HOW A SCHOOL CHANGED BOYS INTO MEN CMS SCHOOL -PART I

Photograph of first 5 scholars of "Primary Mission School in 1885 founded by 'Rev. J. H. Knowles at Drugjan  

Photograph of a school boy & his child in 1885. He was among the first primary school student of CMS School started by Rev. J.H.Knowles. In those days most of the boys -were married and many of them had children.

Photograph showing CMS School Boys occupying every nook & corner of the school building in 1910 taken by Maurice Pratt Dunlap. The front roof of the school building is made of Shingles and back portion is of earthen roof with birch lining for water proofing called BURZA PASH in Kashmiri. The students are dressed in mixed Pherans and Coats etc

Photograph taken By Rev.C.E.Tyndale Biscoe of a football match in progress at Eidgah in 1900's.!Players are weraring turbans so that the leather ball doesnt touch thier head directly as it was felt that leather is unholy for the players, who in those days were almost all elite Brahmins.Aali Masjid can be seen in the background

The first ever football team in Kashmir 'was that of CMS School Fateh Kadal The group photograph of the team taken By Rev. C. E. Tyndale Biscoe in 1905. 

Photograph taken in 1912 showing three Kashmiri Pandit boys of CMS School Boxing Team.The change in dress code and footwear can be clearly seen

Photograph showing a student giving a display of gymnastics in front of visiting dignitaries & teachers at CMS School Fateh Kadal in 1898. 

Morning Assembly at CMS School Fateh Kadal of Turban Clad Boys & teachers in the courtyard of the school in 1910, with curious on lookers peeping over the boundary wall. By this time Pherans and wooden clog were discarded.

Photograph of first 5 scholars of "Primary Mission School in 1885 founded by 'Rev. J. H. Knowles at Drugjan

Photograph of a school boy & his child in 1885. He was among the first primary school student of CMS School started by Rev. J.H.Knowles. In those days most of the boys -were married and many of them had children.