Trinity Collage

TH E MORE ENDURING;TTIE MORE BEAUTIl'UI,

Above: S tanley K irinde next to his m ural, “T he W ed din g at C an a” at the C ath ed ral o f the L iving Saviour, C o lom bo - 2007.

village in the D um bara Valley. H is father was a governm ent official whose work took
him around the country for extended periods. “A t the time I was sent to Trinity we
were living close to the school. So my father put us there, but he didn’t really plan it
th at way. I f we had been living somewhere else, he would have sent us to the school
close to us in that area,” he says, in amusement.
Kirinde had been ‘the artist’ in his batch at Trinity. W h en his classmates organised
an exhibition during their last year at school, they asked Kirinde to do a series of
cartoons. Using reams o f paper he covered the walls with satirical drawings o f well-
known personalities. These launched him into his first commissioned painting when
Valesca Reimann, the same teacher who had once travelled the Kandy hills with
David Paynter, visited the class exhibition. Impressed by Kirinde’s artistic talents, she
recommended him to a Ceylonese friend who was looking for a portrait painter.
H er friend. Dr. W ickram asinghe, a physician who lived in Kandy, wanted a portrait

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done of his wife, and he asked Kirinde how much he would charge, w hat material he
needed, how long he would take? Yet all this was new to Kirinde. H e says:

/ told him I would do an oilpainting when I had never done one before. I was confident I
could do it. A n d I had no idea how much to chargefo r these things. B ut I had been eyeing
a bicyclefo r sometime so I told him the cost o f the bicycle. He gave me the money and o ff I
went to Colombo to get the material. The man at the shop told me w hat I needed to buyfo r
an oil!

Dr. W ickram asinghe also made an im portant introduction. H e m entioned to Kirinde
that he was treating G eorge K eyt’s wife, M enike, at the Kandy Nursing Home and that
it may be a good idea for Kirinde to m eet him. A lifelong friendship began between
Keyt who was established in the world o f art by then, and Kirinde who was a school
leaver on the verge o f an artistic career. Everyday in the evening, Kirinde would wait
for Keyt at the Nursing Hom e, looking forward to their chats.

George Keyt (1901 - 1993), whose formal education began when he was eleven years,
attended Trinity until 1918. His was a free spirit, and an educational setting went
against his grain. The staff at Trinity, knowing this o f Keyt, accepted it. Yet, Keyt left
Trinity w ithout com pleting his studies, and m em bers o f the T rinity Staff such as
Fraser, Holden and Gaster, interceded on his behalf w ith his father and encouraged
him to continue using the College library. Keyt always spoke fondly o f the days he
spent browsing through the books in the collection. “B ut we never spoke about Trinity!
W e only discussed art,” says Kirinde.

A few years earlier Kirinde had also m et another artist who had studied at Trinity,
Donald Ramanayake (1920-1993) in Colom bo. The two became friends and K irinde’s
portrait of Ramayanayke, a soft pencil sketch, coveys a thoughtful man. Kirinde speaks
warmly o f Ramanayake and says Ramanayake has not been given his due place am ong
renowned Sri Lankan artists. H e adds th at Ramanayake didn’t value money, scoffed
at it, and preferred to spend his time teaching young artists.

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“Modern Decorative Painting”

T h e first th in g to re m e m b e r a b o u t an artist is th a t he is deco rato r, for I am not attem pting to defend distortion o f form, because very often
th e m o s t o bvious th in g a b o u t a rt is th a t it is a d eco ratio n . T herefore it is neither desirable or beautiful, particularly in a few insincere
all art should be decorative art. T h ro u g h o u t this paper the w ord exam ples o f so-called m odern art by m ore or less insane persons...
“d e c o ra tio n ” is used, n o t in th e c o m m o n se n se o f ad d ed an d possibly w h o p ro d u ce d isg u stin g in to lerab le draw ings th a t wiU m erit th e abuse
unnecessary orn am en t, as in a w edding cake, b u t as m eaning the and derision heaped on them .
m anner o f treatm en t and w hole m ode o f conception o f a w ork o f art.
But there are those w ho are trying to express themselves and w ho find
It never occurs to us to ask w hether a huge canvas justifies itself by th a t a p h o to g ra p h ic likeness is n o t sufficient - is to o m aterial to reveal
bein g a fairly good im itatio n o f a couple o f cows and a w indm ill in th eir in nerm ost th o u g h ts on life. They w ant to go dow n deeper than
suitable surroundings, or w h eth er it is really a very noble am bition into m ere surface beauty, and follow ing tradition they go to the design
to paint a highly coloured photographic likeness o f a very pom pous inform to help them .
gentlem an so realistically, th at he seem s to be staring out o f the
canvas. O r to paint quite a good likeness o f a papaw cut in half, w ith E xtracts fro m . M odern D ecorative Paintings, by D avid Paynter. 1925'
a highlight on each seed, on a back-ground o f pink plush, surrounded
by a m angosteen, a bunch o f bananas, and a ginger beer bottle. Surely P av n ter, 1), M o d e rn D ecorative P a in tin g , T rin it)' C o lle g e M a g a z in e , T e rm 11 .1 9 2 5 , p.3.
th e re is s o m e th in g m ore in a rt th a n that!

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Above, left: A n early p h o to g rap h o f G eorge K eyt. A bove, right: “D o n ald R am anayake” hy S tanley K irinde.

Kirinde soon built up a reputation as a painter, and w hen a m aster at T rinity w anted to
cover up an unsightly w indow in his staff residence he asked Kirinde “to do som ething
about it”. The Village Scene (1952) th at Kirinde painted for his form er teacher. M ajor
G ordon Burrows, is an evocative rendition o f rural Kandy. H e was at hom e in this
world and he painted it lush and verdant: trees heavy w ith fruit, people unhurried and
at ease in their daily life. A young w om an guides a small, restless girl w ho is distracted
by a freshly-plucked king coconut fruit. A n older woman in a striking red sari bends
to the foliage, tugging out thick wines from the greenery. Behind them , the coconut
plucker continues his task and a m an drives a bull to the fields. In the background
the dense scene opens up to reveal a surrounding countryside o f emerald paddy fields.
The setting is timeless. O ne can im agine com ing upon it unexpectedly even today in
a village in the Kandyan hills.
Trinity gave Kirinde much. According to Tam m ita-D elgoda:

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It [his days at Trinity] was the beginning of his discovery of the art of the
Italian Renaissance. His interest was fuelled by the Paynter murals on the
walls of the Chapel, which seemed to have heen done in a very like manner
and to have a similar ethos... A formative period in his life, it was to lay the
foundation for the way he saw the hum an figure.

Kirinde talks o f the hours he spent in the College chapel, hidden away from his
friends and teachers, leaning on a pillar and sketching. His early paintings suggest
Paynter’s influence on the young artist, in his emphasis on the foliage and the evident
pleasure he takes in the shapes o f leaves and trunks.” In The Village Scene, a tree twists
and droops in the foreground, its branches curve languorously, an image that harks
back to the Paytner murals, especially the Crucifixion. Yet, even in The Village Scene,
Kirinde shows a confidence in his own style. H e is already on the way to becoming
an artist with an idiom of his own.

In 2006 the Bishop o f Colom bo invited Kirinde to paint the murals o f the Chapel o f
M ary in the Cathedral o f the L iving Saviour in Colombo. In the rendition of a scene
from the Wedding at Cana, in Galilee, Kirinde in his late 70s came full circle as the
‘A rtist from T rinity’. H e drew Sri Lanka into the Biblical story where C hrist turned
wine into water by taking the Jewish wedding in the desert and placing it in the bustle
o f a local wedding. The servants and guests are multi-ethnic: clothed in sari, lenga and
sarong. C hrist stands in the garden pointing to the earthen-ware jars and to the well.
H e is resplendent in national dress.

Like the College that skilfully wove the vernacular into its Chapel, all its artist-
students who made a m ark on the local and international art world standout for their
light, sure grasp o f a local ethos. M uch o f their work is defined by the search for a
personal idiom that draws from the world and the heritage around them. A school
environment that encouraged this quest, that gave its own voice to the integration of
the vernacular into its curricula, couldn’t have offered a more fertile ground to these
artists.

10 T a m m ita -D e lg o d a , S in h aR aja. The World o f Stanley K irinde, S tam fo rd L ake, C o lo m b o , 2005, p. 39.
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Above: L akshm an K adirgam ar and Stanley K irinde stand next to a painting com m issioned by
K a d irg a m a r in 1991. K ir in d e ’s p a in tin g d e p ic ts a sc en e fro m K a lid a sa ’s e p ic , Sa ku n ta la .

‘The beauty o f K irinde’s art lies in the fact th at it covers the whole range o f Sri Lanka’s
cultural heritage and environment. It touches on all the manifold aspects o f this
country’s identity - its B uddhist inheritance, its stunning landscapes, its fabled history,
and its vivid contem porary life. The artist captures all these different facets, m aking
him the ideal brand label for Sri Lanka in all its forms^^” w rote L akshm an Kadirgam ar
in his introduction to the felicitation volume for Kirinde. Kadirgamar and Kirinde
were classmates at Trinity. Their friendship which spanned a lifetime culminated with
Kadirgamar paying a deeply personal tribute to Kirinde by spearheading the project
for a book on him. K adirgam ar did not live to see the book being launched, as he was
assassinated a few days before the launch.

12 I a m iiiita -D c lg o d a , S in h aR aja. Ih e World of Stanley Kirinde^ S ta m fo rd L ak e, C o lo m b o , 2 0 0 5 , p. xi

Where River, Lake and M ountain M eet

W alter S enior is best know n today for the p octrv he w rote about the first choice as L ecturer o f Classics w hen University College
th e cou n try he cam e to love. Yet Senior, w ho held the post o f Vice o p e n e d in 1921. E ven today. S en io r’s H ym n f o r Ceylon is a fam iliar
Principal o fT rin iU ' until 1916, m oved to C olom bo as the V icar o f choice a t m any C h u rc h services. B elow is his H y m n for T rin ity
C h rist C liurch in G alle Face, and as a scholar from O xford, he was C o lleg e.

