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Autumn Annual-Vol.XIII (l984-85)-Editor-In-Chief: Subodh Chandra Sengupta |
Besides the annual report for 1983-84, an interesting article 'Rabindraparishad' by Pratul Chandra
Gupta dealt with the birth and activities of this literary organisation of Presidency College. |
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Autumn Annual-Vol.XIV (l985-86)-Editor-In-Chief: Subodh Chandra Sengupta |
Annual report for 1984-85 and two articles 'Tagore's Philosophy of Education' by Amlan Dutta and 'The
Memoirs of an Alumnus' by Shyamal Chowdhury are quite interesting. |
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Autumn Annual-Vol.XV (1 986-87}-Editor-In-Chief: Subodh Chandra Sengupta |
This volume of the journal introduced certain new features towards making the journal a true 'In-House
Publication' of the Association. A feature titled 'About Ourselves' was introduced to give an account of all achievements, important and developmental activities of the Asssociation as also those relating to
our alma mater for keeping the alumni in general acquainted and informed about the happenings taking place. A reprint of the article, 'Acharya Jagadish Chandra Basu' by Charuchandra Bhattacharya was an item
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Autumn Annual-Vol.XVI (1987-88) and Vol.XVII (1988-89)
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With the publication of these two volumes of the 'Autumn Annual' together, the backlog of a year in the
publication of the annual journal was covered. The symbol or logo for Presidency College Alumni Association adopted for the first time was printed in this volume. The editorial by Dr. Subodh Chandra Sengupta
refers to the change in the contents of the Journal as follows - "... that from the beginning the Annual Journal has aimed at entertainment rather than enlightenment, retailing pleasant memories,
drawing pen-portraits and offering obituary tributes. ..the Annual and the Association seemed to be avenues through which old boys could be boys again. 'In course of years, I, who have been associated with
the Annual from its inception and contributed many obituaries, have come to feel that our members now want more substantial fare than light-hearted essays and reminiscences. It is to fulfil this expectation
that the present organisers ' have tried to greet our readers with articles that will give them food for thought in various fields –"science, economics, fine arts and literature". In Vol.XVII respectful
homage of the Alumni Association was paid to Sukumar Ray on the occasion of his birth centenary. |
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Autumn Annual-Vol.XVIII (1989-90)-Editor-In-Chief: Subodh Chandra Sengupta |
This volume of the journal was published as 'Calcutta Tercentenary Number'. This was the first issue of
the journal after the Alumni Association was registered. Apart from the very many items and articles of special interests which included 'Glimpses of Calcutta 300' featuring 'The Asiatic Society', 'Jorasanko
Thakurbati', 'The Senate Hall', 'The Eden Hindu Hostel' and 'Art Collections of the Victoria Memorial', it published an interesting article in Bengali 'Presidency College Unioner Pratham Shuru Kabe?' by
Umaprasad Mukhopadhyay. This volume also printed the 'Constitution of Presidency College Alumni Association', Calcutta comprising 'Memorandum of Association' and 'Regulations' as approved by the Registrar as
also a complete list of all life members of the Association since its inception as per records available. In the editorial Dr. Sengupta in the context of three hundred years of Calcutta referred to the One
Hundred & Seventy Three years of the college, its long history and firmly established tradition and remarked 'What is important at this moment is to recollect how this institution grew from small
beginnings into a model of efficiency and how it has managed to survive intermittent onslaughts made at regular intervals to denigrate it and reduce it qualitatively Education means attainment of excellence
in the exercise of the intellect and the imagination, and is, by nature, elitist. In course of a century and a half Presidency College had made provision for the attainment of that excellence. It is a
criminal offence to deprive present and coming generations of students of the opportunities which they might enjoy if this college is allowed to grow the way it is growing. Secondly, in the modern world with
the facilities of quick travel and inter-communication, English is the only language which Indian students must learn if they are to develop this intellect and imagination by delving into the storehouse of
Western literature, philosophy and science; and in a multilingual country, it is the only language that can unite one region with another. Excessive importance given to one all-India language would tend to
breed colonialism which is worse than elitism and exalting regional languages is bound to act as a divisive force. The necessity for learning English is recognised but the way in which it is sought to be
taught is not the right way. The elemental truth is that a language can be properly learnt only through its literature. Any attempt to bypass it would be disastrous.' |
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Autumn Annual-Vol.XIX (1990-91)-Editor-In-Chief: Subodh Chandra Sengupta |
In addition to an illuminating editorial, 'English in India' by the Editor-in-Chief and a review of the
progress achieved by the Alumni Association during the decade just ended under the feature' About Ourselves' by the Secretary, Dr. Sunil Rai Choudhuri, the then Principal of the college, the most interesting
item of this volume was the re-print of 'Hindu Athoba Presidency Colleger Itibritta' by Rajnarayan Basu. |
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Autumn Annual- Vol.XX (1991-92)- Editor-In-Chief: Subodh Chandra Sengupta |
This volume was published as '175th Anniversary Number'. In addition to many articles of varied
interest, this volume contained a large number of reminiscences of the alumni of the college which were extracts from the materials collected by the History Department. for the updated History of Presidency
College,Calcutta. |
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Autumn Annual-Vol.XXI (1992-93)-Editor-In-Chief: Subodh Chandra Sengupta |
This volume was published as '175th Anniversary Celebration Number'. A short account of the inaugural
function of 175th Anniversary of the College, held on 21st January, 1992 and the various steps taken for holding the special week-long programme in a befitting manner towards the end of 1992 were reported
under the feature' About ourselves' by the Secretary, Dr. Amal Kumar Mukhopadhyay, Principal of the College. The volume contained many articles of interest including a large number relating to Presidency
college, Calcutta; a photo of the renovated grand Turret Clock; interviews with some eminent ex-teachers of the college viz. Prof. Pratul Chandra Rakshit of the Chemistry Department Prof. Bhabatosh Datta of
the Economics Department., Prof. Kshudiram Das of the Bengali Department, Prof. Satchidananda Bandopadhyay of the Physiology Department and Prof. Subodh Chandra Sengupta of the English Department. A most
useful item of reference published in this volume was the consolidated and complete 'Index to Vol. I to XX of Autumn Annual (1960 to 1991-92)'. |
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Autumn Annual-Vol.XXII - XXV (1993-97)-Editor-In-Chief: Prof. Subodh Chandra Sengupta |
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Autumn Annual-Vol.XXVI - XXVII (1997-99)-Editor-In-Chief: Prof. Amalendu Dasgupta |
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Autumn Annual-Vol.XXVIII - XXXII (1999-2004)-Editor : Dr. Anjali Mookherjee |
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Autumn Annual-Vol.XXXIII (2004-2005)-Editor : Shri Nityapriya Ghosh |
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