H. S. S. Lawrence - Education

Education

• 1944 Travancore University - M.A. (History and Economics) First Class

• 1950 Columbia University, New York - M.A. (Education)

• 1950 Columbia University, New York - Doctor of Education (Ed.D.)

Lawrence’s childhood days were happy and he was brought up in the high values of Christianity. His father, Mr. Sam Harris was a good teacher who motivated him in learning. His father followed Thirukural which says that the good that a man can do for his son is to give him a learning that will place him in the front rank in the assembly of the learned. His mother, Mrs. Arulammal Harris was specially loving and offered guidance and instilled the values of humbleness and dignity in her children. When Lawrence was nine years old, his mother died unexpectedly. He had his early schooling from standards I to IV in the Home Church Elementary School, Nagercoil. He undertook his high school education in the Scott Christian English High School, Nagercoil from 1933 to 1939. He participated in the Peter Cator Examination held all over Madras Presidency by the Church Missionary Society and secured the fourth prize at the Lower Grade Examination in the second class for proficiency in Scripture Knowledge. He was a happy recipient of Rs. 35 from the Headmaster at the Morning Assembly in the school.

Lawrence was a student of the Intermediate classes of the Scott Christian College, Nagercoil, during the two years 1939-1941. His subjects were English, Tamil, Ancient History, Modern History and Logic. He went to college at the College of Fine Arts Trivandrum and obtained a Bachelor’s Degree with Honours (B.A. Honours) in History and Economics. He was admitted to the degree of Bachelor of Arts (Honours) of the University of Travancore on 13 November 1948 and to the Degree of Master of Arts on 10 February 1949.