Hartley College

For the British university formerly known as Hartley College, see University of Southampton.
Hartley College
ஹாட்லிக் கல்லூரி
Location
Point Pedro, Jaffna District, Northern Province
Sri Lanka
Coordinates 9°49′40.20″N 80°13′58.20″E / 9.8278333°N 80.2328333°ECoordinates: 9°49′40.20″N 80°13′58.20″E / 9.8278333°N 80.2328333°E
Information
School type Public provincial (APS) 1AB
Motto Fiat lux
(Let there be light)
Founded 1838
Founder Rev Dr. Peter Percival
School district Vadamarachi Education Zone
School number 1007026
Principal N. Theivendraraja
Teaching staff 52
Grades 6-13
Gender Boys
Age range 11-18
Language Tamil, English
School roll 206
Website hartleycollege.org

Hartley College (Tamil: ஹாட்லிக் கல்லூரி Hāṭlik Kallūri) is a provincial school in Point Pedro, Sri Lanka.[1][2] Founded in 1838 by British Methodist missionaries, it is one of Sri Lanka's oldest schools. The school is named after Wesleyan priest and missionary Rev. Hartley.

History

Methodist missionaries from Britain arrived in Ceylon on 29 June 1814. The Wesleyan Mission Central School was founded in 1838 by Rev. Dr. Peter Percival.[3][4] The school is located at the current location of the Methodist Girls' High School. The school transferred to its current site in 1874.[3] The school was renamed Christ Church School in 1912 and Hartley College in 1916.[3][4]

Most private schools in Ceylon were taken over by the government in 1960. Hartley College becomes a publicly funded school on 1 December 1960.[4]

Following arson by the Sri Lankan government forces in 1984, the school moved to Puttalai from 1985 to 1990.[3] In 1989, the school appeared on a postage stamp issued to commemorate its 150th anniversary.[3] From 1996 to 2002, part of the school was occupied by the Sri Lanka Army, and the school remains in a high security zone.[5] In 2005, part of the school was destroyed by a grenade thrown from a motorcycle.[6]

Principals

[7][8]

  • 1838-60 Rev. Dr. Peter Percival
  • 1861-68 Rev. D. P. Niles
  • 1868- Samuel Hensman
  • -1878 J. C. T. Sherrard[9]
  • 1906 S. A. Paulpillai
  • 1906-12 S. S. Kanapathipillai[9]
  • 1912-15 E. S. Abraham
  • 1915-43 C. P. Thamotheram[10][11]
  • 1943-67 K. Pooranampillai[9][12]
  • 1967-71 S. Ratnasabapathy
  • 1971-73 C. Rajathurai
  • 1973-75 P. Ahamparam
  • 1975-85 W. N. S. Samuel
  • 1985-93 P. Balasingam
  • 1993-97 K. Nadarajah
  • 1997-99 P. Venugopalavanithasan
  • 1999-00 N. Gunaseelan
  • 2000-02 M. Sripathy
  • 2003-05 V. Pathmanathan
  • 2005-14 N. Theivendraraja

