Rev. Roy Strock

organized the laboratory of Andhra Christian College and was appointed Vice Principal in

1911. He married Elizabeth Maudy Evans at St. Matthew's Church, Guntur on November

9, 1911 and Rev. Dr. Uhl performed the marriage ceremony.

Rev. Roy Strock had efficiently served as the principal of Andhra Christian College for three times spanning a total of 12 years (1919-1922, 1927-33, 1936-39). He initiated the merger of Noble College, Masulipatnam (Machilipatnam) with Andhra Christian College to make one United Mission College and assumed the principalship of Noble College.

During years of 1922-24, he conducted a huge fund raising campaign in the USA and collected around three hundred thousand dollars.

During his tenure as principal, Rev. Dr. Strock was sympathetic to the Indian national movement for freedom. In 1936, he was the recipient of the Kaiser-i-Hind first class gold medal from His Majesty the King Emperor of India in recognition of public service in

India. Rev. Dr. John Roy Strock was the fifth President of Andhra Evangelical Lutheran

Church (AELC) in 1937. Later he served on various All-India bodies connected with the

National Christian Council. He also served as an advisor to the Gossner Evangelical

Lutheran Church until his return to the United States in 1949, after which Pastor and

Mrs. Strock retired from active missionary service. Rev. John Roy Strock, D. D. died in

Tennessee at the age of 96.

6. Sylvanus Stall Girls High School

Missionaries pioneered the women's education as part of their missionary work. Mrs.

Lorena Gunn, the first woman missionary in Guntur was in charge of Guntur schools from 1844 to 1853. Though women missionaries like Mrs. Schure, Mrs. Unangst, Mrs.

Uhl, Mrs. Rowe, Miss Dryden, Miss Sadtler and Mrs. Wolf carried on the school work in

Guntur, the first normal school for girls was opened in February 1892 with Mrs. G.

Thaayaaramma as Head Mistress.

Afterwards, Miss Minnie Moses,

Miss Sadler, Mrs. Albrecht and Dr.

& Mrs. Aberly helped with the school discipline. The school was raised to Lower Secondary in 1900 and upgraded to Higher Secondary

Girls’ Boarding School in Guntur in 1885

School in 1907.