Summary Of City and College

In a short account of the interwoven journeys of St Stephen’s College and the city of Delhi, D.E.U. Baker traces the history of the College from the time that its founders from Cambridge struggled to shape a meaningful educational project in a city rebuilding itself from the ruins of a devastating conflict in 1857 to the end of World War II/1947, when the College’s basic rhythms had been set and it was ready to take its place in the new order of things. Baker’s focus is on the historical shaping of the College’s founding values – discipline, sound learning, well-rounded personality, community, camaraderie, syncretism and service – through the vision and motivation of its early Principals, and Staff; and the underlying dilemmas and challenges that informed this journey through the momentous changes in the city and the country in this period.
Marshalling a range of sources, from the College’s official documents and publications, to reports and letters of the founding scholars-missionaries, and of course, critical secondary writings, Baker writes at once with broad strokes and in sparkling detail, fashioning an evocative history of an institution and its city.

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