Above: Landscape by D onald Ramanayake. The College H ym n

W h ere river, lake and m ountain m eet.
O u r b o y h o o d ’s hom e su rro u n d in g ,

A path behold for youthful feet.
The path o f life A bounding;

Still up it climbs by cliff and crag
The M ount of truth ascending

T hough oft thereon the pilgrim flag.
It leads to life unending.

O h L ife is g ood, b o th here an d now.
A nd good will be hereafter;

B rave b o y h o o d ’s u n b eclo u d ed brow
Pure eye and lightsom e laughter.

R ich m a n h o o d ’s b rain and arm o f stren g th
In m aster-purpose mating;

Ripe age, th at lays him dow n at length.
W ith calm the Trum p-aw aiting.

T hat joyous Trum p! A nd can it be.
Life now life then excelleth?

T he loveliest land th a t here we see
That where E m m anuel dwelleth?

H is servants H im shall serve, ’tis w rit
In R evelation’s pages:

For ever bro ad er service fit.
Through ever brighter ages.

Then bravely brother, breast the path.
N o r list the voice alluring:

T rium phant over sloth, the wrath
A nd scorn o f m an enduring.

Yet, constant serve w ith m ight and m ind
The school, the land that bore thee.

The Slum ber and the sin behind.
The M ount o f T ruth before thee.

N ow unto Father, Spirit, Son,
The D eity Triunal

The timeless Throne w hen things are done
Tlie last the dread T ribunal,

T ie M ighty helping G od, from whom
N o force the saints can sever.

O u r Saviour in the D ay o f D oom ,
Be M a n h o o d ’s praise for ever.

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Building for Eternity

Now you shall see the Tem ple completed:
After much striving, after many obstacles;
For the work o f creation is never w ithout travail;
The formed stone, the visible crucifix,
The dressed alter, the lifting light.
Light
Light
The visible rem inder o f Invisible Light.

T.S. E liot, C horuses from “The R ock”.'

ON T H E GROUNDS ofT rinity College, Kandy stands a building o f enduring beauty.
It rises above the rest o f the school on the terraced ground that has been cut into the
hill, hundred feet from the com m otion and daily grind o f Trincomalee Street. Cem ent
steps and passages m eander around the classroom blocks, snake their way between the
halls o f residence, and finally rise as one steep, narrow flight to end at the foot o f this
edifice: The Holy Trinity Church o f Kandy.

The C hurch is a quiet building o f granite pillars on a stone platform , sheltered by a tiled
roof A bare lawn runs along one side o f the C hurch and ends against the cut surface
of the hill. A driveway circles the other. Lush foliage droops into a small still pond at
the furthest end of the garden. The Church stands on a terrace, slightly higher than
the lawn. A series of bushes, pruned into perfect globes, edge the lawn on the terrace
immediately below. It first mirrors the length o f the building, and then contrasts against

1 E lliot, T.S. Collected Poems 1909 - 1962, F aber and Faber, L o n d o n , 1963, p .l8 2

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A bove: “A view fro m th e C h a p e l”, a w aterco lo u r, by S tan ley K irinde.

Above: This photograph show s the entrance to the C hapel alm ost 50 years ago, b u t little has changed over the years.

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Above: The congregation waits for the choristers to enter the C hapel during the 2007 carol service.

the colonnades as row after row o f pillars draw a visitor’s eyes upwards. A steep roof
rises from the pillars, and above it is a square bell tower with a slender, undecorated
w ooden cross. Twin colonnades stand on either side o f the nave; no walls surround
them . The C hurch is open to the garden around it, and from outside it appears empty,
as the wooden pews are barely visible from a distance. Light and air from the garden
enter it unbroken. Built entirely out of grey granite and wood, the Church has been
left unpainted. It takes colour from the stone, from the gentle play of light and shadow
as the sun falls on the carvings on the pillars, and from the moods o f the trees around
it. As the sky darkens and the hills close in, the Church answers back in similar ‘tone’
and ‘voice’; w hen dawn breaks and the sun streams in, the Church lifts itself up in
‘form’ and ‘spirit’. The brightest colour it flaunts is a sepia that melds into the greenery
o f the background. The Church neither imposes nor forces itself on a visitor, it speaks
simply, w ith dignity, o f its existence as a spiritual centre. A t first glance, it looks like an
audience hall built by a Kandyan King, an edifice that is at home and very much a part

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o f the traditional world around it. It is an
unlikely Church.

The original Ho/y Trinity Church o f

Kandy, which was constructed in 1855 by

Rev. Oakley, had a Sinhalese congregation

Above: I h e C hapel w oodcarvcrs w ith a beerahi window. that gathered in a small building close to
Trincomalee Street in front of the College.

It had a modest congregation o f locals o f equally modest means. The students and staff

ofTrinity and two other missionary schools in Kandy were allowed use o f the Church.

As the school expanded, the Church came w ithin its boundaries and soon the school

outgrew the Church. By the early 1900s the Church could accommodate, according to

Principal A lek Fraser, “at best only h alf our num bers” and that, too, “at stated hours.

Despite the restrictions the Church placed on the school, it depended on the school for

the maintenance o f the grounds and on an annual contribution to its coffers. The staff

and students who enjoyed the luxury o f quietude in the college residences further up

the hill found it increasingly difficult to tolerate the noise from the street during their

stated hours o f prayer w ithin the C hurch. They also felt the general inflexibility o f the

Church administration towards their needs was unacceptable. Increasingly, the Church

appeared forlorn against the new College buildings th at were com ing up behind it.

As early as in 1913, Fraser had started to appeal for a new C hapel for theCollege. By

then the existing Church was almost 60 years old. In a letter to the ChurchM issionary

Society (C.M .S.) in London, Fraser wrote:

The church at present is the dirtiest, m eanest building in our com pound. W e
have merely w orshipping rights in the church. It is situated at the entrance
in the com pound, and we have no control over it at all and may not even
clean it. W e pay the congregation a good sum every year w hich ought to

W ard, W .l',.l'. Fraser o f T rin ity luul A chim ota.G \v.\m U niversities Press, 1967 p.95.

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10. CHAPEL B U IL D IN G -T h e Exterior.

Above: “T he P o rtrait o f the D esign” by V ice Principal G aster.
O verleaf: T lie C h a p e l fro m tb e ro ad to th e P rin c ip a l’s b u n g alo w - 2007.





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more tlran cover the cleaning. ...W e may not improve the building or do
anything to it, we may not even put flowers in it for Easter Day...^

Yet, the C.M .S. felt the existing C hurch was sufficient to serve the needs o f Trinity
College and believed th at some o f Fraser’s observations about the dirt and dilapidation
of the Church were unfair. N ot surprisingly, the local congregation and the incumbent
o f the C hurch, Rev. Am arasekara agreed w ith the C .M .S. Yet by 1915, Fraser, who
by then had built him self a reputation for fighting a fierce battle w hen his schemes
were thwarted, had begun an earnest campaign to construct a new Chapel for Trinity
College. W hen the C.M .S. in London brought up the question o f finances he had
already collected Rs. 200,000 to prove th at it w ouldn’t be difficult to make similar
collections if the Chapel were to be built.

For almost seven years, delayed also by the L ' W orld War, Fraser continued a
correspondence with the C.M .S. Headquarters in London trying to convince the
Secretaries of the Society o f the validity o f his dem and for a new church. Finally, they
conceded w hen he offered to buy out the C hurch premises. In 1922 Rev. A m arasekara
officially “handed over the site and its buildings to the College,'^” b u t reserved the
congregation’s w orshipping rights. W h e n they handed the C hurch to the College,
the Reverend and his congregation had not anticipated the College’s determ ination
to move the new Church site to a more attractive location. Deeply attached to w hat
had been their place o f worship for several generations, they found the suggested move
to a better location difficult to accept and stood loyal to the existing site. O n the 19*
of August in 1922, Bishop W estcott, the M etropolitan o f India, Ceylon and Burma,
laid the foundation stone for a new Church, close to the old Church building, where
the assembly hall stands today. However, Fraser and his staff relocated the site o f the
new Church to a place they felt was more suited for a Chapel. They chose the most
picturesque spot on the premises.

3 W ard, W .L .l'. I'raser oj T rin ity a n d Achimota. G lian a U niversities Press, 1967 P.108
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Alek Fraser selected Rev. Lewis Gaster, a M aster and Vice-Principal ofT rinity, to
design the new Chapel for the College. G aster had trained as an artist in London
and showed a natural aptitude for draftsmanship. Above all, he possessed a sensitivity
that enabled him to design the building the College needed. Gaster drew inspiration
from the historical buildings in Kandy, and from Polonnaruwa, where he had spent
several days studying the architecture of the ruined cities. H e described his response
to the ancient cities and said that in thought, he “... went back through the centuries
and seemed to see those wonderful buildings in their former completeness and the
citizens o f this remarkable city passing up those flights o f steps and gazing with pride
and pleasure at those wonderful achievements in stone. W hen it came to designing

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the chapel, he eloquently captured the sprit of the Christian M asters while graciously
paying homage to the country’s ancient architectural heritage in his drawings.

W hile the conceptualisation of the building called for vision and inspiration, its
construction called for resourcefulness and funds. As M cLeod Campbell noted in 1926,
four years after they had started constructing the Chapel, 35 per cent o f the money
collected for the project had been “buried underground”, the foundation in some parts
o f the building w ent as deep as 29 feet at the west end, and the shallowest base was 6 feet
deep. Gaster had planned for 50 pillars of grey granite for the colonnades, which had to
be sourced and transported. Gaster, Fraser, Siyatu the M ason, and K. L. B. Tennekoon
the supervisor, combed the Kandy hills for the right rock source until they found the
perfect block o f grey granite, close to A ruppola in the G overnm ent Reserve above Lady
Anderson’s Drive. They obtained perm ission to quarry the site, and as blasting the site
would have crumbled the rock into pieces, they employed three villagers to split the
rock by hand into pillar-blocks, using wedges, sledge ham mers and crowbars. Each
pillar-block was over 18 feet long and three feet square, and w eighed over three tons.
Fifty-four pillars were taken all the way from A ruppola to T rinity College, each on a
wooden trolley, pulled by an elephant in front and pushed by another from behind.
As the elephants neared the college, a troop o f about 50 students waited to push the
trolleys up the steep hill that led to the construction site. The entire process was so long
and arduous that the pillars were brought only at the rate o f two every m onth from the
quarry to the College grounds.

