Canadian Hartleyite
Newsletter of the Past Pupils' Association of Canada &USA	Vol 8 No 3 December 2004

Hartley Reconstruction Appeal gets Quick Response from Canada/USA Hartleyites

Classroom with the furniture of 1960

Some of these had names of students of that era etched.

URGENT NEEDS

Furniture for 10 classrooms @ Cdn $ 1230.00/room

Furniture etc. for Biology Lab. Cdn $ 1750.00

Furniture etc. for Chemistry Lab Cdn $ 600

Furniture etc. for Physics Lab Cdn $ 500.00

Computer room for Library - awaiting estimate

Renovation of old staff room - awaiting estimate

HOW CAN YOU HELP

Adopt a classroom ( you may do it in memory of your loved ones). You can send either in Canadian dollars or its equivalent American dollars to the Treasurer :

Mr. R. Rajeswaran

Treasurer,Hartley college PPA Canada/USA

725 Mississauuga

Ontario L5A 3X5

OR IN SRI LANKAN RUPPES ( Rs 91 000.00 per class) to the account of Hartley College Past Pupils Association TRUST in Colombo to the account # 1480011320, Commercial Bank, Union Place, Colombo.

Send an advice with your details to Treasurer

of the Trust Mr. Chella Pathmanathan ,

Management consultant, CCF.Inc . Sri Lanka

E-219/8 -3,NHDA Flats

Mohideen Masjeed Rd, Colombo 10

E- Mail : cpn7 @ sltnet.lk

THE RESPONSE TO DATE

Dr. Shan A. Shanmugavadivel - one classroom

Dr. K. Eswara - one classroom

Dr. J. C. P . Samuel - one classroom

Mr. Karu Chinniah - one classroom

Dr. A Somaskanda & Dr. A. Thangarooban - Biology Laboratory

Dr. Jothimalar Muhunthan - one classroom

Mr. V. Vijanthira - one classroom

Mr. M. Atputhanathan - Physics Laboratory.

NOTE BY TREASURER

We would appreciate every Hartleyite of HCPPA Canada/ USA to come forward with at least a minimum of Cdn $ 100.00 contribution. Already Hartleyites are phoning in to offer their contribution.

Besides the treasurer you can contact any of the other four members of the subcommittee or any of the committee members for more details

The others are Mr.K. Rajaratnam , Vice President(convener) Tel: 416 431 0987

Mr. N. Sivapalan Tel: 416 746 0307

Mr. M. Atputhanathan Te: 416 439 7696

Dr. A. Shanmugavadivel Tel: 416 293 0966

We are overwhelmed by the response. But we have some more items to finance especially the construction and equipping the computer room for the Library so that even though there are not many reference books ( everything was burnt down to ashes) children can use CDs/ DVDs and internet to obtain the information necessary. This project will cost more as a building is involved.

Other urgent need is to renovate the old staff room so that teachers can have decent place prepare their lessons and rest. At present about 50 of them use a small classroom with limited furniture .

A typical example of the many Classrooms with broken chairs and desks that the children are using to get their education

16th Hartleyite Nite

The 16th Hartlyite Nite and Annual General meeting was held at the Centennial Recreation Center Auditorium with quite a number of distinguished Hartleites from USA attending the event. The guests of Honor were Mr. M. Atputhanathan , Former Student and Teacher of Hartley and past president of HCPPA Canada/USA, and Dr.K.Eswara M.D , Gastroenterologist and Program Director for the Division of Gastroenterology at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York . It should be noted that Dr. Eswara is a past

pupil of Hartley and who have been Coordinating HCPPA Canada/USA activities in USA. Except for the fact that all events were delayed there was a good gathering as usual. The main emphasis was urgent reconstruction needs of Hartley to help the present generation of Students to get the minimum facilities to pursue their education. Mr. Atputhanathan who recently visited Hartley and spent time, at the request of the Executive committee, in assessing the situation gave a video-glimpse of the state of Hartley as it is today and appealed to every Hartleyite to contribute at least the minimum of CD$ 100.00 towards the Urgent Reconstruction efforts. He also appealed to those who can afford to adopt a class room or any of the projects outlined. President Dr. Thangarooban who has been re-elected for the second term told the gathering that he will devote the year 2005 to muster every Hartleyite to chip in and help to provide the basic facilities. He himself along with another Past pupil Dr. S. Somaskandan from Webster, New York undertook to meet the cost of putting the Biology laboratory in a workable condition. Dr. Shanmugavadivel paid tribute to the late Dr. T. Thiyagendran , founder President of HCPPA Canada/USA and Mr. S. Sathiamoorthy paid tribute to the late Mr. P. Veenugopal , past principal and then Assistant director of Education who died in an accident. Dr. Eswara recollected his era when Pooranampillai was Principal and Mr. Deva was his Hostel Warden. He also appealed to every Hartleyite to contribute to the Hatrley reconstruction program and set an example himself by taking over the furniture for one classroom.

