REVELRY ....3

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REVELRY ....3

Prof. STEPHEN's PHOTOS .. 1

REVELRY ------- 4

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REVELRY ------- 4

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Prof. STEPHEN's PHOTOS ... 2

REVELRY CONTIUNES ...

WHAT A WAY TO RUN THE COLLEGE !!!

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WHAT A WAY TO RUN THE COLLEGE !!!

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THE FOLLOWING PHOTOS WERE SHOT VERY IMMEDIATELY AFTER OUR ENTRY INTO THE PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE BY Dr. P.KUMARASAMY. THEY HAVE LEFT ALL TELL-TALE EVIDENCES TO SHOW HOW "EFFICIENTLY" THEY WERE RUNNING OUR COLLEGE.

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They said that V.P.'s room was never even opened by them. yep! They did not open it in the normal way as we, the normal people, do; but rather pried it to open - as shown in this photo.

The cruel JOKE: They say they never opened the V.P.'s room. But the computer in that room has disappeared into thin air! தோலிருக்க சுளை முழுங்கிகள்!
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Iron bars, their equipment to run the institution, are lying in the office just opposite to V.P.'s room.
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One of the tables of a clerical staff. He was in charge of monthly fund collection among a group of non-teahcing staff. Somebody knowing this has broken and taken away the money, nearly Rs. 8,000. Nothing else has been disturbed in that cupboard. A NEAT JOB!
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THE GORY SCENES .......SOME PHOTOS

 

 

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THE GORY SCENES .......SOME PHOTOS

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FOLLOWING ARE SOME PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN ON THAT FATEFUL DAY - 29TH SEPT WHEN BISHOP AND HIS COTERIE WERE MASQUERADING INTO OUR CAMPUS. THESE WERE SUBMITTED TO THE WOMENS' WELFARE COMMISIION & HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION.

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WOMEN STUDENTS AND FACULTY IN FRONT OF PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE IN THE MAIN HALL.

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STUDENTS SITTING NEAR THE WASHBURN GATE BLOCKING THE WAY.

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ROWDY ELEMENT AT ITS BEST -
LEADING THE WAY FOR THE BISHOP.

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SLASHING STUDENTS WITH BLADE. ASSISTED BY THE MAN IN UNIFORM.

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BULLDOZING .. INTO THE CAMPUS WITH POLICE ESCORT .

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BREAKING OPEN PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE.

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POLICE IN FULL CRY. TAKING ORDERS FROM BISHOP'S MAN.
WHO IS IN COMMAND ANYWAY?.

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HOLY ANOINTMENT. :(

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WHO HANDLES THE POLICE LATHI ?

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WHO IS WIELDING THE LATHI? 

MONEY REALLY SPEAKS!

A GREAT SCENE PROVING WHAT THE KHAKIS WERE DOING!

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POLICE FORCE IN FULL FLOW.

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POLICE FORCE IN FULL FLOW.

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A WOUNDED HAND OF A STUDENT.

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SLASHED WITH BLADE.
COURTESY: BISHOP'S CRONIES

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A WOUNDED STUDENT.

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STAFF KNOCKING AT THE WRONG DOORS!!

THEY NEED THE SOUND OF MONEY AT THE BACKGROUND. ONLY THEN THEY LISTEN.

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MEN IN CASSOCKS.
WITNESSING AND ENJOYING THE GORY INCIDENTS?
ரத்த சாட்சிகள் ??

இவர்களுக்கே இது கேவலமாக இருக்காதா?!

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FOR ALL THE "LATE COMERS" !!

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To All the Alumni and Well-wishers of the American College

Dhyanchand Carr

I am giving a brief write up on the college and also the present troubles the college is facing and the legal and political steps that are being taken to restore the College to its original vision and standing in society.

The Vision of the Founding Fathers:

American Madura Mission founded many educational institutions from Primary to Secondary level of education as part of their missionary endeavour to help the new Converts. They founded the American College about 128 years ago, with a different vision as the preamble to the Constitution clearly shows. The College was founded in order that liberal Christian education may be imparted to all without any difference to people of all castes and creeds, in order that they may be equipped to serve God and humankind. The word Christian is used as an adjective further qualified by another adjective ‘liberal’, which in facts means to impart laudable human values to people of all faiths and races.

The management of the institution was handed over to a Governing Board comprising 14 members with two representatives from the Diocese including the Bishop, one representative from the Synod of the Church of South India, two representatives to be nominated by the All India Association of Christian Higher Education from within TamilNadu, The Principal, Vice Principal and Bursar as Ex-officio members and two members from the faculty, one from the University of Madurai three members to be co-opted by these nominees. Once every two years a Chairperson was to be chosen from among them to chair the meetings.

Quite a few years later, i.e. in the sixties the Board of its own volition felt that it would be courteous to request the Bishop to be the Chairperson and the practice of electing a chairperson once every two years was given up. All administrative authority is otherwise totally vested in the Principal who is also the Secretary of the Society. None of the four Bishops prior to Bp Asir got it into their heads that simply by virtue of their position as Chair of the Board made the College an institution of the Diocese. So far the College has lived upto its vision of serving society at large and has earned the reputation that it is an institution of excellence. Its policies of recruitment and admissions have been commendably fair because they are done collectively by duly appointed committees giving little room for corruption or partiality.