Gaster designed the blocks into 16-foot pillars that had octagonal stems w ith square
bases and caps. These were shaped by a local stone mason. G aster capped each pillar
with a pekada carved into an inverted lotus out of Gam m alu wood instead of the
A canthus which is found on capitals on W estern church pillars. The wood was brought
from Mawanella. Altogether, the pillars stood majestic and high, 20 feet in length. The
panels on the surfaces were to be carved. Through the carvings on the pillars, Gaster
paid tribute to ancient decorative motifs and local craftsmanship. The palapethi pattern
whirled around the base. The pineapple m otif filled the space over it, while further up,
the cobra-hood spread open, and flowers, animals, birds and crests completed the upper

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Above: F ifty four blocks o f stone were taken all the way from the quarry in A ruppola to T rinity College each on a w ooden trolley
pulled by an elephant from front and pushed by another from behind. A s the elephants neared the college, a troop o f fifty students

h ad to push th e trolleys up th e steep hill th at led to the construction site. Tlie entire process was so long and arduous th at the
pillars were brought only at the rate o f tw o every m onth from the quarry to the College grounds. C aster had designed the blocks

in to 1 6 -fo o t carved pillars o f octag o n al stem s w ith square bases and caps, 'lire pillars were carved by craftsm en from India.

A hoveA lhove: D e ta il ol C h a p e l pillar. /C 7om T'i in ity C o lle g e C h a p e l hv .Stanlev K iiiiu lc (w a te r c o lo u r, ,57 cm x 25 c m , 1996).

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square surfaces. Each pillar was edged by a decorated margin. O nto these traditional
local motifs G aster inserted carvings representing the fo u r beasts o f Revelation 4 .7. A
carving in G andhara in India inspired The M an with Wings. "The Lion with Wings took
the form o f the Serapendiya, a local mythical bird. The C alf with Wings was modelled
on a carving from Persia, and The Eagle drew inspiration from the Beherunda Pakshya,
another bird from local mythology. The stone carvings were painstakingly chiselled by
a group of craftsmen from India. All the woodcarvings were done by three craftsmen
w ho lived in villages around Kandy. G aster designed the tiled roof of the Chapel to rise
to over 75 feet from the ground, sweep down to the pillars and break again into another
slope.

By 1930, the College had completed the side Chapel: the Chapel o f the Light o f the
World. It was built out o f stone w ith a wood panelled door and trellised marble panels
for windows. This Chapel has always remained open for private prayer. M uch o f the
Church was completed in 1935, but even at that stage, Campbell continued to appeal
for funds to complete the Chapel, according to C aster’s original plan. In 1935, the
Church was dedicated by the Bishop of Colombo and those who gathered prayed for
its completion.

The work of the Chapel continued in the decades that followed. D uring Principal
C. E. Sim ithraaratchy’s time, the iron trusses for the perm anent roof were fixed and
com pleted later, during his successor. Principal N orm an W alter’s day, in 1954.The pulpit
was installed during the time o f Principal C. J. O orloff and the lectern in 1967. W hen
G aster envisioned the Bell Tower he had faced a problem of design. He realised that
there was “...n o Sinhalese precedent for a C am panile,” and Campbell, noted, “Tom ­
toms are the customary substitute for bells; even mosques in this country lack minarets.^”
Gaster needed to superimpose an essentially European church architectural feature
onto the ‘Sinhalese C hapel’that he had designed. H e had to revise his original plan to
one that could counterbalance the features of the rest of the building. The Bell Tower
was com pleted only in 1965. Hem sby C hurch in England donated the bell which was

C a m p b e ll, M c L e o d A Sinhalese Chapelf o r T rin ity College. T rin ity C ollege P rin ters C lub, Kandy. 1926, p. 9

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A b o ve: C a s te r ’s s k e tc h o f th e tw in c o lo n n a d e w as u se d in P rin c ip a l M c L e o d C a m p b e ll’s
p a m p h le t o n th e C h a p e l w h ic h w as p u b lis h e d to raise fu n d s fo r th e C h a p e l’s c o n s tru c tio n .

installed in 1971. As a visitor to T rinity had said, and was later quoted by The Times o f
London in C aster’s obituary;

The chapel is T rinity’s alabaster box o f ointm ent, poured forth to associate
not only beauty w ith worship but also religion with race and culture.^

W hen Fraser and his closest circle of staff conceptualised a new C hurch for the College
in the early 1900s, they envisioned a place o f prayer th at would resonate in the lives o f

7 l-roni Ja n e N elso n ’s article, T rin ity College K a n d y a n d the Pioneers in the Vernacular Church.

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the local worshippers. Fraser and his colleagues had grown up in Britain, surrounded hy
G othic church architecture, and they had come from a world where the Church played
an integral role at home, at Public School and at university. The boys at Trinity and
the local congregation lived a very different life, in a world far removed from classical
C hristian traditions. A nd the staff' wondered, “[h]ow is that witness to be delivered?*”
to them.

Fraser’s staff" asked many questions of themselves as they sat in the Com m ittee room,
discussing the new Chapel for the school. According to Campbell, they had not settled
the “question o f architectural style easily.^” However, they agreed they needed a Chapel
that was not “...jerry built, ugly, and unabashedly W estern”, and turned their back on
the C.M .S. history of re-creating traditional European architecture in the East. As
Cam pbell wrote arguing for a Church built in a style more suited to the local setting:

O u r presentation o f C hristianity can never be complete as long as the witness
o f C hristian worship is overlaid and obscured by the lim itations o f early
nineteenth-century ecclesiastic architecture. That is a very serious failure:
for our obligation is threefold; it comprises the presentation o f the C hristian
life, the presentation o f the Christian message and the presentation of the
Christian ideals o f worship, and any failure in the second and the third
particular inevitably reacts to the detrim ent of the first and the second....

M r Fraser would have none o f this. Fie chose the most comm anding site
in the compound, and set to work to build for posterity, to build a thing of
beauty, and to build in the vernacular.^®

This was the first tim e in Ceylon’s architectural history that a group o f people had
attem pted to integrate indigenous architectural features into Church architecture. W ith
immense sensitivity they transposed the spiritual values of Christianity, traditionally
depicted w ith religious motifs, symbols and images alien to most Ceylonese, onto a

8 Ibid
9 C a m p b e ll, M c L e o d . T rin ity College K andy. The N e w Chapel. T rin ity C ollege P rin ters C lu b Kandy. 1927, p i
10 C a m p b e ll, M c h to A . A Sinhalese Chapelf o r T rin ity College.T n n ix y C ollege P rin ters C lub, Kandy. 1926, p. 3

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A Garland o f Songs

R abindranath T agore, poet and N obel Prize w inner, visited T rinity in 1922. A student, w riting
a b o u t T a g o re ’s visit said:

Tlte m ein orv o f th e w eek he spent w ith us will always be fresh in o u r m inds. It is not
only the charm o f his personality - the tall, graceful figure th at m oved am ong us and
tra n sp o rte d o u r souls an d m in d s to h ig h e r realm s, n o t o n ly th e m usic o f his w o rd s as
he sang to us and recited his “G arland o f .songs,” b u t we shall rem em ber him as the
p ro p h e t w h o is p u rg in g In d ia n P h ilo so p h y o f its b aser e lem en ts, b re a k in g d o w n its
“n arro w d o m e stic w alls,” .... W e can never be th e sam e again a fte r h e a rin g h is lecm re
on In d ia ’s m essage to C e y lo n .

Tlte poet has com e and gone, hut we will not easily forget his message.
E xtracts from Visit o f the Poet Tagore a n d M r. C .J Andrew s,
A .M .K Cumaraswamy, 1922'

1 C um arasw am y, A .M .K . Visit o fthe Poet Tagore a n d M r. C .J. A n d r e w s A n tn ty C ollege M agazine, T erm III ,
1922,p.59-60'

setting that would be familiar and natural to them. In turn they created history by
conceptualising “a building in the vernacular.’’This was several decades before architects
such as M inette D e Silva and G eoffrey Bawa brought the concept into m ainstream
Sri Lankan architecture. C am pbell’s sister tutored M inette D e Silva at the tim e the
College was constructing the Chapel and opened up to D e Silva a world o f ideas about
building in the vernacular.’’

In choosing to build in the vernacular, the staff at Trinity College also displayed
sensitivity to the prevailing national sentiments of their time. A t the turn of the
twentieth century, nationalist movements in Ceylon had begun to revive the peoples’
awareness o f the country’s heritage, and had created strong ripples in the national

n I)c Silv;i, M in e tte , A / / t ' Work o f an A sian Woman A rchitecty^n\A vtK \i;d\\\ P ro d u c tio n s, 1998

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Above. 'Xhe C ollege cho ir practices in th e C h a p el after school hours.

consciousness. Cam pbell described it in 1926 as a particular, “...m ental climate of
the age.*^” H e and his predecessor, Fraser had sensed that the, “[hjerald voices o f a
national renaissance were ringing in their [the locals’] ears, and found an echo in their
hearts.*^” They showed respect to the local sentim ents and responded as those capable
o f appreciating another’s heritage. As Cam pbell said, referring to the ruined cities in
A nuradhapura and Polonnaruwa, “.. .dull would he be o f soul who could pass by them
ancient cities] w ithout being inspired with a passionate desire to create something
w orthy o f so great a heritage.*'*” Fraser and his staff distilled the sentiments behind
the national consciousness with immense perceptiveness by superimposing elements
o f its iconography on to a spiritual tradition that used a very different set o f images.

12 C a m p b e ll, M c L e o d . T rin ity College K andy. The N e w Chapel. T rin ity C ollege P rin ters C lu b Kandy. 1927
13 Ibid
14 Ibid

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According to Campbell:

H e [Fraser] had on his Staff' men who were deeply imbued with reverence
for the knowledge o f the great Sinhalese builders o f the past. H e had in his
Vice-Principal, Mr. Gaster, an architect and draftsman with the technical
skill and sympathetic intuition to enable him to express in term s o f stone the
ideas and aspirations that were in the air.

G aster achieved this w ithout losing sight o f the C hurch’s prim ary purpose, to be a place
of worship for college students.

