Hartley College Explained

Hartley College
Native Name:ஹாட்லிக் கல்லூரி
Motto:Fiat lux
Motto Translation:Let there be light
City:Point Pedro, Jaffna District
Province:Northern Province
Country:Sri Lanka
Pushpin Map:Sri Lanka Point Pedro
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Point Pedro
Pushpin Label Position:left
Schooltype:1AB
Type:Public provincial (APS)
Religious Affiliation:Methodism
Denomination:Methodist Church in Sri Lanka
Founder:Peter Percival
District:Vadamarachi Education Zone
Schoolnumber:1007026
Principal:T. Kalaichelvan
Principal Label:Principal
Teaching Staff:52
Grades:6-13
Gender:Boys
Age Range:11-18
Language:Tamil, English
Roll:206

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]

Notable teachers

NameYearNotabilityReference
Deputy Director of Education (1946 - 1950)
Chief Justice of Sri Lanka (1991)

Notable alumni

NameNotabilityReference
Permanent Secretary – Minister of Agriculture and Food (1953 - 1959), Permanent Secretary – Minister of Commerce and Trade (1959 - 1965)[11]
Inspector General of Police (2002 - 2003)[12] [13]
member of parliament – Jaffna (2000 - 2004), Kilinochchi (1970 - 1983)[14]
Vice-Chancellor Eastern University, Sri Lanka (1986 - 1989)[15]
[16] [17]
Mayor of Colombo (1996 - 1997)[18]
Deputy Solicitor General (1999 - 2008) [19] [20]
head – Department of Tamil University of Ceylon (1947 - 1965)
Minister of Economic Affairs for Hamburg (2010 - 2011), Member of Senate of Hamburg[21] [22]
General Manager Bank of Ceylon (1953 - 1969)
(Vallipuram Vasanthan)Member of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, first Black Tiger[23] [24] [25] [26]
dean – Management Studies and Commerce University of Jaffna (1999 - 2005)[27]
Air Vice Marshall Chief of staff Air Force (2006  - 2011)[28]
Vice President Singer Company
Inspector General of Police (1982 - 1985)
Speaker Parliament of Sri Lanka (1994 - 2000), Governor of Central Province (2001 - 2002)[29] [30]
(aka Colonel Shankar) A member of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam[31] [32]
engineer, hydrologist, academic[33]
educationalist, founder Association of Commonwealth Teachers [34] [35]
Vice-Chancellor University of Jaffna (1988 - 1994)
academic, historian, author[36]
Prime Minister (2000 - 2001, 2005 - 2010), member parliament – Horana (1960 - 1977), Kalutara (1994 - 2010)

