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New Delhi: Notwithstanding the angry reactions St Stephen's College acting head, M.S. Frank, evoked with his remark in an interview to the college magazine that a co-educational hostel would necessitate a maternity ward, the journal's student editor said no changes in the text or recall of the printed copies was planned.
"The magazine is already out and I have not been told by anyone to make any editorial changes in a fresh stock," said Rijul Kochhar, the student editor of the magazine.
Teachers, students and members of the college's Supreme Council reacted angrily at Frank's comments in the magazine.
Sunil J. Mathews, advocate, speaking on behalf of the council - the custodian of the religious character of the college - dismissed Frank's comments as "stray".
"Frank's comments need not be taken seriously. It was a stray comment," Mathews said.
He also sought to downplay Frank's comment that the Christian quota in the institution would be augmented.
St Stephen's, one of the country's premier educational institutes, was recently in the news for all the wrong reasons.
Teachers' appointment
Last month, the college caused a huge furore after two vacancies for ad hoc teachers in the history department were filled up with Christian candidates, and a non-Christian candidate, who was a gold medallist and an alumni, was rejected for one of the posts.
The appointments were made by Frank much to the chagrin of the teaching staff. The issue was sorted out after the Supreme Council made provision for an additional post in the department to accommodate the non-Christian candidate.
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