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The Censor offers as topics for debate: whether the Spanish-American War benefitted the United States, whether to censure the War Department's conduct (presumably during the war), and whether career specialization is better than generalization. Transcription included.

A record of the finances of the Thencanic Society, most likely from the start of Ryke Ely's term as treasurer (elected February 1895). Though not as complete as the financial records of 1900 (see related elements), it still provides some light into the goings-on of the Society. 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.

This resolution documents an attempt by the Thencanic Society to regain some control of The Signal, the school newspaper that started in the Society. One of the signatories' names is known (John Muirhead), but he cannot be conclusively connected with anyone. The results of this committee appear in a report issued the following week, in which T. C. Hill advises that the Society cannot obtain an editorship, but could pursue reporter positions. Transcriptions included.

This series of three resolutions/letters documents two private debates and one public one between the Thencanic and the Normal Debating Society. The resolutions do not include the topics for debate, nor the names of the debaters. The identities of the Normal School students cannot be conclusively determined. Transcriptions included.

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.

In this brief letter, State Normal School Principal Washington Hasbrouck thanks the Thencanic Society for electing him an honorary member. As the Thencanic was founded in 1882, Hasbrouck must have been one of the first honorary members. Transcription included.

Former Thencanic President Harvey Whitehead thanks the Society for electing him honorary member, and extends to the group his best wishes for their success. Transcription included.

Benjamin Messler, a recent alumnus of the Model School, extends his gratitude to the Thencanic Society for electing him an Honorary Member. He name-drops several notable military and political figures of the time who have also received this honor: the U.S. Navy commanders Charles Sigsbee, W. S. Schley, and George Dewey, all heroes of the Spanish-American War, as well as the Qing Dynasty statesman Li Hongzhang. For an unknown reason, the text of this letter is identical to the one sent by R. Earle Anderson on the same date (see related materials). Transcription included.

In this example of an oration given before the Thencanic Society, James S. Messler gives a survey history of the French presidency. After some introductory remarks, Messler focuses mostly on the then-contemporary president, Émile Loubet (president 1899-1906), and his immediate predecessor, Félix Faure (president 1895-1899); this detail narrows the date of the oration to ca. 1899. Perhaps most notably, Messler touches upon the anti-Semitic Dreyfus Affair, which in 1899 was roiling the French Republic. Transcription included.