Tlie C hurch th at stands today is the result o f h alf a century o f on-going w ork and
com m itm ent to an ideal. The College began the construction o f the Holy Trinity Church
in 1922 and completed it only in the early 1970s; more than 54 years after Fraser began
agitating for a Chapel. Few places in Sri Lanka can speak o f a project that has been
completed over such a length of time w ithout individual egos and petty political agendas
destroying and mauling the initial vision behind it. A t Trinity College, successor after
successor to the Church project had the hum ility to recognise the grandeur of the vision
handed to him and to continue to seek its com pletion. Today, the C hurch stands as
testimony to the work o f a few people who had the sensibility to perceive that the time
had arrived for the creation o f an edifice o f enduring value. It speaks o f their ability to
understand the subtle nuances that governed a current m om ent and o f their genius to
transmute the forces o f that m om ent into a form that would endure into the future. The
C hurch embodies all th at created it: the dignity th at comes from looking to the past
and the inspiration that is born w hen spiritual faith and a love o f beauty meet.

According to Stanley Kirinde, The Holy Trinity Church is the greatest edifice in stone
to be constructed in 20^'’ C entury Ceylon. Yet, its defining characteristics are simplicity
and beauty. The pillars appear subdued and refined because o f the soft tone of the
granite. As the sun streams into the C hapel, it fills w ith a soft light. A nd, as those
gathered in silence look up, they see on the walls in front o f them , the three murals by
David Paynter.

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P revious: D e ta il fro m D a v id P a y n te r ’s “T h e C ru c ifix io n ”: m a in m u ra l o f th e C h a p e l. A b o ve, left: D e ta il fro m D av id P a y n tc r ’s
“The G o o d S am aritan ”: side m ural o f the C h a p e l.///ro w , right:"A \\c C rucifixion” hy D av id P aynter: m ain m ural of th e C h ap el.

O v e r le a f D e ta il fro m D a v id P a y n tc r ’s “C h r is t W a s h in g th e fe e t o f h is D isc ip le s”: sid e m u ra l o t th e C h a p e l.
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APPENDIX

Schools in 19''’ C entury Ceylon

1 8 1 6 - A m ission school founded in Bishop Jam es C hapm an, the P ' Bishop (renam ed A nanda College, Colom bo),
Tcllipalai, Jaft'na, by the A m erican o f Colom bo. founded by the B uddhist Theosophical
Ceylon M ission. 1857 - Kandy Collegiate School, Society led by C ol. I lenry Steel O lcott.
established by the C .M .S . m issionary. 1890 - Clarence M em orial School
1819 - Rev. & M rs. Brow ning begin Rev. Ireland Jones on the sam e prem ises in Kandy founded by M rs Elizabeth
an elem entary scliool in Kaiuiy. as the B row nings’m ission school. Bellerby (renam ed H illw ood College).
1 8 9 0 -H indu H igh School founded
18 2 0 -U d u v il Sem inary established 1 8 6 6 - T i e K ollupitiya G irl's E nglish in Jaffna by residents.
bv the m issionaries ot the Am erican School (later renam ed M ethodist 1891 - Boys’H igh School, Kandy,
Cevlon M ission and converted into College), founded by M ethodist founded by L. E. Blaze (renam ed
the Uduvil G irls’College by H arriet M issionary, M iss. C atherine Scott. K ingsw ood College in 1898).
W in d slo w in 1824. Tire school 1892 - M ahinda College, Galle,
becam e the first boarding school in 1870-T h e G overnm ent Technical founded on an initiative o f the
Asia for girls. School established. B uddhist T heosophical Society.
1893 - M usaeus CoUege, C olom bo,
1822 - C hristian College in Kotte ® C olom bo M edical School founded by the Buddhist
established bv the C .M .S . m issionaries. esta b lish e d by th e G o v e rn m e n t. I t is T heosophical Society.
today the U niversity o f C olom bo 1896 - St. Josephs CoUege, Colom bo,
1823 -B atticaloa Sem inary founded by ® Faculty o f M edicine, the second founded by the French Priest,
the A m erican C eylon M ission w ith oldest m edical coUege in S outh Asia. Rev C hristopher E rnst Bonjean,
Rev. D r. D aniel Poor as the first o f the Paris Foreign M ission Society.
Principal. 1872 - K andy CoUegiate School revived 190 0 -C .M .S . Ladies CoUege,
by Rev. R ichard CoUins and renam ed C olom bo, founded by Lilian N ixon,
® S t.Johns C ollege,Jaffna, founded T rinity College, Kandy, in 1876. an Irish m issionary, in a bungalow at
bv the C .M .S m issionary. U nion Place in C o lo m b o .'
Rev. Joseph K night. ® Jaffna College established.
® A m ission school and mission T liis is n o t a co m p re h en siv e list. It has been
house built in K andy by C .M .S . 1874 - W esley College, Colom bo, com piled trom various sources including
m issio n aries. Rev. 8c M rs. B ro w n in g . established by the W esleyan M ethodist w ebsites o f the institutions.
M ission.
1835 -T lie H ill Street Academy,
established as a private school for ® The C eylon Law College,
boys by Rev. Joseph M arsh , a form er founded under the C ouncil
m aster o f classics at the C hristian o f Legal Education.
College, Kotte.
1875 -B ish o p sg ate School (later
1836 - I lill Street A cadem y converted renam ed Bishops College,) founded
into the C olom bo A cadem y by based on an earlier initiative
Governor Robert W ilm ot H orton by Frances C hapm an, the wife o f
and given State patronage. Bishop C hapm an.

1 838- T h e W esleyan M ission 1876 - R ichm ond College, Galle,
C en tral School (later know n as established by the W esleyan
1lartley College, Jaffna) founded m issionary G eo rg e B ough as
by Rev. Dr. Peter Percival. T ie G alle H igh School.

1851 - S t.T io m as C ollege, M o u n t 1881 - C olom bo A cadem y and Q iieens
Lavinia, (T ie C ollege o f St T io m as College (C olom bo A cadem y), re-nam ed
the A postle) founded in M utw al by Royal College, C olom bo.

1886 —P e tta h E n g lish B u d d h is t S ch o o l

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“The H istory o f m y ow n tim e a t T rin ity College."

T rinit)' C ollege in 1879 was a sm all place indeed, and did not l l i e Rev. R ichard C ollins, M .A ., O xon., w ho had been Principal,
possess the w ealth o t trad ition w hich it does today. had just left tor E ngland on furlough and Mr. Thomas D unn
was A cting Principal. Mr. Collins was rem em bered as a m an of
The drive from the Railway Station along w ith the w hite and liberal views, and a stern disciplinarian. 1 lis great ability and
glaring streets o f K andy was a novel experience to me. The first sch o larsh ip w as always readily acknow ledged, an d his retu rn as
object w ithin the grounds w hich attracted attention was the Principal eagerly expected.
old C hurch, reputed to have been built bv the Rev. W illiam
O akley. ..T h e new com er had som e difficulrv' in reaching T rinity file d etails o f a b o a rd e r’s life in M r D u n n ’s tim e m ay n o t be
College, unless he was aware ot its popular nam e, w hich was altogether out of place.They were as follows:-
O a k le y ’s C h u rc h ; o nce th a t nam e w as u tte re d , progress tow ards
the desired point was assured.

6:30 a.m.
Bell (incessant peal from one end o f the verandah to the other.)

6:30 a.m.
Tea

7:00 a. m.
R oll-call, all students, CoUege H all

7:30 a. m.
C hapel. E ach class m arched tw o-by-tw o, led by the M aster o f the class

8 :0 0 a.m. - 1 0 .00am.
First school

10:00 a. m.
Breakfast

11:00 a. m. - 2 :0 0 p. m.
Second school

2 :0 0 p. m.
D in n er.

3:00p.m. - 4:30p.m.
Study.

4:30 p.m.
Exercise, gam es or a walk in or out ot town

6:30 p.m.
Supper

7:30p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Study

9:30 p.m.
Lights out

From Reminiscences by T. B. M oonem ;illc,
The T rinity C ollege M agazine, D ecem ber 1909

