of the Thencanic Society's Mock Congress, the Committee on Public Utilities & Roads offered these amendments to a bill that presumably related to toll roads. Transcription included.

This report comes out of the Thencanic Mock Congress's Committee on Industry, chaired by Frankland Briggs. The committee offers commentary on a number of proposed bills, although the legislation is identified only by number. The document gives insight into the goings-on at the Thencanic's Mock Congress. Transcription included.