This brochure offers insight into the Normal and Model Schools' course offerings, their tuition and expenses rates, and some of the principles underlying the school's education. The gender division of the Model School (but not the Normal School) is of particular note, as is the significantly higher annual tuition for the Model School. No transcription.
New Jersey State Normal School (Trenton, N.J.)This grouping contains two items from very early Model School commencements. The first is a small invitation to the 1878 commencement ceremony at Taylor Opera House, in Trenton. The second is a (partly torn) booklet from the 1880 commencement, including a list of events and the names of the graduating students. No transcriptions, as the documents are typed.
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.
Hasbrouck, Washington, 1824-1895This 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.
Whitehead, Harvey F., 1867-1947A 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.
Thencanic Society (Model School (Trenton, N.J.))Through this scrap of paper, Thencanic Secretary Francis "Frank" B. Lee resigned from the position of Thencanic Secretary. According to the book of officers, Lee served as Secretary starting in February 1886. No transcription due to the item's brevity.
Lee, Francis B. (Francis Bazley), 1869-1914Model School instructor Oliver Steves offers this sworn statement regarding the behavior of the Thencanic Society's Thomas D. Waldron. For unclear motives, The Signal "assailed" Waldron's character, and Steves came to his defense. Transcription included.
Steves, Oliver P., 1837-1902The Thencanic Society offers Mathematics professor Frank Scobey congratulations on his recent marriage to Miss Isadora Williams. Transcription included.
Thencanic Society (Model School (Trenton, N.J.))This card was likely sent to the Thencanic Society from the Normal Debating Society (NDS). It invites the Model School students to "an entertainment" that the NDS was hosting in the "Model Chapel." No other information available. No transcript due to this item's brevity.
unknownBefore the Thencanic Society established a mock Congress of the United States, they seem to have used a mock New Jersey State Assembly. This bill, a slightly juvenile and tongue-in-cheek effort to prohibit boys at the Model School from trespassing in the girls' hall, on pain of eating cafeteria food, demonstrates this initiative. Transcription included.
Thencanic Society (Model School (Trenton, N.J.))