See also

References

Notes and References

  1. Book: Schools Basic Data as at 01.10.2010. 2010. Northern Provincial Council. 2011-02-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20131203001953/http://notice.np.gov.lk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=85%3Anpc-schools-basic-data-as-on-01102010. 2013-12-03. dead.
  2. Web site: Province – Northern. Schools Having Bilingual Education Programme. Ministry of Education. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20131203001342/http://www.moe.gov.lk/web/images/stories/branchnews/bilungual/np.pdf. 2013-12-03.
  3. Web site: Significant Dates in the Hartley's History. Hartley College.
  4. Web site: Hartley College – Our Treasured School. Hartley College.
  5. News: HSZ blocks progress of Hartley and Methodist schools. TamilNet. 17 July 2003.
  6. News: Grenade attack on SLA sentry near Point Pedro schools. TamilNet. 19 November 2005.
  7. News: Maniccavasgar. Chelvathamy. Hartley College completes 170 years in sphere of education. Daily News (Sri Lanka). 26 July 2008. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090805065439/http://www.dailynews.lk/2008/07/26/fea04.asp. 5 August 2009.
  8. Web site: Principals of Hartley College Principals. Hartley College.
  9. News: Hartley past principal's funeral held in UK. TamilNet. 30 April 2001.
  10. News: Thamotheram, social activist, passes away. TamilNet. 1 November 2005.
  11. Web site: Sri Kantha. Sachi. Alvapillai: A Silent Axle of the Colonial and Post-colonial Ceylon Administration. Ilankai Tamil Sangam.
  12. News: Malalasekera. Sarath. Veteran policeman is new IGP. Daily News (Sri Lanka). 3 October 2002. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20021017124342/http://www.dailynews.lk/2002/10/03/new15.html. 17 October 2002.
  13. News: Well done Hartley!. Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka). 27 October 2002. 2013-06-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304035915/http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2002/10/27/spo18.html. 2016-03-04. live.
  14. Web site: Last TULF Leader Standing: Sangaree at Seventy Five. TransCurrents.com. D. B. S. Jeyaraj. 14 June 2008. usurped. https://web.archive.org/web/20120707012042/http://transcurrents.com/tc/2008/06/post_1.html. 7 July 2012.
  15. News: Ex Vice-Chancellor of Eastern University dies. TamilNet. 8 August 2003.
  16. News: Maniccavasgar. Chelvatamby. Ganeshalingam, an exceptional human-being. Daily News (Sri Lanka). 7 December 2006. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20080503145405/http://www.dailynews.lk/2006/12/07/news31.asp. 3 May 2008.
  17. Web site: Sri Kantha. Sachi. Christie Jayaratnam Eliezer (1918-2001): A Conquering Scientist. Ilankai Tamil Sangam.
  18. News: Maniccavasgar. Chelvathamy. K Ganeshalingam's 74th birth anniversary: Multi-faceted and multi-dimensional personality. Daily News (Sri Lanka). 3 January 2012. dead. https://archive.today/20130703022028/http://www.dailynews.lk/2012/01/03/fea04.asp. 3 July 2013.
  19. News: A. Gnanathasan takes Silk as President's Counsel. Daily News (Sri Lanka). 5 March 2009. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090310043435/http://www.dailynews.lk/2009/03/05/news25.asp. 10 March 2009.
  20. News: Moral or professional standards of behaviour, principles. Daily News (Sri Lanka). 6 August 2009. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090810004424/http://www.dailynews.lk/2009/08/06/fea02.asp. 10 August 2009.
  21. News: Senator Ian Kiru Karan Felicitated By His School. The Sunday Leader. 13 March 2011.
  22. News: Lankan born German Minister feted. Daily News (Sri Lanka). 15 March 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110320040918/http://www.dailynews.lk/2011/03/15/news35.asp. 20 March 2011.
  23. News: Karumpuli Naal marked worldwide. Tamil Guardian. 5 July 2015.
  24. News: Pleven. Liam. Secrets of their success (part 2). Newsday. 19 July 2005. https://web.archive.org/web/20071001001755/http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/ny-wosri0719,0,990180.story?page=2&coll=ny-top-headlines. 1 October 2007.
  25. Web site: Hartley College Milestones. Hartley College. https://web.archive.org/web/20081220172956/http://www.hartleycollege.com/hweb/milestones/. 20 December 2008.
  26. Web site: Vasanthan Vallipuram. Hartley College. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160616230044/http://www.hartleycollege.com/cgi-bin/hweb/form/more/all_info.cgi?SERIAL=478. 2016-06-16.
  27. News: Maniccavasagar . Chelvatamby . 28 April 2010 . Governor's award for Professor Nadarajasundaram . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100704204235/http://www.dailynews.lk/2010/04/28/spo23.asp . 4 July 2010 . Daily News (Sri Lanka).
  28. News: Rajasingham. K. T.. There was never intentional killing of innocent Tamils – Air Vice Marshal (Retd.) Balasundaram Premachandra. Asian Tribune. 11 May 2011.
  29. News: K. B. Ratnayake dies at 80. The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 1 May 2004. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130403091009/http://archives.dailymirror.lk/2004/05/01/front/3.asp. 3 April 2013.
  30. News: Personalities from the south nurtured in Jaffna. The Island (Sri Lanka). 13 January 2002.
  31. Death of a Tiger. Frontline. 13 October 2001. 18. 21. D. B. S. Jeyaraj. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20061021155443/http://www.frontlineonnet.com/fl1821/18210570.htm. 21 October 2006.
  32. News: Tiger air wing founder worked for Air Canada. The Island (Sri Lanka). 27 March 2007.
  33. News: Hoole. Ratnajeevan. Ratnajeevan Hoole. Lessons from Prof. Sivapalan's Investiture at University of Illinois Urbana Champaign. The Island (Sri Lanka). 27 April 2015.
  34. Web site: One Hundred Tamils of the 20th Century: C.J.T.Thamotheram. Tamil Nation.
  35. News: Thamotheram, social activist, passes away. TamilNet. 1 November 2005. 6 December 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20160630221428/http://wap.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=16231. 30 June 2016. dead.
  36. Book: Schalk. Peter. 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. 2011. Kumaran Book House. 978-955-659-303-7. 13–32. Professor Alvapillai Veluppillai as Researcher and Teacher.

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