De La Salle College, Colombo

De La Salle College
De La Salle College
Location
	6°57′44″N 79°51′45″E / 6.962339°N 79.862595°ECoordinates: 6°57′44″N 79°51′45″E / 6.962339°N 79.862595°E; Mutwal, Colombo 01500; Sri Lanka
Information
Type	Catholic School
Motto	Latin: Indivisa Manent; (Remain Undivided)
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Established	1905
Founder	Rev. Junianus Edward FSC
Rector	Rev. Newman Muthuthambi OMI
Grades	1 - 13
Gender	Boys
Enrolment	1250
Colour(s)	Red and Blue
Affiliation	De La Salle Brothers of the Christian Schools
Alumni	Old LaSallians
Website	delasalle.lk

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).

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.

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

Edward House

Named after the Founder of the school Rev Bro. Junianus Edward, guardian and the presiding genius of the De La Salle School from 1 February 1905 to 15 July 1925. German Br. 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

Named after the First Director of the school Rev.Br. Augustine Paul.
Color : Blue

Luke House

Named after Rev. Br. Luke Gregory.
Color : Red

Hermenegild House

Named after Rev.Br. 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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