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 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 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 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 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 Named after Luke Gregory. House Colour : Red
Hermenegild House Named after Hermenegild Joseph. House Colour : Yellow
Sports & Games
Athletics
Basketball
Cricket
Soccer
Volleyball
Swimming
Clubs&Societies
Battle of the DEs 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.
References
External links Official website Old LaSallians Union La Sallian Federation of Sri Lanka World Union of Lasallian Former Students La Salle Colombo Archdiocese of Colombo