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Trenton journalist/historian and former Thencanic President Francis B. Lee writes three letters to the Society, one for each of its anniversaries from 1897 to 1899. While Lee was unable to make the first two events, he states his intentions to be present at the third. Transcriptions included.

From his dormitory at Princeton University, Thencanic alumnus Carl H. Rickey thanks the Society for inviting him to their anniversary celebration and apologizes for being unable to attend. As some compensation for his absence, Rickey provides some advice for the group's current membership. 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.

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.

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.

John A. Schultz, Thencanic Secretary, kept this journal of the group's mock legislature for the first months of 1897. In addition to describing the events of and bills introduced at each session of the legislature, he lists each committee, their members, and the state each member represented. Transcription included.

The members of the Thencanic discuss plans for a "Blow-Out" party to mark the end of the academic year. The current members met with alumni at a local bakery, each student contributing 25 cents for the affair. Transcription included.

The critic gives an enthusiastically positive review, describing the orations by William Bamford and Thomas C. Hill. While the author's name is somewhat indistinct, the book of officers suggests Egbert MacKenzie. Transcription included.

A short report, but a historically interesting one as the Thencanic's debate on the "Cuban Question" marks the first mention of the events leading to the Spanish-American War the following year. Transcription included.

A brief but positive report on the behavior of the Society. Britton offers no real negative comments, unusual for Critic's Reports. Transcription included.