De La Salle College, Colombo

De La Salle College, Colombo is the only school in Sri Lanka dedicated to the Patron Saint of Christian Teachers St. John Baptist de la Salle, founder of the congregation of De La Salle Brothers of the Christian Schools in Latin: "Fratres Scholarum Christianarum"(FSC).

De La Salle College
Location
6.962339°N 79.862595°E / 6.962339; 79.862595

Mutwal, Colombo
01500

Sri Lanka
Information
TypeCatholic School
MottoLatin: Indivisa Manent
(Remain Undivided)
DenominationRoman Catholic
Established1905
FounderRev. Junianus Edward FSC
RectorRev. Newman Muthuthambi OMI
Grades1 - 13
GenderBoys
Enrolment1250
Colour(s)Red and blue          
AffiliationDe La Salle Brothers of the Christian Schools
AlumniOld LaSallians
Websitedelasalle.lk

Directors / Principals

De La Salle College the pristine glory of Mutwal, was inaugurated on 1 February 1905 by the LaSallian Brothers. Since then the school has been headed by many LaSallian Brothers as listed below. They showed the way to mould & shape each student.

Directors / Principals :
Junianus Edward1905/02/01Founder
Bartholomew Paul1905/02/01First Director
Edwin George1905/02/01First Sub Director
Augustine Joseph1919 - 1923
Alexander Basil1923 - 1925
Luke Gregory1925 - 1931Silver Jubilee
Claude Marie1932 - 1933
Glastian Olivere1933 - 1935
Wenceslaus1935 - 1937
Caeser Albert1937 - 1938
Emile OD Jeziza1938 - 1940
Austin Anthony1940 - 1943
Anselm Calixtus1943 - 1945
Vincent Aloysius1945 - 1946
Caeser Albert1946 - 1949Second Time
Glastian Olivere1950 - 1951Second Time
Austin Anthony1951 - 1952Second Time
Stanislaus Norbert1952 - 1953Acting Director
Hermenegild Joseph1953 - 1958Golden Jubilee
Stephen Harding1958 - 1959
Vincent Joseph1960 - 1961
T Alphonsus1961 - 1966
Edwin Ambrose1966 - 1969
Thomas Philip1966 - 1967Acting Director
Joseph Nicholas1969 - 1972
A. Brenden1972 - 1976
Eustace Bastian1976 - 1978
Aloysius Stephen1978 - 1986Diamond Jubilee
Placidus Fernando1986 - 1989
Ignatius Warnakula1989 - 1992
Eustace Bastian1992 - 1994Second Time
Anil Fernando1994 - 1995Acting Director
Ernest Tarcisius1995 - 2012Centennial Jubilee
Newman Muthuthambi2013 – up to nowOMI Priest

Houses

It was in the time of Rev.Bro.Director Luke Gregory that introduced House System, to encourage boys to take part in extra curricularties. There are Four Houses known as Edward, Augustine, Luke & Hermenegild, each named after a De La Salle Brother. This system is used for events such as inter-house sports & athletics.

De La Salle College Houses and their colours and eponyms :
EdwardNamed after Junianus Edward FSC
AugustineNamed after Augustine Paul FSC
LukeNamed after Luke Gregory FSC
HermenegildNamed after Hermenegild Joseph FSC

Edward House
  • Named after the Founder of the school Junianus Edward, guardian and the presiding genius of the De La Salle School from 1 February 1905 to 15 July 1925. German Junianus Edward was appointed Director of De La Salle Brothers' Mother House in Mutwal, Colombo on 8 July 1904 and was appointed the first Provincial Visitor of the De La Salle Brothers newly erected District of Colombo on 1 September 1919.
  • Colour : Green     

Augustine House
  • The first college hall was built by Augustine Joseph FSC during his tenure as Director of the College between 1919 and 1923.
  • Color : Blue     

Luke House
  • Named after Luke Gregory.
  • Color : Red     

Hermenegild House
  • Named after Hermenegold Joseph.
  • Color : Yellow     

Battle of the DEs

Our big inter-school cricket match was against St. Mary's College - Pettah, Red & Blue Vs Pink & Blue later it was with St. Joseph's College, Grandpass. Inter staff matches brought about much camaraderie between the teachers of the competing school. Mr.J.M.Pillar, coached our hockey. Bro. Oliver and Claude Wijesinghe handle the cricket teams. Mathew, Shelton Kingsley, Cabral, Godfrey, Andriesz Brothers, Douglas, Justin, the Foul stone Brothers are some of the cricketers we produced.

The Mazenodian-LaSallian (The Battle of the DEs) was an annual cricket encounter between De Mazenod College, Kandana and De La Salle College, Mutwal in since 1955. It is known as The Battle of the DEs due to the names of the two schools. (Written by Rev.Bro.Edward Norbet for the College Diamond Jubilee Souvenir in 1980)

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