Hartley College

Hartley College ஹாட்லிக் கல்லூரி
Fiat lux Let there be light
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
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

• K. S. Arulnandhy - science master^[13]
• H. D. Thambiah^[14]

Alumni

• K. Alvapillai - Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture & Food and Ministry of Commerce & Trade^[15][16]
• T. E. Anandaraja - Inspector General of Police^[17][18]
• V. Anandasangaree - Member of Parliament, Leader of the Tamil United Liberation Front^[19][20]
• K. D. Arulpragasam - Vice-Chancellor of the Eastern University, Sri Lanka^[21]
• C. J. Eliezer - Deputy Pro Vice Chancellor of the University of Ceylon, Dean of the Faculty of Science, Professor of Mathematics^[22][23][24]
• M. Esurupadham - judge, magistrate, crown proctor^[25]
• K. Ganeshalingam - Mayor of Colombo^[23][26]
• A. Gnanathasan - Deputy Solicitor General of Sri Lanka, President's Counsel^[27][28]
• D. Jeyanandan - Professor and Head of Department of Surveying & Land Information, University of the West Indies, Deputy Surveyor General of Sri Lanka.
• K. Kanapathypillai - Head of the Department of Tamil, University of Ceylon, Peradeniya^[29]
• A. P. Kandasamy - Director of the Department of Meteorology^[30]
• Ian Karan - Minister of Economic Affairs for Hamburg, Member of Senate of Hamburg^[31][32]
• C. Loganathan - General Manager of the Bank of Ceylon^[23][33]
• A. Maheswaran - Director of Irrigation, Additional Secretary^[34]
• K. Mathivanan - Vice President of Sri Lanka Cricket^[35][36]
• Kingsley T. Muthiah - President of Methodist Church in Sri Lanka^[37]
• M. Nadarajasundaram - Dean of the Faculty of Management Studies & Commerce, University of Jaffna^[38]
• V. Nandakumar - Head of the Department of Geography, University of Peradeniya^[39]
• V. Nithiyanandam - Professor of Economics^[40]
• R. Paramakuru - District Judge^[41]
• S. Periyathamby - Clerk to the State Council of Ceylon^[42]
• K. C. Praesoody - Superintendent of Excise^[43]
• P. B. Premachandra - Air Vice Marshal of Sri Lanka^[44]
• Annalingam Premashankar - High Court Judge
• J. M. Rajaratnam - Vice President of Singer Company^[45]
• Rudra Rajasingham - Inspector General of Police^[18]
• K. B. Ratnayake - Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka^[23][46][47]
• Shankar (Vaithilingam Sornalingam) - senior member of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam^[48][49]
• M. Sivapalan - Professor of Hydrology^[50]
• V. N. Sivarajah - Secretary of North East Provincial Council, Divisional Revenue Officer^[51]
• P. Suvarnarajah - High Court Judge^[52]
• C. J. T. Thamotheram – teacher, publisher and social worker^[53][54][55]
• A. Thurairajah - Vice-Chancellor of the University of Jaffna^[56]
• A. Veluppillai - Professor of Tamil^[57]
• Ratnasiri Wickremanayake - Prime Minister of Sri Lanka.

See also

• List of schools in Northern Province, Sri Lanka

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. "Significant Dates in the Hartley's History". Hartley College.
4. "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. "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. "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. 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. Hoole, Ratnajeevan (27 April 2015). "Lessons from Prof. Sivapalan’s Investiture at University of Illinois Urbana Champaign". The Island (Sri Lanka).
51. Arumugam 1997, p. 203.
52. "Suvarnarajah appointed Batticaloa High Court Judge". TamilNet. 1 July 2008.
53. Arumugam 1997, p. 224.
54. "One Hundred Tamils of the 20th Century: C.J.T.Thamotheram". Tamil Nation.
55. "Thamotheram, social activist, passes away". TamilNet. 1 November 2005.
56. Arumugam 1997, p. 233.
57. Schalk, Peter (2011). "Professor Alvapillai Veluppillai as Researcher and Teacher". In Schalk, Peter; Van Nahl, Ruth. 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.

References

• Arumugam, S. (1997). Dictionary of Biography of the Tamils of Ceylon (PDF).

External links

• www.hartleycollege.org
• www.hartleycollege.com
• www.hartley.lk
• Hartley College PPA Trust