A Veritable H.M of CSI Goudie High School, Thiruvallur Sri. D.J. Arulanandam, B.A,L.T, & Ms.Hilda Arulanandam and their Eminent Children - Part Final

Sri. D.J. Arulanandam was promoted as HM of Goudie High school:  After having worked for some years at the Kellett High School, Chennai,  Mr. D.J. Arulanandam  joined Goudie High School at Thiruvallur  as a graduate teacher, afterwards there was no turning back . In recognition of his dedicated service to the cause of education  and efficient administration , Mr. D.J. Arulanandam  was promoted as Head master of the Goudie High School, Thiruvallur in 1943. . He served as the Head Master of Goudie Primary School Thiruvallur, Goudie Middle School Thiruvallur and Goudie  High School Thiruvallur simultaneously. Mr. DJA firmly believed that good education would bring obvious, positive and progressive changes in the lives of the poor people who lived in and around Ikkadu and Thiruvallur in Thiruvallur district. Goudie High School, Thiruvallur  attracted students from all sections of the society specially students from poor and impecunious background. and drastically changed and improved the lives of the students and indirectly their families . Sri. D.J. Arulanandam loved all of his students and with special concern for  the poor students He served Goudie High School, Thiruvallur  with all his might and mind till his retirement in 1965.

Mr D.J. Arulanandam and Ms Hilda Ambrose Arulanandam Couple's Children   :.Sri D.J. Arulanandam and Ms Hilda Ambrose Arulandam couple gave birth to two sons and one daughter namely[1] Dr. A G.C Prabakaran,[2] Dr. A.M Prabakaaran and Ms.Dr. Shamala Florence Kimudini. It is heartening to mention here that all these three are eminently shining in their respective professional and personal life
;[1] Mr. Dr.A.G.C. Purushothaman , M.B.B.S, M.D,and  he married Dr. Lalitha Doraimanickam , M.B.B.S, This couple is blessed with two smart sons. Dr.A.G.C. Purushothaman Couple are running  their own Nursing Home in Salem called , A.G. Purushothaman Nursing Home.
[2] Mr. Dr. A.M. Prabakaran, B.E, M.E, Ph.D[ Imperial College, U.K.]and he has married Ms. Dr. Daisy Theophilus , M.B.B.S, D.C.H, Now Dr A.M. Prabakaran and wife have settled in US with their two intelligent sons It will be definitely useful to say a few words about this couple's son Mr Rajkumar  Nathaniel's daughter Ms Karishma who bagged a  prestigious Certificate signed by the US President Mr. Donald Trump  and Secretary of Education,  for her educational excellence, under President's Education Award Program [PEAP]
 
[3] Ms . Dr. Shamala Florence Kumudini,Sukumar, M.B.B.S, D.G.O and she has married Mr Dr. Edward Sukumar, M.B.B.S, M.S, M.Ch[ Liverpool University, UK ] and currently she resides with her husband  in United Kingdom.[ A separate Article will follow about this couple shortly ]
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                                    Dr.Shamala, MBBS, DGO [ D/O Sri D.J. Arulanandam ].


