St. Thomas's Hall

Infobox_University
name = St. Thomas's Hall


motto = "For God and Country"
established = 1937
type = Residential Hall
college = Madras Christian College(Autonomous)
city = Chennai
state = Tamil Nadu
country = India
colors = Maroon

St.Thomas's Hall is one of four Residential Halls at Madras Christian College, Tambaram, Channai.

History

St.Thomas's hall was built in the year 1937, named after St.Thomas, The harbringer of Christianity into India. Initially, St. Thomas's hall did not follow any constitution as of such. In the early years , the hall was run under the leadership of the Warden and the General Secretary. The first warden of St. Thomas's Hall was Rev.J.R Macphail and the first General Secretary of St.Thomas's Hall was A. Mohammed Nabi.

The Constitution

The Hall adopted the Indian system of constitution in the year 1950-51 . The Hall Constitution was drafted by K.S.S Sharma, R.Ravi Varma and Ponampalam.

Under the Indian Constitution system , The hall was to function with the Speaker and Prime Minister holding the "highest" posts in the hall, keeping in mind the system is based on anarchy. While the Speaker was to function as a elder statesman, responsible for the moral conduct of the Hall and the orderly conduct of the General Body meetings, The Prime Minister was in charge of the Cabinet and the functioning of the hall in matters of finance and public affairs.

The First Speaker of the Hall was K.S.S Sharma and the First Prime Minister was S.Suryanarayan.