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).
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| 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 |
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.
| 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 – 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 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.
| Edward | Named after Junianus Edward FSC | |
| Augustine | Named after Augustine Paul FSC | |
| Luke | Named after Luke Gregory FSC | |
| Hermenegild | Named 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)
External links
- Old LaSallians Union
- La Sallian Federation of Sri Lanka
- World Union of Lasallian Former Students
- La Salle Colombo
- Archdiocese of Colombo