CMS College History
CMS College, Kottayam: A Peep into the Past
Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the fragrance of his knowledge by us in every place. For we are unto God a sweet aroma of Christ.
2 Corinthians, 2: 14-15.
Timeline
Rev. Joseph Peet becomes Principal of the College ( It was during his principalship that the College was shifted to the present campus)
Royal visit of Maharaja Swathi Thirunal Rama Varma to the College and Press. Bailey’s help is sought to establish a press at Thiruvananthapuram, to undertake government-related printing tasks.
Church Missionary Society enters into a phase of independent functioning, without links with regional denominations.
The College moves to its new campus on a beautiful hillock of around 60 acres, on which already was the Principal’s quarters. Classes are run in temporary thatched sheds.
New buildings set up for the college.
College Chapel built and opened for worship.
Universities established in Calcutta, Bombay and Madras. CMS College gets affiliated to Madras University and becomes its only centre in Kerala to offer Matriculation exam.
Publication of ‘Vidyasamgraham’, the first college journal in India modeled on the College Magazines of Cambridge and Oxford
Royal visit of Maharajah Vishakam Thirunal Rama Varma to the College.
The two-year F. A classes started. CMS becomes a Second Grade College, with its first batch of students appearing the F. A Examination in 1892
