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
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6°57′44″N 79°51′45″E / 6.9623°N 79.8626°E / 6.9623; 79.8626

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Sri Lanka
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TypeNational School
MottoLatin: Indivisa Manent
(Remain Undivided)
DenominationRoman Catholic
Established1905
FounderRev. Br. Junianus Edward FSC
DirectorRev. Br. Joseph Jeyakanthan FSC
Grades1 - 13
GenderBoys
Enrolment1250
Colour(s)Red and blue
  
AffiliationDe La Salle Brothers of the Christian Schools
AlumniOld LaSallians
Websitedelasalle.lk

Directors / Principals

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The college was inaugurated on 1 February 1905 by the LaSallian Brothers. Since then the school has been headed by many LaSallian Brothers as listed below.

Directors / Principals :
Junianus Edward 1905/02/01 Founder
Bartholomew Paul 1905/02/01 First Director
Edwin George 1905/02/01 First Sub Director
Augustine Joseph 1919 - 1923
Alexander Basil 1923 - 1925
Luke Gregory 1925 - 1931 Silver Jubilee
Claude Marie 1932 - 1933
Glastian Olivere 1933 - 1935
Wenceslaus 1935 - 1937
Caeser Albert 1937 - 1938
Emile OD Jeziza 1938 - 1940
Austin Anthony 1940 - 1943
Anselm Calixtus 1943 - 1945
Vincent Aloysius 1945 - 1946
Caeser Albert 1946 - 1949 Second Time
Glastian Olivere 1950 - 1951 Second Time
Austin Anthony 1951 - 1952 Second Time
Stanislaus Norbert 1952 - 1953 Acting Director
Hermenegild Joseph 1953 - 1958 Golden Jubilee
Stephen Harding 1958 - 1959
Vincent Joseph 1960 - 1961
T Alphonsus 1961 - 1966
Edwin Ambrose 1966 - 1969
Thomas Philip 1966 - 1967 Acting Director
Joseph Nicholas 1969 - 1972
A. Brenden 1972 - 1976
Eustace Bastian 1976 - 1978
Aloysius Stephen 1978 - 1986 Diamond Jubilee
Placidus Fernando 1986 - 1989
Ignatius Warnakula 1989 - 1992
Eustace Bastian 1992 - 1994 Second Time
Anil Fernando 1994 - 1995 Acting Director
Ernest Tarcisius 1995 - 2012 Centennial Jubilee
Newman Muthuthambi 2013 – 2020 OMI Priest
Joseph Jeyakanthan 2021 – up to now

House system

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Rev Br Luke Gregory, introduced a house system, with four houses: Edward, Augustine, Luke and Hermenegild, each named after a De La Salle brother. This system is used for events such as inter-house sports and athletics.

Edward House

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  • 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.
  • House Colour : Green  

Augustine House

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

Luke House

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  • Named after Luke Gregory.
  • House Colour : Red  

Hermenegild House

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  • Named after Hermenegild Joseph.
  • House Colour : Yellow  

Sports & Games

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Athletics

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Basketball

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Cricket

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Soccer

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Volleyball

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Swimming

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Clubs&Societies

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Battle of the DEs

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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.[citation needed]

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