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T.C.K O.B.A BRANCHES

T.C.K O.B.A COMMITTEES, 1908-2008

1908 Sl-X'RE'rARY: 1IK G oonew ardena SECRETARY; A N P erera
T R E A S U R E R iT C artig csu TREASURER: A N P erera
FOUNIJKR-PRKSIOENT; Principal R \V Ryde VlCE-PRESlDENTSiJLC R odrigo, Rev, Basil VICE-PRESIDENTS:JL C R odrigo,
CONX’FNKR: H C Jayasinglic Jayaw ardena, S L N avaratnam . RS K nriglit Dr. S I, N avaratnam , RS E nright, A H T de Soyza
ASST. SECRETARY: S S D a n ie l A sst . s e c y . ANDTREASUREK: R P W S am arakoon
1909-1926 Asst. Treasurer: C l Edw ards C0M M ITTF.E:TB Sangakkara, C P Jayaw ardena,
C om m ittee; A H T dc Soyza, T B Sangakkara, R B reckenridgc, M Rajanayagam , Percy de Zylwa,
Records unavailiible. M . M a h a ro o f, C i'J a y a w a r d e n a . R ev. C I’eiris, G D dc A lw is.T C artigesu, CJ E dw ards, C Balasuriya,
A N Perera, C B VValgampaya, E A luw ihare, 11 A rulnayakam , BTA W ickram anayaka, SS D aniel.
1926-1927 j M urray, E L Perera H E R G oonew ardene, C C Rasa Ratnam ,
G B Seneviratnc
I'RF.SIDF.NT: A W Pereira 1936-1937
SECRETARY; R S E n rig h t 1942-1943
ASST. SECY AND TREASURER; A L S c h o o rm a n PRESIDENT:SJC S chokm an
\-ICE-PRESIl)ENTS; D S C h ellia h , L C B akm iw ew a, JOINT SECRETARIES: H E G o o n e w ard en a, PRESIDENT:SJC S chokm an
C H L M uttukrishna, A M K C um arasw am y A N Perera SECRETARY: M A ru l N a y a h a n
COMMITTEE; S IC S ch o k m an , SJC S chokm an, TREASURER: T C artigesu TREASURER: A N P erera
JS D aniel, T B S an gakkara.T Subayb, R L Jones, VICE-PRES1DENTS:JLC R odrigo. Rev. Basil VICE-PRESIDENTS:JL C R odrigo.
A W ijesinghe, \\T ) R W agiaw ara, G V R ulam nga, Jayaw ardena, SL N avaratnam , RS E nright Dr. SL N avaratnam , RS E nright, A H T de Soyza
M R ajanayagam , Peri Sundaram ASST. SECRETARY; S S D a n ie l COMM ITTEE: T B S angakkara, C P Jayaw ardena,
ASST.TREASURER;C l E d w ard s M R ajanayagam , Percy de Zylw a, SS D aniel,
1927-1928 COMMITTEE: A H T de S o y za.T B Sangakkara, C J Edw ards, D ouglas de Alwis, H E R G oonew ardene,
M . M aharoof, C P jayaw ardena. Rev. C Peiris, B SC R atw atte, R B reckenridge.T C arthigesu,
PRESIDENT; A W P ereira G H B artholom eusz,JA de Silva,J. M urray, M D II Jayaw ardena, H A beyratne,
SECRETARY; R S E n r ig h t M R ajanayagam , R. A luw ihare, A S Koho. L W ijegoonew ardena
.ASST. SECY AND TREASURER; A L S c h o o rm a n B .A .nw ickram a, E L Perera
VICE-PRESIDENTS; D S C h e llia h , L C B akm iw ew a, 1943-1944
C H L M um ikrishna, A M K C um arasw am y 1937-1938
COMMITTEE; SJC S ch o k m an , SJC S chokm an, PRESIDENT; SJC Schokm an
JS D an iel,T B S angakkara,T Subayb, R L Jones, PRESIDENT; S JC S ch o k m an SECRETARY: M A ru l Nayahan
Fr. W e era p eru m a l, H D W a lte r de Silva, JOINT SECRETARIES: H E G o o n e w ard en a, TREASURER; A N Perera
H E R G unaw ardena, E ric B artholom eusz A N Perera V1CE-PRES1DENTS;JLC R odrigo,
Treasurer: T C artigesu Dr. SL N avaratnam , C P Jayaw ardena, A H T de Soyza
1932-1933 VICE-PRESIDENTS:J L C R odrigo, Rev. B asil COMMITTEE: D r. T R Jan sen , T B Sangakkara,
Jayaw ardena, SL N avaratnam , R S E nright R B reckenridgc, M R ajanayagam ,JE Senanayake,
PRESIDENTJLC R odrigo ASST.TREASURER: C l E d w a rd s D ouglas de A lw is.T C arthigesu, G Edw ards, B D A
SECRETARY; R S E n r ig h t COMMITTEE: A H T de S o y za.T B Sangakkara, W ickrem enayake, RS E nright,
TREASURER; A S S choorm an C P Jayaw ardena, Rev, C Peiris, C B W algam paya, H E R G oonaw ardenc, BSC R atw atte,
VICE-PRESIDENTS; E C B akm iw ew a, G H B artholom eusz, C B andaranayake, J. M urray, N D H Jayaw ardena, L W ijeygoonew ardena,
C H E M uttukrishna, C P Jayaw ardena M R ajanayagam , W H erm an, S E Seneviratna, L t. C ol. H N S Keyt
A sst. Secretary: P R am anathan E L Perera
COMMITTEE;JS D aniel, T B Sangakkara, 1944-1945
H E R G u n a w ard en a,T Suhayb, M R ajanayagam , 1938-1939
E A luw ihare, C l Edw ards, KB Sangakkara PRESIDENT: SJC S chokm an
PRESIDENT; SJC S ch o k m an SECRETARY: M A r u l N a y a h a n
1933-1934 JO IN T SECRETARIES; H E G o o n e w ard en a, TREASURER: A N Perera
A N Perera VICE-PRESIDENTS:JL C R odrigo.
PRESIDENT; SJC S ch o k m an TREASURER: A N P e re ra D r. SL N avaratnam , C P Jayaw ardena, A H T de Soyza
SECRETARY; R S E n rig h t VICE-PRESIDENTS:J L C R odrigo, S L N av aratn am , COMMITTEE: D r, T R Jansen, T B Sangakkara,
TREASURER; H E G o o n e w ard en a RS E nright, A H T de Soyza R B reckenridgc, M Rajanayagam , JE Senanayake,
VICE-PRESIDENTS; E C B akm iw ew a, ASST.TREASURER:C l E dw ards D ouglas de A lw is.T C arthigesu, G Edwards,
C H E M u ttu k rish n a , JL C R odrigo, Rev. Basil COMMITTEE: H ecto r A rulnayahan, B D A W ickrem enayake, RS E nright, BSC R auvatte,
Jayaw ardena E A B artholom eusz, M R ajanayagam , W H erm an, N D H Jayaw ardena, L W ijeygoonew ardena,
ASST. SECRETARY; P R a m a n a th a n Percy de Zylw a, E L Perera, T C artigesu, JS D avid, J R ajkum ar.JN Thom as, J M urray, V Aluwihare
COM M ITTEE;JS D a n ie l,T B Sangakkara, Rev. Basil Jayaw ardena, Rev, V S D S athyam pathan,
M . M aharoof, M R ajanayagam , E A luw ihare, R P W Sam arakoon, M Rafeek 1945-1946
C l Edw ards, KB Sangakkara, A E Schoorm an,
B ernard A luw ihare, V H R anatunga 1939-1940 PRESIDENT: D r. S L N a v a ra tn a m
SECRETARY; M A ru l N a y a h a n
1934-1935 PRESIDENT: SJC S ch o k m an TREASURER; L W ijeg o o n e w ard en e
JOINT SECRETARIES: C J E d w a rd s, A N P erera VICE-PRESIDENTS:JL C R o d rig o .T R Jansen,
PRESIDENT; SJC S ch o k m an TREASURER; A N Perera C P Jayaw ardena, A H T de Soyza,
SECRETARY; R S E n r ig h t VICE-PRESIDENTS:JL C R odrigo, COMMITTEE: M R ajanayagam ,
TREASURER; H E G o o n e w a rd e n a D r. S L N avaratnam . RS E nright, A H T de Soyza H E R G o o n ew ard en e,T C arthigesu, C l Edwards,
V ice-P residents: E C B akm iw ew a, ASST.TREASURER: R P W S a m a ra k o o n M D I 1Ja y a w a rd e n c , D o u g la s d e 2\ l w i s , R S E n rig h t,
C H E M u ttu k rish n a , R A luw ihare, Rev. Basil C0M M ITTEE:TB Sangakkara, C P Jayaw ardena, B SC R atw atte, V A luw ihare, G C B artlett,
Jayaw ardena R B reckenridgc, M R ajanayagam , M R afcek, Percy L H S chokm an, R B reckenridgc, J Rajkum ar,
A sst. Secretary: P R am anathan dc Zylw a, G D dc A lw is.T C artigesu, C Balasuriya, R W right, J Schokm an
COMMITTEE;JS D a n ie l,T B Sangakkara, H A rulnayakam , B TA W ickram anayaka, SS D aniel,
M . M ah aro o f,T R Jansen, E A luw ihare, C l Edw ards, H E R G ooncw ardenc 1946-1947
KB Sangakkara, A E Schoorm an, A N Perera,
J M urray, A Jayaram , E L Perera 1941-1940 PRESI DENT; C P Jay aw ard en a
SECRETARY: M A ru l N a y a h a n
1935-1936 PRESIDENT: S JC S ch o k m an TREASURER: L W ijeg o o n e w ard en e

