Peradeniya Alumni condemns student vandalism

The Alumni Association of the University of Peradeniya Colombo Chapter, vehemently express their dismay and revulsion over the desecration of the plaque of the hall of residence named after Sir Ivor Jennings, the Founder Vice Chancellor of the University of Peradeniya (then Ceylon) the day before it was due to be unveiled, by some student vandals belonging to a student union manovered by a certain political party.

The reasons given by the students of the said union to justify their stand, is that Sir Ivor was a white man and an imperialist agent who viewed the Sinhala people and their culture with disdain and therefore does not deserve such honour, exposes the height of absurdity and stupidity of their parochial thinking.

“We the members of the Colombo Chapter of the AAUP join hands with all right thinking people of this country in unreservedly condemning this dastardly act of these students in no uncertain terms, states Godwin Perera, General Secretary, AAUP in a press release.