Macky's Mart
All about the history of La Martiniere on readers' demand.
By
Carlyle Andre McFarland
1979 (Cornwallis); Day-Scholar
Personal No. 5887
Erstwhile Principal, La Martiniere College, Lucknow (2011 – 2024)
Category: Uncategorized
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CALCUTTA COMES CALLING The demographics of the College were temporarily disturbed with the evacuation and resettlement of the Calcutta Martiniere for the period that the East of India was under threat of Japanese aggression in World War II. Effectively, it meant that two institutions were running parallel in the same campus. By 1942, neighbouring Burma…
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The ‘First Indian’ Students The first Indian boys were admitted to the College to the ‘Remove’ class: the name given to the class in an English Public School, equivalent to year 11 in modern school education. The nominal Roll for 31 December, 1920 includes the three Indian boys: The three Indian boys, first admitted to…
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RACIAL DISCRIMINATION A studious rejection of all applications for admissions of ‘Indian’ pupils was made till the beginning of the 20th century. With greater incomes, accesses to international trends, global travel and awareness of the advantages of formal education, more Indians kept clamouring for admission to this very European school. As early as 1904, not…
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Military Comportment Alongside academics and accreditation, the European nature of the demographics of La Martiniere was maintained by a strong and much-admired Volunteer Corps, a Civil Defence movement with the underlying purpose of being able to call up reserves of young men in case of an emergency, such as had evinced itself in 1857. This…
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1900 UP TO THE INDEPENDENCE OF INDIA This section deals with the second fifty years of the life of the College (1895-1945) and roughly corresponds to the time scale of the turn of the century (1900) to the Independence of India (1947). At the turn of the century, the demographics of the College was influenced…
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THE GIRLS’ ESTABLISHMENT Even as the College was grappling with the decline and closure of the Native School, the demographics of the institution underwent change with the setting up of the Girls’ Establishment. A ‘Dame’ school, run by Mr & Mrs Abbot in Lucknow, went bankrupt. An appeal was made to the Local Committee of…
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THE NATIVE SCHOOL The Native School was established perforce to fulfil, with minimum questioning, the provisions of the Will of the Founder and the directions contained in the Scheme of Administration as decreed by the Court. The discriminatory attitude was evident from the time of establishment. The fear, propelled by the events of 1857, only…
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THE MUTINY AND AFTER Within 12 years of the nascent institution being established, the cataclysmic events of 1857 took place. Even prior to the hostilities the Native school was disbanded with the pupils and the teachers running away. In well-documented narratives, the European and Anglo-Indian boys were ordered to move to the Residency. When the…
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The Will Of Claude Martin A single man’s bounty, well-invested funds, a consciousness of the spirit of charity that is the underlying ethos of the Founder’s bequest has made it possible for many to be educated. This, it was hoped, would be in perpetuity. The obligation lies in solemn trust of those who in an…
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THE CHANGING DEMOGRAPHICS OF LA MARTINIERE COLLEGE, LUCKNOW (1845 – 2025) This is Part I of a FOUR-part series on the eponymous topic. It is divided into sections for convenience in uploading and reading. Part 1 deals with the first fifty years of the life of the College (1845-1895) and roughly corresponds to the time…
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