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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.

A humorous summary of the Thencanic's meeting, which included a game of football, name-calling based in U.S. monetary policy, and demonstrations on "how to make love." Transcription included.

This Critic's Report, the final one known to survive, recounts a "very defective" meeting. Few of the students were prepared for their speeches, and "that troublesome faucet" made another appearance. One student remains unidentified. Transcription included.

At the end of the 1904-1905 academic year, the Thencanic Society held a reunion banquet for its members and alumni, the product of which was this booklet. The event included a number of speeches by past Thencanic Presidents (and James M. Green). Perhaps most importantly, the booklet elaborates the names of the Thencanic's presidents through the February 1905 term. A partial transcription, covering only the autographs, is included.

A note: Trentoniana owns two copies of this booklet, which are identical aside from the autographs section. The first three pages of the attached PDF cover the entirety of the first copy, while the final page is the only unique part of the second.

This report includes the all-too-common criticisms around poor behavior during the meeting and when others are speaking. It also briefly mentions The Signal, by this point the Normal and Model Schools newspaper. Blackwell's remarks are otherwise positive. Transcription included.

This set of four documents details the history of the Thencanic memorial window, which sat in the "Chapel" of the Normal/Model Schools campus. Through Philadelphia glassmaker Alfred Godwin, the Society raised money from among its members and ex-members (nearly all of whom have been identified) to install a window celebrating philosophy and the Thencanic. The window cost $75.00, approximately $2,800 as of 2024. Transcriptions included.