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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From Jack & Jill to Baby Shark The time has been when the most participative session of a school morning was the recitation of nursery rhymes, passed down through the generations. Learning by rote, often mispronounced, perfected for performance at family gatherings, a marker of accomplishment: the nursery rhyme has been the bedrock of an…
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The annual examination results conducted by prominent boards across the nation have been announced. There is jubilation and amazement everywhere. I know no one, across all boards, who has ‘failed’, though some who were incapacitated or dreadfully unwell and unable to write the examinations. For such candidates, the result was recorded as PCNR, or Pass…
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The New Foundationer –Claude Martin’s Boys As the College moved towards 175 years of its establishment, the philanthropic component of the Founder’s Will was re-examined in accordance with the exigencies of contemporary times. Through nearly two centuries, Trustees, Governors and Administrators have tweaked the tenets of the Will and the Scheme of Administration while still…
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Graphical Display
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BACK TO BASICS Demography Influenced by Numbers A quick analysis of numbers in the second decade of the 21st century indicates the demographic changes that would affect La Martiniere College, Lucknow. Year Day Scholars Resident Scholars Foundation Scholars Resident S. + Found. Staff Children Total Nos 2010 3397 138 29 167 – 3503 2012 3740…
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The First Decade In the first decade of the 21st century the expansion of the College vis a vis numbers, continued. This was considered necessary to generate more revenue for running the institution. It would have been prudent for incremental changes in the fee structure to accompany the plans of expansions. An annual increment in…
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THE NEW MILLENNIUM This Part deals with the first quarter of the 21st century and roughly corresponds to the time scale of the beginning of the new millennium (2000) to the 175th anniversary of the establishment of the College (2020) Section 1 The Century of Land and Liberalization The turbulence in the demographic changes in…
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The Nineties The Close of the Century As the last decade of the 20th century approached, it was a time to take stock of the way the Institution had evolved, viz-a viz its demographic structure. The institution continued to play a significant role in the educational landscape of India throughout the century. The institution’s founding…
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The Eighties Whither ‘Lasting Charity’ The 1980s seemed to be the decade where the offer of charity was questioned, re-questioned, permitted, withdrawn, subsidized. It was converted to a competitive exercise. It included a qualifying examination. It even required parents of pupils on the Foundation to pay fees, albeit highly reduced. The status of the Foundationer…
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The Seventies: The Decade of Numbers The problem of plentiful numbers continued to affect the 1970s. Day scholar numbers soared, while the increase in the number of day schools all over the country, especially the satellite towns of Lucknow considerably decreased the number of admissions to the Boarding House. The Resident Scholars were described time…
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