Yes, such things happen in CMS college. Such things happen only in CMS college. As you know, the college started in 1817 by the CMS missionaries will celebrate its bicentenary in 2017. CMS college has many firsts to its credit. When established in 1817, it was the first college in India. This happened when no University existed in India ! It was here that formal English was started. The building where it was started was named the 'Grammar School' and still it is known by the same name. It is a matter of pride for the BSc (Physics) students that their final year classes are held in that historic building still standing there with all its majesty. Many a time I have stood alone before the grammar school in the night. I could hear the whisper of the heritage building. You don't feel let down by the obscurity of the whisper because what really happens there is not the transfer of physical sound but a romantic transfer of feelings close to divinity. In some earlier post I had narrated my feelings when I stand alone before the Great Hall in moon light. If it was Chaurassia music there, it is the picture of generations in slow motion before the Grammar School.
2013. This year holds an unparalleled importance for CMS college because of a path breaking event that happened here 100 years ago. 1913. That was the year when girls were admitted to the college.The then Principal Rev F.N Askwith gave admission to three girls. The girls were named P.A Aley, V.T Chachi and K.K Anna. Bold, visionary, revolutionary ........... how will you qualify this watershed in the sterling history of CMS college? Remember that 100 years ago girls or women were confined to their homes as if the world outside did not belong to them. Everybody involved in this historic moment deserves praise. The Principal, the girls and their families, all of them might have faced hurdles of sorts. The then society might not have been very kind to them, naturally. There might be no point in speculating the ifs and buts. Yet I am tempted to think of what would have happened to the women of our country if this revolution had not happened in CMS.
Oh CMS, you are great. Whatever you did over the past two centuries, you did with missionary zeal, generously giving without expecting material gains. Every act being a service to God.
Oh CMS let your present have the vision, courage and determination to carry forward the selfless endeavours of your founding fathers and add golden pages to your uniquely glittering history.
Oh CMS, I salute Thee. I dream of the day when you shall shine as a beacon in the academic arena of our country.
Oh CMS, you alone can celebrate a bicentenary just four years after a centenary !!!
2013. This year holds an unparalleled importance for CMS college because of a path breaking event that happened here 100 years ago. 1913. That was the year when girls were admitted to the college.The then Principal Rev F.N Askwith gave admission to three girls. The girls were named P.A Aley, V.T Chachi and K.K Anna. Bold, visionary, revolutionary ........... how will you qualify this watershed in the sterling history of CMS college? Remember that 100 years ago girls or women were confined to their homes as if the world outside did not belong to them. Everybody involved in this historic moment deserves praise. The Principal, the girls and their families, all of them might have faced hurdles of sorts. The then society might not have been very kind to them, naturally. There might be no point in speculating the ifs and buts. Yet I am tempted to think of what would have happened to the women of our country if this revolution had not happened in CMS.
Oh CMS, you are great. Whatever you did over the past two centuries, you did with missionary zeal, generously giving without expecting material gains. Every act being a service to God.
Oh CMS let your present have the vision, courage and determination to carry forward the selfless endeavours of your founding fathers and add golden pages to your uniquely glittering history.
Oh CMS, I salute Thee. I dream of the day when you shall shine as a beacon in the academic arena of our country.
Oh CMS, you alone can celebrate a bicentenary just four years after a centenary !!!
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