Remembering Dr Ritze
by Dr Rehan Siddiqui In 1966 I got admission and a tuition scholarship for graduate studies at the University of Cincinnati, USA. The university did not offer me an assistantship for my board and lodging. Everybody discouraged me from going to the USA without financial assistance. Dr Fritz Ritze, who was teaching English at FCC, met me in a meeting and discussed the situation with me. He said, “Rehan you must go because I know that you will get the financial assistance when you join the university and show your performance. If you feel you have no money to eat I will support you from New York.” On his encouragement, I went to Cincinnati and got financial assistance. Now I feel that those encouraging words helped me in improving my qualifications. Dr Ritze was a role model and he believed in the college motto: “By love serve one another”. Photograph of Dr Ritze: The Yearbook – Folio: Forman Christian College, 1971-72. Photographs of Dr Rehan Siddiqui from his personal...
Seeing Double: Remembering FCC
by Mian Muhammad Rashid Javed My first contact at FCC was with Mr Naeem Asad-Ullah at new student orientation day. He was my adviser, he spent the whole day with us. He briefly explained to us the education system here, the degree program, credit hours, add drop, WF, WP, midterm and final terms. On the very next day, I had my hostel interview. When I entered the interview room, the person who was taking the interview looked similar my adviser. At first I thought he was my adviser and I was amazed that he did not recognize me. In fact, we had spent the whole day together the day before. After a few days I came to know that he was Mr Nadeem Asad-Ullah, the twin brother of Mr Naeem Asad-Ullah! It’s quite difficult for me to write down in words the feelings that I have for Forman Christian College. I spent four years of my educational life here. These four years were splendid and memorable. The faculty of Forman Christian College was very friendly and cooperative. Their way of teaching and giving lectures was unique, it allowed a student to learn and flourish. In my Economics Department I liked Mr Muhammad Afzal Tabassum, Mr Zahid Iqbal, Dr Hafiz Rizwan Ahmed and Dr Muhammad Aslam Chaudhry. In my early days at FCC, I was low in confidence. I felt I would be lucky if I even managed to pass with average grades. However the structure of education at FCC, combined with hard work, led towards my achieving a BS (Hons) degree in Economics with good grades. These are a very few simple words of thanks to Forman Christian College. 150th Happy Birthday to my Alma Matter...
Golden Moments
by Mujtaba Ali One day we were playing frisbee near the Hockey Ground. This was back in February 2010. Our Rector, Dr Peter Armacost, happened to pass by there. One of our class fellows threw the frisbee and it hit Rector. We were all scared, wondering what would happen now. Most of the students hid behind trees. But he called us near him, took the frisbee, and asked us to teach him how to play. Yes, we did teach him and enjoyed our game with him while talking to him. We took some memorable photographs that day. Such a nice guy and such a nice...
Overcoming Odds
by Muhammad Raza It was a great morning when I woke up and my father told me to go to Lahore and get the admission forms. So I came to Lahore, got the forms, filled them and submitted them the same day because I didn’t want to lose the opportunity to be a part of FCC. After doing Intermediate in 2008, I decided to carry on at same institution for Baccalaureate. I had many opportunities but my soul never wanted to detach from its real body, that is FCC. On my first day of the Baccalaureate, when I entered into the class, my legs started shivering and moving one step ahead seemed to be like climbing Mount Everest. I lacked confidence but my teachers helped me a lot. My freshman year was tough, but with the passage of time, time started flying. Sophomore year was gone, junior year was going to end, and I decided to contest a society election. I don’t have a huge social circle. I was unsure and confused. Ignoring these feelings, I went to the Dean of Student’s office to get the nomination form. Like drops gathering in the sea, soon I had a gigantic group of friends who were supporting me. That built my confidence and I moved on. Ultimately I won the election and made good progress in the Formanite Journalism Society. It made me realize that I have done so much with so...
My Dream To Be a Formanite
By Arslan Ahmed FCC … A dream of mine. I was about thirteen when I heard about the marvelous status of FCC. That very day I had a vision to be the part of FCC for my Intermediate education. But it was not easy for me. I had two challenges in front of me. The first was that I was from a middle-class family and the other was securing high enough marks to get into the merit list of FCC Intermediate Admissions. For this I had to go to a well reputed school where I would get the high marks which could get me to FCC. I strived hard and had to struggle for getting a scholarship, because I belong to a far flung area of Balochistan. I got a scholarship and traveled to Lahore for higher secondary school education. I did not have a strong educational base but I struggled very hard just for the sake of FCC. Finally I succeeded and, Alhamdolillah, got admission in FCC on merit basis in Intermediate. Today I am very proud to be part of...
Hailstorm at FCC
by Azka Ijaz It was a cold evening in February 2011, but still FCC was looking like the most crowded place ever at 5 o’clock. We were standing in the Ahmed Saeed Building and waiting for our token numbers for add/drop. Finally, after hours and hours, my token number was called. I came out of the building after adding a course and suddenly heavy rain started. But that was not all. With this heavy rain there was a hailstorm too. Everyone gathered at the entrance. Students were running towards the building. Ah! And after a few minutes a white layer of ice covered the whole of FCC. FCC was looking like a paradise on...
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