{"id":229258,"date":"2022-09-27T10:57:54","date_gmt":"2022-09-27T05:27:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=229258"},"modified":"2022-09-27T18:04:24","modified_gmt":"2022-09-27T12:34:24","slug":"st-johns-oba-president-dr-gobyshanger-no-one-shares-prof-hooles-views","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/st-johns-oba-president-dr-gobyshanger-no-one-shares-prof-hooles-views\/","title":{"rendered":"St. John\u2019s OBA President Dr. Gobyshanger: No One Shares Prof. Hoole\u2019s Views"},"content":{"rendered":"

The following letter was received from the President of the St. John\u2019s College OBA. Prof. Hoole<\/a><\/span>\u2019s response follows:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>26 Sept. 2022.<\/p>\n

The Editor,<\/p>\n

Colombo Telegraph.<\/p>\n

Sir,<\/p>\n

Thank you for asking me to respond to this note by the President of the St. John\u2019s College OBA, Dr. T. Gobyshanger. The matter was discussed at the Executive Committee of the OBA immediately after my article appeared. I agreed that I used the title Vice President to identify my association with the college and did not claim anywhere to write on behalf of the OBA. I further agreed that I would pass on such a letter to you from the OBA Secretary and encourage its publication.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, this letter has taken months to come and been sent directly to you by President Dr. Gobyshanger only this month. That is his right, and I encourage you to publish it as I committed myself to doing. It is a strong indictment on the school\u2019s management and a measure of the help\u00a0 <\/span>and intervention it needs when President Gobyshanger\u2019s letter was sent by Registered Post to \u201cThe Editor Chief, Colombo Telegraph, Colombo\u201d on 12 Sept. 2022 and promptly returned by the Post Office.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>As an OBA Vice President, acting for myself,\u00a0 <\/span>I dissociate myself on four points in order of growing importance to a school like St. John\u2019s as it cataclysmically slips in the ranking of schools for the reasons given in my article and shown by how President Dr. Gobyshanger\u2019s letter was addressed:<\/p>\n

1<\/span>. My article<\/a><\/span> is datelined 11 April, 2022 \u2013 not the 10th<\/sup>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

2. Grammar: The correct phrase is \u201ccontents \u2026 are,\u201d not \u201ccontents \u2026 is.\u201d Colombo Telegraph is the Publisher, not the Publishers. The phrase \u201cabsolute requirement\u201d is vague.<\/p>\n

3. It is not accurate to say, \u201cWe the Jaffna OBA do not endorse the said article.\u201d As stated in the next point, there is no Jaffna OBA. As I told President Gobyshanger (but clearly have been unable to get through), the correct expression is \u201cdo not necessarily endorse.\u201d To say we do not endorse requires a vote by the Executive Committee which was not done. Some members of the Executive Committee endorse my article. Others like the President do not. Without canvassing the views of members at a meeting, the expression \u201cdo not endorse\u201d is not truthful. Alternatively, \u201cwe have not endorsed\u201d would have been correct. It is also inaccurate when many agree with me, to say that the article is entirely my individual opinion<\/b>. I hope Dr. Gobyshanger will take the time to think about the differences calmly and logically.<\/p>\n

4. We are THE OBA. There is no Jaffna OBA as claimed by President Gobyshanger. As stated in the OBA constitution our name is \u201cThe St. John\u2019s College, Jaffna, Old Boys\u2019 Association.\u201d The word Jaffna qualifies the College, not the OBA. That has confused Dr. Gobyshanger. The letterhead of the OBA he has used says it accurately. There is a separate OBA South Sri Lanka. In present times when \u201cSouth Sri Lanka\u201d is trying to take over everything, it is important to hold on to the few things over which we in Jaffna have authority without letting the South take us over by equating us to them.<\/p>\n

Thank you.<\/p>\n

S. Ratnajeevan H. Hoole<\/p>\n

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