Hartley College
{{For|the British university formerly known as Hartley College|University of Southampton}}
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|motto = Fiat lux
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Hartley College ({{langx|ta|ஹாட்லிக் கல்லூரி}} Hāṭlik Kallūri) is a provincial school in Point Pedro, Sri Lanka.{{cite book|title=Schools Basic Data as at 01.10.2010|year=2010|publisher=Northern Provincial Council|url=http://notice.np.gov.lk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=85:npc-schools-basic-data-as-on-01102010|access-date=2011-02-27|archive-url=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|archive-date=2013-12-03|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=Province – Northern|url=http://www.moe.gov.lk/web/images/stories/branchnews/bilungual/np.pdf|work=Schools Having Bilingual Education Programme|publisher=Ministry of Education|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203001342/http://www.moe.gov.lk/web/images/stories/branchnews/bilungual/np.pdf|archivedate=2013-12-03}} 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.{{cite web|title=Significant Dates in the Hartley's History|url=http://www.hartleycollege.org/hweb/hartley/history.shtml|publisher=Hartley College}}{{cite web|title=Hartley College – Our Treasured School|url=http://www.hartleycollege.com/hweb/hartley/ourTreasuredSchool.shtml|publisher=Hartley College}} The school is located at the current location of the Methodist Girls' High School. The school transferred to its current site in 1874. The school was renamed Christ Church School in 1912 and Hartley College in 1916.
Most private schools in Ceylon were taken over by the government in 1960. Hartley College becomes a publicly funded school on 1 December 1960.
Following arson by the Sri Lankan government forces in 1984, the school moved to Puttalai from 1985 to 1990. In 1989, the school appeared on a postage stamp issued to commemorate its 150th anniversary. From 1996 to 2002, part of the school was occupied by the Sri Lanka Army, and the school remains in a high security zone.{{cite news|title=HSZ blocks progress of Hartley and Methodist schools|url=http://tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=9458|newspaper=TamilNet|date=17 July 2003}} In 2005, part of the school was destroyed by a grenade thrown from a motorcycle.{{cite news|title=Grenade attack on SLA sentry near Point Pedro schools|url=http://tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=16373|newspaper=TamilNet|date=19 November 2005}}
Principals
{{cite news|last=Maniccavasgar|first=Chelvathamy|title=Hartley College completes 170 years in sphere of education|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2008/07/26/fea04.asp|newspaper=Daily News (Sri Lanka)|date=26 July 2008|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090805065439/http://www.dailynews.lk/2008/07/26/fea04.asp|archivedate=5 August 2009}}{{cite web|title=Principals of Hartley College Principals|url=http://www.hartleycollege.org/hweb/hartley/principal/|publisher=Hartley College}}
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- 1838-60 Rev. Dr. Peter Percival
- 1861-68 Rev. D. P. Niles
- 1868- Samuel Hensman
- -1878 J. C. T. Sherrard{{cite news|title=Hartley past principal's funeral held in UK|url=http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=5974|newspaper=TamilNet|date=30 April 2001}}
- 1906 S. A. Paulpillai
- 1906-12 S. S. Kanapathipillai
- 1912-15 E. S. Abraham
- 1915-43 C. P. Thamotheram{{cite news|title=Thamotheram, social activist, passes away|url=http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=16231|newspaper=TamilNet|date=1 November 2005}}{{sfn|Arumugam|1997|pp=224–225}}
- 1943-67 K. Pooranampillai{{sfn|Arumugam|1997|p=145}}
- 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
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Notable teachers
{{See also|Category:Faculty of Hartley College}}
| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%" |
| style="width:*;" | Name
! style="width:12%;" | Year ! style="width:65%;" class="unsortable" | Notability ! style="width:*;" class="unsortable" | Reference |
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| {{sortname|K. S.|Arulnandhy}}
| style="text-align:center;" | | Deputy Director of Education (1946–1950) | style="text-align:center;" |{{sfn|Arumugam|1997|p=13}} |
| {{sortname|Herbert|Thambiah}}
| style="text-align:center;" | | Chief Justice of Sri Lanka (1991) | style="text-align:center;" |{{sfn|Arumugam|1997|p=220}} |
Notable alumni
{{See also|Category:Alumni of Hartley College}}
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See also
Notes
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References
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- {{cite book|last=Arumugam|first=S.|title=Dictionary of Biography of the Tamils of Ceylon|url=http://noolaham.net/project/19/1810/1810.pdf|year=1997}}
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External links
- {{URL|1=http://hartley.lk|2=hartley.lk}}
- {{URL|1=http://www.hartleycollege.org/|2=www.hartleycollege.org}}
- {{URL|1=http://www.hartleycollege.com/|2=www.hartleycollege.com}}
- {{URL|1=http://www.hartley.lk/|2=www.hartley.lk}}
- {{URL|1=http://www.hartleytrust.com/|2=Hartley College PPA Trust}}
Category:1838 establishments in Ceylon
Category:Boys' schools in Sri Lanka
Category:Educational institutions established in 1838
Category:Former Methodist schools in Sri Lanka
Category:Provincial schools in Sri Lanka
Category:Schools in Point Pedro
Category:Wesleyan Methodist Mission of Ceylon (North) schools