As far as Bishop Asir is concerned he has himself admitted that he has to indulge in corruption in order to make up for the expenses incurred in getting the appointment. He is nepotic to the core and has never sought to deny it. He daringly claims that his members of the family appointed to various positions of power in the Diocese are the best suited for those positions. Worst of all he is bent upon making the Christian Institution which has been serving the whole society to be converted into an institution for the exclusive usage of Christians. He has not hesitated to corrupt some key officials, and deploy thugs with the abettal of bought police officers However, by the grace of God the Director of Collegiate Education, quite a few Judges of the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court and the Revenue Officials in charge of law and order… have been fair. In spite of this on the 28th of August he managed to get an injunction temporarily setting aside the order of the Directorate of Collegiate Education which upholds the position of the Principal and then forcibly entered the College and installed a man of his choice as the acting Principal and Secretary of the College.

An usurper supported by a temporary injunction and protected by police is in the Principal’s Chair. He needs to be evicted. So a multi faceted legal battle has to be fought. A bogus governing body has been set up. This needs to be challenged. Legal expenses are frighteningly high even with a dedicated advocate and his team claiming very modest fees and the actual expenses. Public meetings have had to be held. Leaflets explaining the problem had to be printed and distributed in large numbers as the major media power is at the service of the bishop. Teachers who have refused to accept the fraudulently imposed principal face the prospects of going without pay.

So JAC-G under the leadership of Prof Solomon Pappiah a popular tv personality, former student and teacher at the college have appointed a small committee to raise funds, keep accounts and to keep the donors informed. We request those who are able, to make liberal donations.

Thanking you in anticipation,
Dhyanchand Carr

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STAFF STAGE DEMO AGAINST BISHOP

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STAFF STAGE DEMO AGAINST BISHOP

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THE NEW INDIAN EXPRESS


AMERICAN COLLEGE ISSUE


STAFF STAGE DEMO AGAINST BISHOP

Express News Service
Madurai, July 29

SEVERAL members of American College faculty affiliated to MUTA and non-teaching staff staged a demonstration at Anna Bus Stand here today against the alleged fraud of Bishop Christopher Asir in preparing forged documents to make the suspended vice-principal as the principal and secretary of the college.

They shouted slogans and displayed placards against the Bishop’s alleged move to defraud the Directorate of Collegiate Education with the forged documents. They also demanded action by the government in initiating CB-CID enquiry against Bishop Christopher Asir and his son-in-law Davamani Christopher for unleashing violence inside the campus between April 8 and 19.

The demonstrators condemned the false representation made by the Bishop at various places, including media, to the effect that Principal T.Chinnaraj Joseph Jaikumar was not discharging duty during the period from April 8 to 11, which was against the truth. They also questioned the inaction on the part of the government for not taking any actions against the perpetrators of violence unleashed on the campus even after a complaint had been made which was signed by more than two hindered staff.


They also demanded that the false cases being foisted against the principal, teachers and staff of American College by the Bishop and his son-in-law Davamani Christopher be immediately ceased.

John Sekar, Rajkumar and Prabhakar of the faculty explained the sequences leading to the present problems at the college and expressed their concern that the 127- year old institution of such caliber and tradition has been made to suffer because of the evil designs of the Bishop in trying to usurp the college and its property for his and his family’s personal gain.

The faculty members added that they would fight till the end to protect the college. Former vice-principal Swaminathan and Rajendran of non-teaching staff also spoke at the demonstration.

PRINCIPAL DENIES REPORT OF HIS REMOVAL

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The following appeared in The New Indian Express on 28 July, 2008. Principal Dr. Chinnaraj Joseph had to go to the press clarifying the canard deliberately issued to local news papers by Bishop and his coterie regarding the position of our college under the Societies Act.

PRINCIPAL DENIES REPORT OF HIS REMOVAL

EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE
Madurai, July 27

“RELIGIOUS heads should not try to mix religion into the educational institutions,” said Chinnaraj Joseph, Principal, American College, here on Sunday.

Reacting to a news appeared in a newspaper that the Commercial Tax Department has removed him from the secretaryship of the college, he said that the department has no power to appoint or dismiss the secretary of a society which is registered under the Societies Registration Act.

The Bishop is trying to misuse the differences existing between the registrations of American College with the Government’s Registration Act of 1978 in his favour.

The problem started when five Hindu candidates of the total 25 posts were appointed in the government vacancies in the college. The Bishop, who is an ex-officio member of the American College Governance Council Society, is trying to monopolise it and mix religion into the campus.

The American College, which is functioning under the control of American College Governance Council, is not owned by the Church of South India Trust Association (CSITA), which is a registered company under the Company’s Act.

All the problems started when the principal disagreed with the proposal of the Bishop's representative in the council meeting to dismiss it and enter into CSITA. Bishop, along with his son-in-law, Davamani Christober, is trying to collapse the secular tradition of the college.

The Bishop, who has no power to remove the secretrayship which is inseparable from the principal according to the bylaw of the college, is hiding the fact that only the Director of Collegiate Education has the power to do so. Owing to the anonymous threats received over phone, it is decided to request for police protection, according to Chinnaraj Joseph.