Conclusion ; Sri.D.J. Arulanandam and his beloved wife Ms Hilda Ambrose Arulanadam had been promoted to glory to meet their eternal Father . The exemplary life models , virtues, lessons they had left deserve our appreciation and review and following  .Ms Hilda Arulanandam  was really an inspiring  source of strength to  her husband Mr D.J.Arulanandam. She was a diligent, intelligent  and smart lady . She started the first English Choir in the CSI Church, Thiruvallur . In her spare time she taught mathematics to the school  boarding students and other needy students and also taught them to speak English in correct accent. She served as a Sunday School teacher also and encouraged and taught the students to memorize Bible verses and also taught the students to pray regularly both in the morning and night . She was a great disciplinarian. She took great and effective  care in the education of her three children and she was loved by her husband and children with great admiration for her adorable qualities.
Sri D.J. Arulanandam developed his own way of teaching techniques and he was loved by his colleagues and students. He was an efficacious  administrator. . In the words of his daughter Ms Dr. Shamala, Sri. DJ. Arulanandam was very humble,  was a disciplinarian, an excellent physics teacher He was a  great creative thinker . Sri D.J, Arulanandma will be remembered for the two hand written volumes of  Encyclopedia,that  he compiled. His encyclopedia covered , Space and Astronomy, Botany, Automobiles, Geography , American Folk Art, etc,., After having served the CSI Goudie High School, Thiruvallur  fora record period of  35 years as a Teacher and Head Master ; he retired from active service in 1965. . After his retirement Mr. D.J.Arulanandam with his family  moved to Chennai from Thiruvallur and then moved to Salem to live with their eldest son Dr. Purushothaman and family.. While living in Salem both Mr Arulanandam and his wife Ms Hilda died one by one and their mortal remains were interred at the CSI Church cemetery in Salem Indeed Mr. D.J. Arulanandam and Ms Hilda Arulandam  were extraordinary couple. and  down to earth human beings. They loved common and poor people and took genuine interest in the intellectual and overall development and character nourishment of poor people and students. The natives of Thiruvallur district, his students and colleagues, the buildings and campus of CSI Goudie High School, Thiruvallur and North Raja Street Thiruvallur  will remember Sri D.J Arulanandam and Ms Hilda Arulanandam  for very long period of time with grateful heart.
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By. P. Babu Manoharan, M.A. { All rights are reserved. This Article will be enlarged, modified or corrected later, if needed]. 

A Former Veritable Head Master of CSI Goudie High School Thiruvallur Sri. D.J. Arulanandam B.A, L.T and Ms Hilda Ambrose Arulanandam, B.A, L.T.--Part B.

Sri. D.J. Arulanadam's wedding with Ms. Hilda Ambrose  :  While Mr. D.J. Arulanandam  was working as a Physics teacher at the Kellett High School, Madras [Chennai], as mentioned earlier his colleague Mr Sathya introduced Hilda's father Sri .J.T.Amrose of Nagercoil  to Mr. Arulnandam and initiated Mr. D.J Arulanandam's  marriage proposal with Ms.Hilda Ambrose. As Mr.D.J. Arulandam and Ms. Hilda Ambrose mutually and spontaneously liked each other and agreed to become life partners, and subsequently the wedding of Mr.D.J .Arulanandam, B.A, LT [bride groom ] with Ms. Hilda Ambrose , B.A, L.T  [bride] was solemnized with the blessings of their respective parents in May, 1940 at St Paul's ,Church, Vepery, Madras

                                                   
                                           Goudie High School, Thiruvallur.

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Mrs. Hilda Ambrose' Parents and family   :  Ms Hilda Ambrose hailed from one of the illustrious Christian families of Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu and  South India. . Many many decades ago there lived a gentleman by name Mr. A.Joseph  and he was leading a happy conjugal life with his smart and cute wife Ms. Marthal Fanny. [ Ms. Mathal Fanny was a sister of Church Historian Mr..C.M. Agur's mother Ms. Esther Fanny Masilamani ].Mr A.Joseph and Ms Marthal fanny Joseph couple begot nine children namely :-[1]Mr J. Jonadab, [2] Mr..J.T. Ambrose, [3] Mr. J. Robert, [4] Mr.J. Joshua, [5] Ms.Lysa [6] Mr. A.J. Schaffter,[ Maternal grandpa of the great musician singer and composer Dr. Anand Chellappa] [7] Ms.Packiam ,[8] Ms. Mutha and [9] Ms Sogusa.

Sri. J.T. Ambrose  married Ms.Louisa Zachariah [She was a daughter of Zachariah Writer and sister of Ms. Arulamal Schaffter.]. I was told by Sri. J.T. Ambrose's daughter Ms. Hilda's daughter Ms Dr. Shamala Sukumar, M.B.B.S, D.G.O, [U K ] that her maternal grand-parents Mr.J.T. Ambrose and Ms Louisa Zacharia Ambrose couple gave birth sixteen children and out of the sixteen only seven children's names are traceable now. and they are : [1] Ms. Dhaya Manuel [ Mother of the outstanding Pianist Padma Sri. Handel Manuel ],[2] Mr. Dhanaraj, [ He married Ms Patience d/o Mr Moses Devadasan and sister of D.M Devasahaym[DMD]. [3] Mr. Mahimaidas Victor, [4] Ms Kamala Das ,[5 ] Ms Dorathy ,[6]Mr. Dhana Singh, and [7 ] Ms. Hilda Ambrose Arulanandam [ The Heroine of this Article }. 