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\ 1C'!‘ I’RI S ID I.N 'IS ;J I .C R o d r i g o ,T R ja n s c n , SIX RI' TARY: B S C R a tw a ttc Percy M aralande, P C o
Dr. SI. N .ivanitna IRI'ASUKER; C lif fo rd N u g a w e la COMMi rrE E : 1.0 A beyaratnc (M P ),
CDM.MI r n ; i ; : T C a rth ig c s u . R S F .nright, AUDi rOR: DonaU l S ch o k m an T B W adugodapitiya, M R ajanayagam ,
C F d w a r d s , I’ S R R ajam an v , N D l I J a y a w a rd c o a , VICE-PRESIDENTS; SJC S c h o k m a n ,T C arth ig csu , M D l 1Jayaw ardcna, F.I.B H u ru llc (M P ),
D ou g las dc A lw is, \ ' .Akiw'iharc, B SC R ar\valtc. /\S K ohO .B .A .n W ickrem a, S Bandaranayakc, 1larry G eddes, JM Y ataw ara, L akshm an Jayakody
R. W right, C C B artlctl, R B rcckcnridgc, SB 'i ataw ara, M R ajanayagam (M P ), L akshm an K adirgam ar, W K B oteju, F O m ar,
1I F I ! S chockm an,T 'R F . M ciidis COMMITTEE: T R Jan sen , M R aleek, 1!W Perera. W ilfred W anduragala
I B W a d u g o d ap itiy a, C l E d w a rd s, D t)uglas d c /Alwis,
1948 Rov dc Zylw a, M I A zccz, I W ijetilekc, 1963-1964
N S am arakoon, D iiughis /Aluwihare,
I’R ESID l-N T : C P ja v a w a rd c n a /\ B andaranayakc, M ichael /A beyratnc. PRESIDENT:T B W ad u g o d ap itiy a
S l-C R irrA in'; D ouglas dc A lwis S N P an ab o k k c .JC R asiali, I'red D aniel SECRETARY: W K B oteju
rR l'-A S l'R l.R : 1. W ijc g o o n c w a r d c n c TREASURER; R M P K ehelpannala
\ ICK PR l-S ID K N T S iJI.C R o d rig o .T R J a n s e n , 1955-1956 AUDITOR: U I lulugallc
S L N a v aratn am , L O A h cv ratn c. SJ S choknian, V1CE-PRESIDENTS:GR H a n d y .M H D issanayake,
COM M ITTKK: IIF R G ooncw ardcna, PKESIDENTDB Ellcpola P C uinarasw am y, M R ajanayagam ,
M D l I Javcw ardcna. 1 IV'M A ru ln a y ak an , SECRETARY; B S C R atxvatte M D l I jayaw ardcna, L akshm an K adirgam ar
R B reckenridge,T C artliigesu, A F Kandasam v, rUEASURER: A B andaranayakc CO M M nTEK; W D R atnavale,
N P aranagania, S R atw attc, P SR R ajam any, AUDI TOR: D o n a ld S c h o k m a n A S K o h O .B .A .n -W ick rem a.M I A ziez, L Jayakody.
Rev. F R F M en d is, M B A S eneviratne, K im C ooke. VICE-PRESIDENTS; S JC S c h o k m a n .T C arth ig csu , A B Im buldeniya, K am il G housc, 1 !W Perera,
B C W ijem anne, M Rajanayagam /AS K o h O .B .A .n W i c k r e m a , S B a n d a r a n a y a k c , M A Ellepola, G P aranagm a, N N aw asivayam ,
SB Y ataw ara, M R ajanayagam B G Jacob, JS M ath er, RS Picris, L K aralliaddc,
1949 COMMITTEE; T R Jan sen , L D A beyaratnc, D B W clagedara jr.
T B W adugodapitiya, H E R G oonew ardene,
l’R i:S lD K N T :C P Ja\aw ard en a M R alcck, D ouglas de A lw is, M I A zeez, 1964-1965
SIXRKTARA’: D o u g la s d c A lw is J L O W elikala, N S am arakoon, T erence D lianapala,
TREASURKR: K ingsley W ic k re m c sin g h e /AR K am il G h o u s e ,/\B D c m m e r. J C R asiah , PRESIDENT; T B W a d u g o d ap itiy a
VICE-PRKSIDF.NTS; J L C R o d rig o , T R J a n s e n . C N P anabokkc, M ichael A beyaratnc SECRETARY: W K B o te ju
SL N avaratnam , L O A beyratnc, A I IT dc Soyza, I'REASURER: R M P K e h e lp a n n a la
SJ Schokm an, 1957-1958 AUDITOR: U H u lu g allc
COMMITTKK: M R ajanayagam . JA d e Silva, VICE-PRESIDENTS: G R H an d y , M R ajan ay ag am ,
A P K andasam v.T C arthigcsu, Rev F R E M endis, PRESIDENT; SB Y ataw ara M D H Jayaw ardcna, M N am asivayam , M l A ziez,
SECRETARY: A R K a m i! G h o u s c L akshm an K adirgam ar
R atnavale, P R am anathan, H G G eddes, D onald TREASURER: A B andaranayakc COMMITTEE: A S K o h O .B .A .n -W ick rcm a,
S c h o k m a n . M e x K a ru n a r a tn e , HATS’ /A ru ln ay a k an , AUDITOR: D o n a ld S ch o k m an M B D issanayake, P C um arasw am y, A R K G house,
W rnon A luw ihare, PSR R ajam anv, R B reckenridge VICE-PRESIDENTS:T C arth ig csu , A S K oho M ackie R atw atte, D avid N . R atnavale,T S M ather,
B .A .N W ick rem a, I lE R G un aw ard en a, G Paranagam a, K avan R am bukw clla,
1950-1951 T B W adugodapitiya, M Rajanayagam M B reckenridge, G am ini Fernando, K um ar
COMMITTEE: T R Jansen, L D A beyaratnc, A beyw ardena, D Frew in, G am in i R anasinghe,
PRKSIDKNTTR Jansen T B W adugodapitiya, IIL R G oonew ardene, B T ittaw ela
SECRKTARY;/\lex M . K a ru n aratn e M R afeck, D ouglas de A lw is, JL O W elikala,
TREASURKR: I la r r v G e d d e s N S am arakoon, JC R asiah, U j R asiah, 1965-1966
AUDITOR; V ernon /Aluw ihare D B E llepola, M ichael A beyaratnc
V1CE-PRES1DENTS:JLC R o d rig o , C P Jay aw ard cn a, PRESIDENT: M B D issan ay ak e
L O A b ev ratn e, /A H T dc S oyza, SJ S ch o k m an , 1959-1960 SECRETARY: W K B oteju
T C arthigcsu TREASURER: R M P K ehelpannala
COMMITTEE: M R ajanayagam , JA de Silva, D o n a ld PRESIDENT: A S K o h o .B .A .n W ic k re m a AUDITOR: U H u lu g allc
S chokm an, S R Y ataw ara, P R am an ath an , SECRETARY: R M P K e h e lp a n n a la VICE-PRESIDENTS: T B W a d u g o d ap itiy a,
A P K andasam v, D o u g las de /Alwis, S L N a v ara tn a m , TREASURER: M A E llepola M D H Jayaw ardcna, M N am asivayam , E L B H uruU e,
R ev. G R B M e n d is , D r /A W e lik a la , E d d ie B u u ltje n s , /\UDITOR; D o n a ld S ch o k m an P C Im bulane, K enneth J R atw attc
H E K G unaw ardena VICE-PRESIDENTS: T C arth ig csu , COMMITTEE; G R H andy, W D R atnavale,
I IL R G un aw ard en a, SB Y ataw ara, M I A ziz, A S K ohO .B .A .n-W ickrem e, W T ennekoon, C onrad
1952 T B W adugodapitiya, M Rajanayagam D ias, L akshm an K adirgam ar, A R K am il G house,
COMMITTEE: L O A beyaratnc, T R Jansen, M B W crapitiva, JS M ath er, K aw an R am bukvvella,
PRESIDENT: L O A b ey ratn c D ouglas de A lw is, M R afeck, JL O W elikala, G B Paranagam a, G am ini Fernando, J Labrooy,
SECRETARY: A lex M . K a ru n a r a tn e N eville S am arakoon, B SC R anvattc, D B EU eopola, L K arunatilcke, S W elagedara
TREASURER: A I IN W elikala A B Im buldeniya, L Jayakody, C J K arunaratne,
AUDITOR: V ernon A lu w ih are F Om ar 1966-1967
VICE-PRESIDENTS: J L C R o d rig o , C P Jay aw ard cn a,
L R odrigo, M R ajanayagam , /A H T de Soyza, 1960-1961 PRESIDENT: M B D issanayake
T C arthigcsu, T R Jansen SECRETARY: S riy a n th a G S en a ra tn a
COMMITTEE: A N Perera, N eville S am arakoon, PRESIDENT: G R H a n d y TREASURER; R M P K ehelpannala
I lE R G o o n a w a rd e n e , D o u g las d c /Alwis, H a rrv SECRETARY: R M P K e h e lp a n n a la AUDITOR: U H u lu g alle
G eddes, JK M urray, A S K ohO .B .A .nw ickrem a, TREASURER; M A E llepola VICE-PRESIDENTS:T B W a d u g o d ap itiy a,
L M D D c Silva, R ev G R B M en d is, JA dc Silva, AUDITOR; U H u lu g allc W D R atnavale, M I A zeez, D II Jayaw ardenc,
CJ Edw ards, D onald Schokm an. R B reckenridge V ice-P residents: SB Y ataw ara, A S K o h O .B .A .n E LB I lurulle, K enneth J R atw attc
W ickrem a, H E Seneviratne, BSC R atw attc, COMMITTEE: G R H andy,
1953-1954 W D R atnavale, P R ajaratnam As K oliO .B .A .n-W ickrem a, M B W crapitiva.
COMMITTEE: L O A b e y ara tn e .T R Jansen, G B Paranagam a, A R Kam il G house, Lakshm an
PRESIDENT: L O A b e y ratn c D B E llep o la,T B W adugodapitiya, J A ziez, K adirgam ar, JS M ather, W K enneth B oteju,
SECRETARY; D o u g la s A lu w ih a r a M B D issanayake, M Rafeck, I IL R G unaw ardena, M V M u h sin . S B lok, D C A bevratne, B illy R aym ond,
TREASURER: C lif fo rd N u g a w e la J M Y orke, D o u g la s d e A lw is, /AB Im h u ld e n iv a , M an o Sahayam , C H S Jayew ardene, SM K cppitipola
VICE-PRESII^ENTS:/ \ H T d e S o y z a ,T C arth ig csu , L Jayakody. W K B oteju, F O m ar. 1IW Perera
'P R Jansen, D B L llcpola, SJC S chokm an. 1967-1968
M R ajanayagam , J /\ D e Silva 1962-1963
C O M M IT T E E ;C P Jayaw ardcna, Rev. F R M endis, PRESIDENT: W D R atnavide
N Sam arakone, D onald de Alwis, Alex K arunaratne, PRESIDENT: G R I landv SECRE IARY: S riv a n th a G S e n a r a tn a
/Ai-' D e S a a B a n d a ra n a y u k e , B S R a tw a ttc , H a rry SECRETARY: R M P Kelielpaunala TREASURER: W k B oteju
G e d d es,T C arthigcsu, AS K obO .B .A .n W ickrem a, ■rUEASUREIUMA F.liepola AUDITOR:U H u lugallc
H E R G ooncw arilena, C l Ivdw ards, M R afeck AUDi rOR; U I lulugallc VICE-PRESIDENTS: M l /Azeez, M B D issanayake,
VICE PRESIDENTS: A S K ohO .B ./A .n W ic k re m a . G R I landy, M D l 1Jayaw ardenc, E L B I lurulle,
1954-1955 W D R atnavale, P R am anadan, M B D issanavakc, N D II Sam arakoon
CO M M I r'EEE; /AS K o h O .B ./A .n -W ie k re m c ,
PRESIDEN 1:1)11 F.liepola KJ R a u v a tte .M B W crapitiva. G B Pai

