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A mostly positive review of the meeting of November 4, 1892. Provides some insight into the club's disciplinary measures and its debate practices. A transcription is attached below.

A short summary in which John Rue asks the Thencanic's members to behave, lest the Society's "enemies" hear of the "disturbances." Transcription included.

This report was rejected for unknown reasons. If any replacement was ever written, it is now lost. Transcription included.

Another report of the Society's rowdy behavior, including comments about the boys' "large lung capacity," their habit of looking at "hens" out the window, and their attempts to pass notes during meetings. The Critic also mentions that the acting Governor of New Jersey spoke before the Society for Memorial Day; the report of this meeting, if it ever existed, has been lost.

Following the turbulent meeting of April 29, the Thencanic critic reports on the May 6 meeting. Though there was some improvement in behavior, the lack of a quorum meant that no real business could be carried out. Transcription included.

A partially fragmented critic's report by one Milton R. Eastlack. Though sections of both pages are lost, the message is mostly comprehensible. Eastlack discusses the Society's new meeting room, corrects the orators' grammatical and rhetorical errors, and offers commentary on the students' behavior. Transcription attached.

Another report by William Bellerjeau, this one shorter than the previous. He spends most of the time chiding the members for "rubbering" (staring) at girls. Transcription included.

A harsh note on the poor behavior of the boys in the Thencanic Society. No year is given, but a mention of the Society lasting 13 years points to circa 1895 if it was founded in 1882. The Critic's name is somewhat illegible, and cannot be linked conclusively with any known student. Transcription included.

Thomas Lowery's report concerns itself almost entirely with an amendment regarding athletes' excused absences from the Society. Lowery defends the current state of things. Transcription included.

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