ge ▁the ▁like ▁of ▁which ▁has ▁never ▁been ▁seen ▁in ▁the ▁country ▁before ▁or ▁after ." ▁Event ually , ▁due ▁to ▁financial ▁reasons , ▁the ▁sem inary ▁began ▁to ▁collect ▁an ▁entrance ▁fee ; ▁thus , ▁only ▁wealth y ▁families ▁were ▁able ▁to ▁send ▁their ▁children ▁for ▁education . ▁The ▁primary ▁purpose ▁of ▁these ▁families ▁was ▁to ▁ass ure ▁that ▁their ▁children ▁received ▁a ▁European ▁standard ▁education ▁without ▁converting ▁to ▁Christian ity . ▁Thus , ▁a ▁mission ary ▁by ▁the ▁name ▁of ▁R uf us ▁Anderson ▁decided ▁that ▁the ▁sem inary ▁should ▁be ▁shut ▁down ▁and ▁it ▁was ▁closed ▁in ▁ 1 8 5 5 . ▁This ▁led ▁to ▁a ▁sevent een - year ▁struggle ▁by ▁local ▁Christians ▁to ▁re open ▁the ▁sem inary . ▁It ▁eventually ▁opened ▁as ▁J aff na ▁College . ▁Although ▁American ▁invol vement ▁continues ▁to ▁the ▁current ▁day ▁in ▁mission ary ▁activities , ▁the ▁critical ▁age ▁of ▁transformation ▁ended ▁with ▁the ▁turn ▁of ▁the ▁ 2 0 th ▁century . ▁ ▁Social ▁impact ▁▁ ▁Although ▁the ▁mission aries ▁came ▁primarily ▁to ▁convert ▁the ▁loc als , ▁in ▁the ▁process ▁they ▁be que athed ▁all ▁the ▁modern ▁intellectual ▁necess ities ▁for ▁a ▁nation . ▁According ▁to ▁N . ▁Sab ar at nam ▁a ▁prominent ▁editor ▁of ▁E el an adu ▁newspaper , ▁ ▁With ▁the ▁am alg am ation ▁of ▁North ▁C ey lon ▁Miss ions ▁into ▁the ▁Church ▁of ▁South ▁India ▁( C SI ), ▁most ▁properties ▁and ▁existing ▁educational ▁institutions ▁are ▁managed ▁by ▁the ▁C SI .