Do you Know Hartley was the First school to become a Refugee

Sri Lankan army was targeting Libraries. First they burnt down the Jaffna Public Library with its very precious collection of ancient writings and even ola documents. Of all the buildings in Hartley , the army targeted the Library and burnt it down in September 1984 destroying the rare collection of books dating back to more that fifty years. This was followed by shelling which destroyed the staff room, lower hall, administration block and Pooranampillai Block. Third phase was the complete occupation of the college thereby sending the students and teachers of Hartley as Refugees to Puttalai MV. The Principal Mr. W.N.S. Samuel could not take this atrocities , fell sick and retired. It was left to Mr S. P. Balasingam to take care of his past school at the refugee site, Puttalai .

Life Membership touches 150

The new members are:

146 Thayaparan Muttiah 905 404 8568

147 Shanthan Paranjothy 416 624 7242

148 Jeyapalan Kathirgamanathan

905 814 1098

149 Blanchard R. Rajadurai 416 431 7889

150 Kumanararan Rajaratnam 416 431 0987

Miss Stella Duraiappah Passes Away

Miss Stella Duraiappa fondly called Stella was a former teacher of Hartley. Just after finishing her degree in Geography, she joined Hartley in 1956 along with Mr. Ratnavel , Mr. M. Atputhanathan and Mr. N. Navaratnam . She taught there for two years and then joined Vembadi . She was one the early people to take Canada as her home. After retiring as a teacher in Canada, she took to evangelistic work. She passed away last month. On behalf of the Past pupils of Hartley in Canada and USA we pass on our heart felt condolences to her relatives.

HCPPA Point Pedro Transfers our funds to Trust

The Library fund in memory of late Mr. S. Ratnasabapathy , Principal of Hartley started by HCPPA Canada/ USA to maintain and update the needs of the Library , out of the interest earned every year was deposited with HCPPA Point Pedro. In addition a Fund in memory of late Mr. P. Ehamparam , a long time Prefect of games and later Principal of Hartley, to give scholarship out of the interest to Best sportsman of the year in the fields of Soccer, Cricket, Athletics was also deposited with Point Pedro branch.

These funds have now all been transferred to the Global Trust at the request of HCPPA Canada and USA. We must thank the past president Mr. Nadarajasundaram and the present President Mr.K. Balasubramaniam for their kind cooperation .

HCPPA NEW SOUTH WALES LAUNCHS FUND COLLECTION FOR HARTLEY

HCPPA New South Wales has launched programs to collect funds for furniture etc for Hartley. First event was a benefit show. This is an encouraging sign and we hope more HCPPAs will come forward to help out Hartley

The Executive Committee for 2005

This year at the request of USA members two committee members were elected from USA. It was agreed that these members will be available on the day when committee meetings are held in Canada for a conference call where issues can be discussed. It was also suggested that they could try to attend one or two committee meeting personally and Canadian exco members also can think of conducting at least one meeting in USA.

The Executive Committee

President:

: Dr. A. Thangarooban 905 770 3350

E-mail : atroopan @ rogers.com

Vice Presidents:

Mr. S. Sivasothilingam 905 275 1821, E-mail: siva @ adaptdrivers.com

K. Rajaratnam ; 416 431 0987

Secretary :

Mr. V. Shanmuganayagam 905 305 1958

E- mail: vshan @ sympatico.ca

Asst. Secretary:

Mr. M. Sritharan 416 297 1613

E- mail: rgprinting @ on.aibn.com

Treasurer:

Mr. R. Rajeswaran 905 896 7982

E - mail: kalrajez @ yahoo.com

Asst Treasurer:

Mr. V. Vijeyenthira 416 429 7423

Editor:

Mr. M. Atputhanathan 416 439 7696

E - mail: atput @ interlog.com

Committee members:

Mr. S. Krishnalingam 416 963 8591

Mr. R. Mathavan 905 472 8825

Dr A. Somaskandar 516 872 5301 (USA)

Mr. N. Sivapalan 416 746 0307

Mr.S. Sivarajah 416 287 7903

Mr. M. Thayaparan 905 454 8568

Mr. Thevanayagam 716 568 1168 (USA)

Mr. T. Thiruchelvam 416 286 1095

Auditors:

Mr. S. Sivakumaran 905 305 6160

Mr. V. Jeyaraman 905 787 0136

FIRST JOINT COMMITTEE MEETING OF BOTH COMMITTEES FOR 2005

The First Joint Committee meeting of the outgoing committee and the new committee for the year 2005 will be held on January 9th 2005 at 6 PM at the residence of President Dr. A. Thangarooban .

Editorial

This year ended with an encouraging note where there was a genuine rallying round of Hartleyites both in Canada and in USA to come to the help of their Alma mater.

We hope the NEW YEAR will encourage more members to come forward to help.

WISH ALL HARTLEYITES HAPPY HOLIDAYS AND A PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR.

M.Atputhanathan

Editor

We apologize for any mistakes that might have crept in inadvertently.