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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.

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.

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 booklet outlines the events of one of the Thencanic Society's "entertainments." The main item was Howard Hanson's farce-comedy "An Equilateral Triangle," the text of which does not survive. It does, however, include the names (or at least the first two initials) of the participating members, as well as their class years. No transcription, as the booklet is typed.

This single page leaflet marks the transition between the Normal and Model Schools in Trenton and the modern institution known as The College of New Jersey in Ewing. Aside from celebrating "Alumni Week-End" (the equivalent to today's homecoming, though held in the Spring), the celebrations marked the schools' 76th anniversary and the cornerstone-laying for the first building at Hillwood Lakes, Green Hall. No transcription.

This program booklet dates from the cornerstone laying of the Hillwood Lakes campus's first building, Green Hall. This event marked a transition point for the college away from the city of Trenton, and several notables were invited to attend. No transcription.

This booklet from the 1880 Normal School commencement at Taylor Opera House includes lists of graduating students (both the February and June classes), including their home towns. It also contains the list of commencement exercises. No transcription.

This invitation from the 1894 Normal School commencement is also a booklet with brief information on the course of events. The first page includes an etching of Friedrich Fröbel, a German educator credited with coining the word "kindergarten" and spreading that word to English; his face perhaps made up part of the Normal School's logo at the time. No transcription.

This small booklet records the Class Day exercises for the Model School's Class of 1904, depicting the class roster, the order of exercises, and the names of students performing. A reproduction of the corresponding commencement booklet can be found in "History of the Model Class of 1904" (see related materials below). No transcription.