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JS M ath er, A R K am il G h o u se, A Nugavvcla, SP lllangantilleka, C N adesan, I lugb M olagoda, R obert S ourjah, R ohan W irasin h a, U pali W ijeratne
11 G oonctillekc, M W rig h t, A Im buldciiiya, P Nagulcsvvaran
S H lok, M \'^ M iih sin , B illv R ay m o n d , 1 1 b u iu u v illc , 1978-1979
J A m cresingham 1973-1974
PRESIDENT: Rex B reckenridge
1968-1969 PRESIDENT B SC R atw atte SECRE'I ARY; C h r is S a th ia n a th a n
SECRETARY: U T M o llig o d a TREASURER: S uren S in n ad u ray
PRESIDENT: M l Aziez I'REASURER: C h r is ty C W ije r a tn e VICIM ’RESIDENTS: K avan R a m b u k w e lla ,
SECREIAR-^': Q tic n tin Israel AUDITOR: U H u lu g alle Alex D cdigam a, PA P Joseph, I'F O m ar,
TRt:ASURKR:MV M u h sin VICE-PRESIDENTS: G B P ara n ag am a , L ak sh m a n NS K arunatilleke, BS D avid
AUDITOR: 11 H u lu g a lle Jayakody, A R K G house, K R am bukw ella, COMMITTEE: W K B oteju, U T M olligoda.
VICE-PRESIDENTS: M D H Jayaw ardene, Rex B reckenridge, KJ R atw atte, N D M S am arakoon 1lugh M olagoda, LU B D issanayake,
ELB i lURULI.E, W D Ratnavaie, G R Handy, C O M M IT T E E :W D R atnavalc.J M ather. C S hanm uganathan, YC C hang, S W eerakkody,
KJ R atw atte. R A K annangara S in g a W e e ra s e k e ra , IJ D e e n , Q ^ Israel, M V M u h s in , SB P ilapitiya, IIM 1 lalim decn. C hula K arunaratnc,
C 0M M 1TTEE:M B D issanavakc. C S athianathan. M aj. D enzil K obbekaduw a, R obert Sourjah, Rohan W irasinha, C hristy W ijeratne,
A S K ohO .B .A .n-W ickrem e, G B Paranagam a. AB Im buldeniya, C N adesan, SP lllangantilleka, S K cppctipola, S dc Sim on
K G house, M B W crapitiva, H G oonethileke. P N agulesw aran, F F O m ar, H M I lalim decn. H ugh
W K B oteju. JS M ather, A llen N ugaw ela, M olagoda. W K B oteju 1979-1980
T B W c ra p itiv a , IJ D e e n , 1 1 H .tlim d e e n ,
B illy R aym ond, K avan R am bukw ella 1974-1975 PRESIDENT Kavan R am bukw ella
SECRETARY: C h r is S a th ia n a th a n
1969-1970 PRESIDENT B SC R atw atte TREASURER: S uren S innaduray
SECRETARY: U T M o llig o d a AUDITOR: M /S A m arasek cra &. C o.
[‘RE SID EN T K e n n e th J. R a tw a tte TREASURER: C h rist)' G W ijeratn e VICE-PRESIDENTS; P A P Jo sep h , N S K arunatilleke,
SECRETARY: Q u e n ti n Isra e l AUDITOR: U H u lu g alle BS D avid, H u g h M olagoda, YC C hang, N issanka
TREASURER: M V M u h sin VICE-PRESIDENTS: G B P aran ag am a. L ak sh m an Sam arasinghe
AUDITOR: U H ulugiillc Jayakody, A R K G house, K avan R am bukw ella, COMMITTEE: SB Pilapitiya, R obert Sourjah,
VICE-PRESIDENTS: M I A zicz. M D H Jayaw ardene, R B reckenridge, KJ R atw atte, Neville Sam arakoon Alex D cdigam a, U T M olligoda, H M I lalim decn,
B SC R atw atte, W D R atnavale. M B W crapitiva, C O M M ITTEE:A lcx D cdigam a, Jam es M ather, S inha C hula K arunaratnc, R ohan W irasinha,
ARK G house W eerasek era, IJ D e en , M V M u h sin , M aj. D en zil N oel A Juviharc, C h u lik a dc Silva, U. H ulugalle,
COMMITTEE: G B P aran ag am a.JS M ath er. K obbekaduw a, C P S athianathan, A B Im buldeniya, Lalith W ijcycw ardena, H S Ranaweera,
W M oU egoda, L K adirgam ar, S ingha W eerasekera, P N a g u le sw aran , h'F O m a r, H u g h M o lag o d a, C h risty D avid, G a m in i EU epola, D C Y ataw ara
W K B o te ju , K a v an R a m b u k w e lla , IJ D e e n , W K B oteju.JB H cttiratchy, LU B Dissanayake,
M W rig h t, A B andaranayake. H M H alim deen, H M HiU im deen, N S K arunatilleka 1980-1981
C R R ay m o n d , S epala G u n a sen a, T o n y de Svlva,
A R D Sinnatham bv 1975-1976 PRESIDENT Kavan R am bukw ella
SECRETARY: R o h a n W ira s in h a
1970-1971 PRESIDENT G B Paranagam a TREASURER: S u ren S innaduray
SECRETARY; C h ris Sath ian ath an AUDITOR: U p atissa H u lugalle
PRESIDENT K e n n eth J. R atw atte TR EaVSURER: C h risty G W ijeratn e VICE-PRESIDENTS: P A P Jo sep h . BS D avid,
SECRETARY: Q u e n tin Israel AUDlTOR:JS M a th e r H N S K arunatilleke, H u g h M olagoda, Y C C hang,
TREASURER: M V M u h sin VICE-PRESIDENTS; A R K G h o u se , L ak sh m an C hula K arunaratnc
AUDITOR: U H ulugalle Jayakody, Kavan R am bukw ella, Rex B reckenridge, COMMITTEE: SB Pilapitiya, A lex D edigam a,
VICE-PRESIDENTS: M B D issanayake, IJ D een , N D M S am arakoon, B SC R atw atte U T M olligoda, C hris S athianathan, H M H alim deen,
M D H Jayawardene, BSC Ratwatte COMMITTEE: A lex D edigam a, S in h a W eerasekera, Q u e n tin Israel, N oel A luvihare, C h u lik a d e Silva,
COMMITTEE: G B Paranagam a, H Kobbekaduwa, KJ R atw atte, M aj. D en zil K obbekaduw a, L alith W ijew ardene, H S R anaw eera, C hristy D avid,
L Jayakody.W D Ratnavale, M B W erapitiya, U T M olligoda, A B Im buldeniya, P N agulesw aran, G am ini Ellepola, Pushpa A m arasekera,
JS M ather, A R K G house, S ingha W eerasekera, F F O m ar, H u g h M olagoda, W K B oteju, N ahil W ijesooriya, Fayaz Saleem , Ravi Balasooriya
W K B oteju, IJ D een , K avan R am bukw ella, H M H alim deen, N S K arunatilleke, BS D avid,
W T Jayasinghe, S. S en aratn e, M V M u h sin , N issanka Sam arasinghe, Shelton Sam arasinghe, 1981-1982
D K obbekaduw a, C R R aym ond, N A Juw ihare, LU B D issanayake
N M aralande PRESIDENT: H N S K arunatilleke
1976-1977 SECRETARY: R M N W ir a s in h a
1971-1972 TREASURER: C h ristie D avid
PRP:SIDENTGB P aran ag am a AUDITOR: U p atissa H u lugalle
PRESIDENT: N D M S am ara k o o n SECRETARY: C h ris S a th ia n a th a n VICE-PRESIDENTS; BS D av id , Y C C h an g ,
SECRETARY: U T M o llig o d a TREASURER: L U B D issanayake C h u la K arunaratnc, SB Pilapitiya, H M H alim deen,
TREASURER: M V M u h sin AUDITOR: A R D S in n ath am b y U H ulugalle
AUDITOR: U H u lu g alle VICE-PRESIDENTS: A R K G h o u se , L ak sh m an COM MlTTEE:Udeni M olligoda, C h ris S ath ian ath an ,
VICE-PRESIDENTS: KJ R atw atte, Jayakodv. K avan R am bukw ella, Rex B reckenridge, S S innathurai, Kavan Ram bukw ella,
M D H Jayawardena, BSC Ratwatte, G B Paranagama, IJ D een , B SC R atw atte, S inha W eerasekera, G am ini Ellepola, Pushpa A m arasekera,
L Jayakody, ARK Ghouse A lex D cdigam a Jam es M ather, S inha W eerasekera, M erill B oteju,
COMMITTEE: W D Ratnavale, JS M ather, COMMITTEE; W K B oteju, A B Im buldeniya, R anjan D avid, D odw ell R odrigo, M B N Sam arasinghe
S ingha W eerasekera, Kavan R am bukw ella, IJ D een, U T M olligoda, M A Lllcpola, F F O m ar, M aj. D enzil
Theo M oonem alJe, M B W erapitiya, R B reckenridge, K obbekaduw a, H u g h M olagoda, P N agulesw aran, 1982-1983
W T Jayasinghe, W K B oteju, N M aralanda, Q^Israel, N S K arunatillakc, BS D avid, SI IP Sam arasinghe,
L ionel Jayasinghe, R S innadurai, C G W ijeratne, N issanka Sam arasinghe, P A P Joseph, PRESIDENT H N S K arunatilleke
C S athananthan C S hanm uganathan, Y C C hang, S arath W eerakkody SECRETARY: R o h a n W ir a s in h a
TREASURER: H S R anaw eera
1972-1973 1977-1978 AUDITOR: U p atissa H u lugalle
VICE-PRESIDENTS: B S D av id , Y C C h an g ,
PRESIDENT N D M S am arakoon PRESIDENT Rex B reckenridge C h u la K arunaratnc, SB Pilapitiya, H M H alim deen,
SECRETARY: U T M o llig o d a SECRETARY: C h r is S a th ia n a th a n Jam es M ather
TREASURER: C G W ije ra tn e TREASURER: L U B D issanayake COMMITTEE: Kavan R am bukw ella.
AUDITOR: U H ulugalle AUDITOR: A R D S in n a th am b y U dcni M olligoda, C hris Satliianathan,
VICE-PRESIDENTS: KJ R atw atte. VICE-PRESIDENTS: K avan R am b u k w ella, S in h a N oel A luw iharc, C h u lik a dc Silva, G am in i E llepola,
M D H Jayaw ardena, B SC R atw atte. G B Paranagam a, W eerasekera, Alex D edigam a, G B Paranagam a. P ushpa A m arasekera, M crril B oteju,
L Jayakody, A R K G house, K Ram bukw ella PA P Joseph, SG Senaratne R anjan D avid, D odw ell Rodrigo,
COMMITTEE: W D R atnavale, JS M ath er, S ingha COM M lTTEE:W K B oteju, U T M olligoda, F F O m ar. M B N Sam arasinghe, LU B Dissanayake,
W ceraskera, IJ D een, R B reckenridge, Q .Israel, H u g h M olagoda, N S K arunatilleke, BS D avid, K um ar A bcyw ardcna, M aurice W cragoda,
M V M uhsin, C apt. D K obbekaduw a, N M aralande, C Shanm uganathan, Y C C hang, S W eerakkody, Sam Canagasabai
C S ath ianathan, L ionel Jayasinghe, A B Im buldeniya, SB Pilapitiya, H M I lalim deen, C h u la K arunaratnc,