Ms. Hilda Ambrose Arulandam's Educational and professional Trajectory;  Ms. Hilda was a brilliant student since early childhood. Ms. Hilda did her school education at the Ewart High School, Madras [ Chennai] and she did her B.A[ Maths] at the famous Women's Christian College, Madras and then did her L.T course at a Training College in Madras[ probably at the  Christopher's College of Education, Chennai ].\. After her LT course she worked  as a High School teacher at the Ewart High School  Madras and  she left the job after three or four months from her wedding day. Since then  she had been functioning as a  successful brilliant home maker..

Part C will continue soon
By.P. Babu Manoharn, M.A,.[All rights are reserved. This Article will be modified , enlarged or corrected later if needed]. 

A Former Veritable Head Master of C S I Goudie High School Thiruvallur Sri.D.J.Arulanandam, B.A, L.T and His Wife Ms.Hilda Ambrose Arulanandam, .--Part A

Introduction :   A former veritable Head Master of the then CSI  Goudie High School at Thiruvallur [ now it has been upgraded as Higher Secondary School ] Sri. D.J. Arulanandam , B.A, L.T, was a versatile and a multifaceted  personality  He was an efficacious teacher, unassuming achiever, great administrator, scientific thinker, he rubbed shoulders with all sections of the society with friendship, and a compassionate human being. His wife Ms. Hilda Arulanandam hailed from one of the illustrious Christian and music families of Tamil Nadu and South India .  Definitely his profile will last as a lasting milestone in the social, religious, educational and intellectual history of  Thiruvallur district and Tamil Nadu.



                          CSI Goudie High School Thiruvallur,
                          OldPhoto courtesy SOAS, London

Mr. Arulanandam's Birth and Parents;  During the early years of twentieth century, a Methodist Catechist by name Mr. Davamani was living with his beloved wife Ms.Sudamani Davamani in a hamlet near Ikkadu.. And the tiny pretty hamlet Ikkadu is located at 5 kilo meters away from the Thiruvaluur town and 49 kms from, Chennai . And this lovely couple apart from other children gave birth to a male child on  30th December , 1907, and this couple christened this male child , Arulanandam

Mr. Arulanandam's Siblings : Catechist Mr Davamani and Ms Sudamani Davamani couple gave birth to the following children namely : [1] A son who died at an very early age, [2] Mr. D.J. Arulanandam [The hero of this Article ], [3]  Mr. Thomas, [4] Ms. Vadivu [unmarried]. [5] Ms. Mary [ Teacher]  Unfortunately D.J. Arulanandam's mother Sudamani died when he was 7 years old and so Mr Davamani remarried another woman and by this second marriage Mr Davamani got two more sons and one daughter namely: [1] . Mr. Sekaran, [2] Mr Sam and [3]  Ms. Jane.Schoo
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His Education                :                                                                                                                   Mr.D.J. Arulanandam had been a studious and intelligent student since his Primary school days. He pursued his primary school education as a boarder in a Methodist Boarding School/Home, located near Thiruvallur  and did his middle school and high school education at Goudi High School , Thiruvallur and at Kellett High School, Triplicane, Chennai. Mr D.J.Arulanandam  completed his school education with flying colors.. Then he pursued his collegiate education at the famous Madras Christian College, Tambaram, Madras and passed his B,A{Physics ] with flying colors . Then he pursued his LT course at a Teachers Training College in Madras and finished his LT meritoriously. Sri. D.J Arulnandam was helped and encouraged in his education by Methodist Missionaries like Mr.Folger ,Mr. Pettet and a few others.

His Professional Career : After having meritoriously passed his B.A, and  LT examinations, he joined as a High School Teacher with the famous Kellet High School , Vepery in Chennai . During that period one Mr. Sathya was working as a teacher with him in the same school. . Mr , Sathya introduced Mr.DJ Arulanadam to his future life partner's father Mr .Joseph Tytler Ambrose. of Nagercoil.

Part B will follow soon.
By.P. Babu Manoharan, M.A, [ All rights are reserved. This Article will be enlarged, modified or corrected later if needed].