Hartley College
Hartley College ஹாட்லிக் கல்லூரி | |
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Coordinates | 9°49′40.20″N 80°13′58.20″E / 9.8278333°N 80.2328333°E |
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School type | Public provincial (APS) 1AB |
Motto | Fiat lux (Let there be light) |
Religious affiliation(s) | Methodism |
Denomination | Methodist Church in Sri Lanka |
Founded | 1838 |
Founder | Peter Percival |
School district | Vadamarachi Education Zone |
School number | 1007026 |
Principal | T. Kalaichelvan |
Teaching staff | 52 |
Grades | 6-13 |
Gender | Boys |
Age range | 11-18 |
School roll | 206 |
Language | Tamil, English |
Website | hartley |
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
[edit]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
[edit]- 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
- 2014-21 T. Mugunthan
- 2021-present T. Kalaichelvan
Notable teachers
[edit]Name | Year | Notability | Reference |
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K. S. Arulnandhy | Deputy Director of Education (1946–1950) | [13] | |
Herbert Thambiah | Chief Justice of Sri Lanka (1991) | [14] |
Notable alumni
[edit]See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Schools Basic Data as at 01.10.2010. Northern Provincial Council. 2010. Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2011-02-27.
- ^ "Province – Northern" (PDF). Schools Having Bilingual Education Programme. Ministry of Education. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-03.
- ^ a b c d e "Significant Dates in the Hartley's History". Hartley College.
- ^ a b c "Hartley College – Our Treasured School". Hartley College.
- ^ "HSZ blocks progress of Hartley and Methodist schools". TamilNet. 17 July 2003.
- ^ "Grenade attack on SLA sentry near Point Pedro schools". TamilNet. 19 November 2005.
- ^ Maniccavasgar, Chelvathamy (26 July 2008). "Hartley College completes 170 years in sphere of education". Daily News (Sri Lanka). Archived from the original on 5 August 2009.
- ^ "Principals of Hartley College Principals". Hartley College.
- ^ a b c "Hartley past principal's funeral held in UK". TamilNet. 30 April 2001.
- ^ "Thamotheram, social activist, passes away". TamilNet. 1 November 2005.
- ^ Arumugam 1997, pp. 224–225.
- ^ Arumugam 1997, p. 145.
- ^ Arumugam 1997, p. 13.
- ^ Arumugam 1997, p. 220.
- ^ Arumugam 1997, p. 3.
- ^ Sri Kantha, Sachi. "Alvapillai: A Silent Axle of the Colonial and Post-colonial Ceylon Administration". Ilankai Tamil Sangam.
- ^ Malalasekera, Sarath (3 October 2002). "Veteran policeman is new IGP". Daily News (Sri Lanka). Archived from the original on 17 October 2002.
- ^ a b "Well done Hartley!". Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka). 27 October 2002. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-06-02.
- ^ Arumugam 1997, pp. 7–8.
- ^ D. B. S. Jeyaraj (14 June 2008). "Last TULF Leader Standing: Sangaree at Seventy Five". TransCurrents.com. Archived from the original on 7 July 2012.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Ex Vice-Chancellor of Eastern University dies". TamilNet. 8 August 2003.
- ^ Arumugam 1997, p. 52.
- ^ a b c d Maniccavasgar, Chelvatamby (7 December 2006). "Ganeshalingam, an exceptional human-being". Daily News (Sri Lanka). Archived from the original on 3 May 2008.
- ^ Sri Kantha, Sachi. "Christie Jayaratnam Eliezer (1918-2001): A Conquering Scientist". Ilankai Tamil Sangam.
- ^ Maniccavasgar, Chelvathamy (3 January 2012). "K Ganeshalingam's 74th birth anniversary: Multi-faceted and multi-dimensional personality". Daily News (Sri Lanka). Archived from the original on 3 July 2013.
- ^ "A. Gnanathasan takes Silk as President's Counsel". Daily News (Sri Lanka). 5 March 2009. Archived from the original on 10 March 2009.
- ^ "Moral or professional standards of behaviour, principles". Daily News (Sri Lanka). 6 August 2009. Archived from the original on 10 August 2009.
- ^ Arumugam 1997, p. 75.
- ^ "Senator Ian Kiru Karan Felicitated By His School". The Sunday Leader. 13 March 2011.
- ^ "Lankan born German Minister feted". Daily News (Sri Lanka). 15 March 2011. Archived from the original on 20 March 2011.
- ^ Arumugam 1997, p. 93.
- ^ "Karumpuli Naal marked worldwide". Tamil Guardian. 5 July 2015.
- ^ Pleven, Liam (19 July 2005). "Secrets of their success (part 2)". Newsday. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007.
- ^ "Hartley College Milestones". Hartley College. Archived from the original on 20 December 2008.
- ^ "Vasanthan Vallipuram". Hartley College. Archived from the original on 2016-06-16.
- ^ Maniccavasagar, Chelvatamby (28 April 2010). "Governor's award for Professor Nadarajasundaram". Daily News (Sri Lanka). Archived from the original on 4 July 2010.
- ^ Rajasingham, K. T. (11 May 2011). "There was never intentional killing of innocent Tamils – Air Vice Marshal (Retd.) Balasundaram Premachandra". Asian Tribune.
- ^ Arumugam 1997, p. 150.
- ^ "K. B. Ratnayake dies at 80". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 1 May 2004. Archived from the original on 3 April 2013.
- ^ "Personalities from the south nurtured in Jaffna". The Island (Sri Lanka). 13 January 2002.
- ^ D. B. S. Jeyaraj (13 October 2001). "Death of a Tiger". Frontline. 18 (21). Archived from the original on 21 October 2006.
- ^ "Tiger air wing founder worked for Air Canada". The Island (Sri Lanka). 27 March 2007.
- ^ Hoole, Ratnajeevan (27 April 2015). "Lessons from Prof. Sivapalan's Investiture at University of Illinois Urbana Champaign". The Island (Sri Lanka).
- ^ Arumugam 1997, p. 224.
- ^ "One Hundred Tamils of the 20th Century: C.J.T.Thamotheram". Tamil Nation.
- ^ "Thamotheram, social activist, passes away". TamilNet. 1 November 2005. Archived from the original on 30 June 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
- ^ Arumugam 1997, p. 233.
- ^ Schalk, Peter (2011). "Professor Alvapillai Veluppillai as Researcher and Teacher". In Schalk, Peter; Van Nahl, Ruth (eds.). The Tamils: From The Past To The Present : Celebratory Volume In Honour Of Professor Alvapillai Veluppillai At The Occasion Of His 75th Birthday (PDF). Kumaran Book House. pp. 13–32. ISBN 978-955-659-303-7.[permanent dead link]
References
[edit]- Arumugam, S. (1997). Dictionary of Biography of the Tamils of Ceylon (PDF).