Dear Visitor ,
Kumbakonam , temple city of tamilnadu situated in the Banks
of Cauvery and another river called ARASALARU (meaning king of river) . About
86% of people were educated person and
The Town High school is one of the best school in
this city where I have competed my secondary school education
150 Years
of Illustrious Educational Service
-- A Journey towards Educational excellence --
ESTABLISHED : 14-04-1864
-- A Journey towards Educational excellence --
ESTABLISHED : 14-04-1864
A glance at the history of " Town
Higher Secondary
School ".
It was popularly known as Town High School till 1978. It was upgraded as Town Higher Secondary School in the year 1978.
Being an
outstanding educational institution in Tamilnadu, it celebrated its centenary
celebration on 20.09.1964. It is in the heart and centre of Cauvery
delta, Kumbakonam. Kumbakonam is a city of temples. Town High School
is also a temple in the sense that it serves the cause of the education.
It has
played a part in the cultural life of Kumbakonam. 20
Past Headmasters have striven with a remarkable amount of enthusiasm and
devotion for the success of the educational endeavours of the School. The first
Headmaster of the Town
High School was
Mr.Martin. The first graduate Headmaster was
Mr.V.K.Ramanujachariyar. The two predecessors as Headmasters before I
entered this institution are late S.Ragavachari and Mr.K.Venkatraman. The
School today has a new appearance with renovated buildings in this campus. The
strength of the School is 3508, ( both boys and girls together ) and nearly 138
teaching and non-teaching members of the staff are working in this institution
today.
The Town
High School Association and the School Committee is a registered one. The
enlightened Management has been doing its best for the development of the
institution. Dr.T.Sitaraman is the President of the School Committee.
Mr.N.Navaneethakrishnan, B.A.,B.L., is the Secretary of Town Higher Secondary
School, Kumbakonam.
Since
the School has internet facilities in the campus itself. The School has mostly
all facilities like Xerox system, Computerised Departments, Live telecast
system in the campus and Generator facilities. Every class has a fan and a
light. Computer education at the higher secondary level is improved in this
School. " Only thing is to be noted, the Library of this School is to
be renovated with pucca infrastructure and it is the need of the hour to
develop the same and we need a lot of books " .
Early founders of the Primary School
- Mr.Raghunathaswamy Rao
- Rao Bahadur T.Gopala Rao
- Mr. Gopu Subbraya Chettiar
It was run with donations and
subscriptions from the public.
- It was born first as a Primary School in the mandapam ( DRESSING ROOM ) on the banks of the river Cauvery at Bagavad Padithurai.
- Secondly, the School was then housed in two houses in the T.S.R. Big Street, Kumbakonam.
- Thirdly, the then Principal of Government College, Mr.Porter was responsible for upgrading the School into a High School. He transferred the lower classes of the Provincial School to this School and the Provincial School under his stewardship became a college. In the loving memory of the Principal Mr.Porter, the Porter Town Hall was constructed in this town.
Mr.P.Thampuswamy
Mudaliar gave his 7
acres of land at a lower cost to the School Committee and he personally
supervised and constructed the Main
Building with Two Wings
and Central Hall is today popularly known as Ramanujam
Hall. The Main
Building was opened by
the D.P.I. Mr.Duncan, in 1892.
The first batch of the
Matriculation examinations was sent in 1887.
The Eastern Block ( Primary Block ) was
constructed in 1905. The Laboratory Block was
constructed in 1950.
Library was constructed in loving memory
of the reputed Headmaster, Kulapathy R.Swaminatha Iyer and it was opened by
Rt.Honourable V.S.Srinivasa Sastry, the silver tongued orator in English.
The first floor of the main building was
constructed by A.Subramania Iyer, the Secretary in 1950 - 51. It was opened by
Dr.Sir C.P.Ramaswamy Iyer on 28.04.1955. The first floor of the Library was
constructed in 1960. It was opened by Sri Kandasamy Moopanar, a member of the
School Committee on 08.09.1960.
Srinivasa Ramanujan
birth Centenary was
celebrated on 02.12.1987 and the Engineering Block was reconstructed
with two floors in the loving memory of Srinivasa Ramanujan Block. The Primary
Block was reconstructed on 1.01.96 with a floor and is named as Thambuswamy
Mudaliar Block as a mark of respect for the service rendered by him.
The margosa trees in the front
have become very aged and most of them have been replaced by new ones and
T.H.S.S looks green even today with young margosa trees.
Notable Old boys of this School :
- Srinivasa Ramanujan
- T.T.Krishnamachari ( Ex-Finance Minister of the Union Govt. Of India )
- Dr.Rangachari of Sarukkai ( His Statue is found in the Govt. Hospital, Chennai )
and
many others like story writers, novelists, dramatists, Civil Servants, Cine
artists, Musicians from this School have contributed a lot for the nation.
As the Headmaster and Old
Student of this School, I will be failing in my duty if I do not mention the
services rendered by my Headmasters namely Mr.S.Ragavachari and
Mr.K.Venkataraman.
SRINIVASA RAMANUJAN, THE GREAT
MATHEMATICAL PRODIGY OF INTERNATIONAL RENOWN.
Srinivasa Ramanujan started in
recording his mathematical results in 1903 at the age of 15 or 16.
He died in 1920 at the age of
32.
T.H.S.S stands for Town Higher
Secondary School and T is for Truth ,
H stands for Honour , S stands for
Service and S
stands for Sacrifice .
T.H.S.S is the emblem of the Town Higher
Secondary School today.
Today
students of Town Higher Secondary School
are everywhere around the globe. Town
Higher Secondary
School can be, still more, further, developed if
every old boy of this School thinks for a moment. " Little drops of water
make a mighty ocean" is a proverb. If every one donates, say, a single
dollar or book worth a dollar at least once in a year his/her School will serve
for many centuries in the cause of education
KSG
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