Teachers

Alumni

See also

Notes

  1. Schools Basic Data as at 01.10.2010. Northern Provincial Council. 2010.
  2. "Province - Northern" (PDF). Schools Having Bilingual Education Programme. Ministry of Education.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 "Significant Dates in the Hartley's History". Hartley College.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Hartley College - Our Treasured School". Hartley College.
  5. "HSZ blocks progress of Hartley and Methodist schools". TamilNet. 17 July 2003.
  6. "Grenade attack on SLA sentry near Point Pedro schools". TamilNet. 19 November 2005.
  7. Maniccavasgar, Chelvathamy (26 July 2008). "Hartley College completes 170 years in sphere of education". Daily News (Sri Lanka).
  8. "Principals of Hartley College Principals". Hartley College.
  9. 9.0 9.1 9.2 "Hartley past principal's funeral held in UK". TamilNet. 30 April 2001.
  10. "Thamotheram, social activist, passes away". TamilNet. 1 November 2005.
  11. Arumugam 1997, pp. 224–225.
  12. Arumugam 1997, p. 145.
  13. Arumugam 1997, p. 13.
  14. Arumugam 1997, p. 220.
  15. Arumugam 1997, p. 3.
  16. Sri Kantha, Sachi. "Alvapillai: A Silent Axle of the Colonial and Post-colonial Ceylon Administration". Ilankai Tamil Sangam.
  17. Malalasekera, Sarath (3 October 2002). "Veteran policeman is new IGP". Daily News (Sri Lanka).
  18. 18.0 18.1 "Well done Hartley!". Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka). 27 October 2002.
  19. Arumugam 1997, pp. 7–8.
  20. D. B. S. Jeyaraj (14 June 2008). "Last TULF Leader Standing: Sangaree at Seventy Five". TransCurrents.com.
  21. "Ex Vice-Chancellor of Eastern University dies". TamilNet. 8 August 2003.
  22. Arumugam 1997, p. 52.
  23. 23.0 23.1 23.2 23.3 Maniccavasgar, Chelvatamby (7 December 2006). "Ganeshalingam, an exceptional human-being". Daily News (Sri Lanka).
  24. Sri Kantha, Sachi. "Christie Jayaratnam Eliezer (1918-2001): A Conquering Scientist". Ilankai Tamil Sangam.
  25. Arumugam 1997, pp. 52–53.
  26. Maniccavasgar, Chelvathamy (3 January 2012). "K Ganeshalingam’s 74th birth anniversary: Multi-faceted and multi-dimensional personality". Daily News (Sri Lanka).
  27. "A. Gnanathasan takes Silk as President’s Counsel". Daily News (Sri Lanka). 5 March 2009.
  28. "Moral or professional standards of behaviour, principles". Daily News (Sri Lanka). 6 August 2009.
  29. Arumugam 1997, p. 75.
  30. Arumugam 1997, pp. 76–77.
  31. "Senator Ian Kiru Karan Felicitated By His School". The Sunday Leader. 13 March 2011.
  32. "Lankan born German Minister feted". Daily News (Sri Lanka). 15 March 2011.
  33. Arumugam 1997, p. 93.
  34. Arumugam 1997, p. 96.
  35. "Key Tamil official in Sri Lanka cricket to be sidelined". TamilNet. 24 March 2008.
  36. Epasinghe, Premasara (2 February 2011). "Mathivanan - an ornament to cricket". The Island (Sri Lanka).
  37. Arumugam 1997, p. 105.
  38. Maniccavasagar, Chelvatamby (28 April 2010). "overnor’s award for Professor Nadarajasundaram". Daily News (Sri Lanka).
  39. "Prof. V. Nandakumar Associate Professor". University of Peradeniya.
  40. "Keynotes". University of Jaffna.
  41. Arumugam 1997, p. 128.
  42. Arumugam 1997, p. 138.
  43. Arumugam 1997, pp. 145–146.
  44. Rajasingham, K. T. (11 May 2011). "There was never intentional killing of innocent Tamils - Air Vice Marshal (Retd.) Balasundaram Premachandra". Asian Tribune.
  45. Arumugam 1997, p. 150.
  46. "K. B. Ratnayake dies at 80". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 1 May 2004.
  47. "Personalities from the south nurtured in Jaffna". The Island (Sri Lanka). 13 January 2002.
  48. D. B. S. Jeyaraj (13 October 2001). "Death of a Tiger". Frontline (magazine) 18 (21).
  49. "Tiger air wing founder worked for Air Canada". The Island (Sri Lanka). 27 March 2007.
  50. Arumugam 1997, p. 203.
  51. "Suvarnarajah appointed Batticaloa High Court Judge". TamilNet. 1 July 2008.
  52. Arumugam 1997, p. 233.

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