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1983-1984 K alika Jayaw artlhana, U pali R atnayakc, N im alk a Y ataw ara, Jerem y D avid, K en de Joodt,
N ath W ijesuiulara, Ravi B alasuriya, C h risty D avid, F C S Jayaw ardena, S harm de A lw is, S N ayagam ,
l‘RKSll)KNT:jamcs S. M a th e r C K B D assanayakc, K um ar A bcvw ardliana, A nil G unatilcka, R ajali A dihetty
SECRK TARV: L V ]^ D issa n a y a k e R obin T alw attc, Pushpa A m arasekera,
rRKASPRI R: 1 lim e iu lr a R a n a w e e ra A n to n A nclaraj, JP A Jayaw ardhana, R anjith B ibilc, 1992-1993
AL'D! FOR; L Ipatissa 1 lu lu g a lle A jith D issanayake
VlCK-l'RKSIDKNTS; BS D av id . Y C C h a n g , PRESIDENT: L U B D issanayake
C liula K ariinaratnc. SB Pilapitiya, i IM i lalim decn, 1988-1989 SECRETARY; S h a rm d c A lw is
I lugh M olagoda TREASURER; A ndrew s D evadasan
COMMl'PTKE: Kavan Rainbukwclla, PRESIDENT; Y C C h a n g ASS T. SECRETARY/TREASURER: A n il G o o n c tilla k c
IIN S Karvinatilake, C h ris S ath ian ath an , SECRETARY: Ja y a n tis s a K e h e lp a n n a la VICE PRESIDENTS: N o el A lu w ih are,
N oel A luvihare. C liu lik a de Silva, P u sh p a TREASURER; A n d rew s T liev ath aso n Jim B andaranayakc, C h u lik a dc Silva, Jayantissa
A m arasckcra, R anjan D avid, D odw cll R odrigo. ASST. SECRI'.TARY/TREASURER: D in e s h S elv ara jah K ehelpannala, R obin T alw attc, W ilhelm B althazaar,
M B N S am arasinghe, M aurice W cragoda, AUDI TOR: D M P D issa n a y a k e G K B D assanayakc, D inesh Selvarajah,
Sam C anagasabai, S riyantha Senaratnc, VICE-PRESIDENTS; N o el A lu w ih are. U pali R atnayakc, R ajah A d ih etty
K enneth C ongreve, Jim B andaranavake.P S D inesh C h ula K arunaratnc, Lucky D issanayake, COMMITTEE; D h arm e W anasundcra,
C hris S athianathan, U patissa H ulugalle, Jcevana H andungc, N ath W ijesundera,
1984-1985 S riyantha S cnaratne, S inghe W eerasekcra. U pul G u n aratn c, M ilroy B ulathsinghalage,
C h u lik a de Silva, Rilcv F ernando, R ohan W ira sin h a S henal A ngunaw ela, N im alk a Y ataw ara,
PRESIDENT:Jam es S. M a th e r COMMITTEE; H M H alim d een , Jerem y D avid, Sanjeeva Jayaw ardcna,
SECRE TARY: L U B D issa n a y a k e D odw ell R odrigo, U pali R atnayakc, Ravi Balasuriya, Sanjay N ayagam ,Jayantha R anasinghc,
TREASURER: P u sh p a A m arasekera G otabhaya D assanayakc, P ushpa A m arasckcra, M aj. Prabath H arshakum ar, A jantha Fernando,
VICE-PRESIDENTS: Y C C h a n g .C h u la K a ru n aratn c, JPA Jayaw ardhana, Jim B andaranayakc, T ik iri K obbekaduw a, Sunil K eppetipola,
SB Pilapitiya. H M I lalim deen, 1 lugh M olagoda, D h arm e W anasundara, K alika Jayw ardhana, Pradeep A dihetty
N oel A luw ihare N ath W ijcsundara, C h risty D avid, R obin T alw attc,
COMMITTEE: Kavan Rambukwclla, A nton A nandaraj, S hcnal A ngunaw cla, Jerem y D avid 1993-1994
H N S K arunatilleke, C hris S athianathan,
C h u lk a de Silva, D odw ell R odrigo, 1989-1990 PRESIDEN Tjim B andaranayake
M B N Sam arasinghe, Sam C anagasabai, SECRETARY; S h a rm d e A lw is
Sriyantha S enaratnc, K enneth C ongreve, PRESIDENT: S riy an th a S en aratn a TREASURER; A n il G o o n c tillak c
Jim Bandaranayakc, PS D inesh, SECRETARY: D in e s h S elvarajah A s s t S e c r e ta r y A ’re a s u re r; S h c n a l A n g u n a w e la
Jayatissa K ehelpannala. Lt. C ol. D enzil K obbekaduw a, TREASURER: A n d rew s T hevathason VICE PRESIDENTS: N o el A lu w ih are,
C h risty VVijeratne, Riley F ernando ASST. SECRETARY/TREASURER: A n to n A n a n d a ra j Jayantissa K ehelpannala, R obin T alw atte,
AUDITOR: D M P D issanayake W ilhelm B althazaar, G K B D assanayakc,
1985-1986 VICE-PRESIDENTS: N o el A lu w ih are, D inesh Selvarajah, A ndrew s T hevathason,
L ucky D issanayake, C hris S athianathan, U pali R atnayakc, R ajah A dihetty, M ilroy
PRESIDENT: H u g h M o lag o d a U patissa H u lu g alle, C h u lik a de Silva, R iley F ernando, B ulathsinghalage
SECRETARY: R M N W ir a s in h a Jayantissa K ehelpannala, Jim B andaranayake COMMITTEE: D h arm e W anasundcra,
TREASURER: A n d rew s T hevathason COMMITTEE: H M H alim d een , D odw ell R odrigo, Jcevana H andunge, N ath W ijesundera,
AUDITOR: U H ulugalle K alika Jayaw ardhane, U pali R atnayakc, U pul G u n a ran te, N im alka Y ataw ara, Jerem y D avid,
VICE-PRESIDENTS; Y C C h a n g , C h u la K a ru n aratn e, N a th W ijesundera, Ravi B alasuriya, C hristy D avid, Sanjeeva Jayasardena, Sanjay N ayagam ,
H M H alim deen, N oel A luw ihare, L U B D issanayake, G K B Dassanayakc, D harm e W anasundara, Jayantha R anasinghe, P rabath H arshakum ar,
C P Sathianathan G am in i E llepola, R obin T alw atte, A jantha Fernando, T ikiri K obbekaduw e,
COMMITTEE: Jam es S. M a th e r, K avan R am b u k w clla, M P B ulathsinghalage, S henal A ngunaw ela, Sunil K eppetipola, P radeep A dihetty,
R A IL Fernando, N S K arunathilekc, M D M Sam arasinghe, Jerem y D avid Jayantissa R atw atte, M ah in d a W arakukJle
Jim B andaranayake, LT. C ol. D . K obbekaduw a,
S riyantha Senaratnc, M B N Sam arasinghe, 1990-1991 1994-1995
C hristv W ijeratne, J K ehelpannala, D inesh Selvarajah,
D odw ell R odrigo, D. W anasundara, M E W eragoda, PRESIDENT; S riy an th a S en aratn a PR ESID EN Tjim B andaranayake
S inha W cerasekara SECRETARY: D in e sh S elvarajah SECRETARY: S h a r m d e A lw is
TREASURER: A ndrew s T hevathason TREASURER: A nil G o o n etillak e
1986-1987 ASST. SECRETARY/TREASURER: A n to n A n a n d a ra j ASST SECRETARYA'REASURER:
AUDITOR: D M P D issanayake S hennal A ngunaw ela
PRESIDENT; H u g h M o lag o d a VICE-PRESIDENTS: N o e l A lu w ih are. VICE PRESIDENTS; N o e l A lu w ih are,
SECRETARY;Jay an tissa K eh elp an n ala S ingha W eerasekcra, L ucky D issanayake, Jayantissa K ehelpannala, R obin T alw atte,
TREASURER: A n d rew s T h ev a th aso n C h u lk a D c Silva, C h ris S ath ian ath a n , R iley F ern an d o , W ilh elm B althazaar, G K B D assanayake,
AUDITOR: U H ulugalle U patissa H ulugalle,Jim B andaranayakc, Jayantissa D inesh Selvarajah, A ndrew s T hevathason,
VICE-PRESIDENTS: Y C C h a n g , C h u la K a ru n aratn e, K ehelpannala U pali R atnayakc, R ajah A dihetty,
N oel A luw ihare, LU B D issanayake, COMMITTEE; H M H alim d een , U pali R atnayakc, M ilroy B ulathsinghalage
U patissa I lulugalle N ath W ijesundera, G K B Dassnayakc, COMMITTEE; D h arm e W anasundcra,
COMMITTEE: H M H alim d een , S inha W eerasekcra, D h arm e W anasunderc, G am in i Ellepola, Jcevana H andunge, N ath W ijesundera,
Riley F ernando, S riyantha S enaratnc, R obin T alw atte, M A P B ulathsinghalage, U pul G u n a ran te, N im alka Y ataw ara,
D odw ell R odrigo, H N S K arunathilake, S henal A ngunaw ela, Jerem y D avid, Ken de Joodt, Jerem y D avid, Sanjay N ayagam , Jayantha R anasinghe
R ohan W irain ha.Jim Bandaranayake, FC S Jayaw ardena, Jecw ana H andungc, P rabath H arshakum ar, A jantha Fernando,
M B N Sam arasinghe, D arm e W anasundara, U pul G u n a ratn c, N im alka Y ataw ara, S W C h an g T ik iri K obbekaduw e, S unil K eppetipola,
D inesh S elvarajah, U pali R atnayakc, K alika P radeep A dihetty, Jayantissa R atw atte,
Jayaw ardcna, Ravi Balasuriya, N ath W ijesundera 1991-1992 M ahinda W arakuklle, R ajinder Bandaranayake

1987-1988 PRESIDENT: L u ck y D issan ay ak e 1995-1996
SECRETARY: U p a li R atn ay ak c
PRESIDENT: Y C C h a n g TREASURER: A ndrew s D evadasan PRKSIDENT: R o b in T alw a tte
SECRETARY:Jay a n tissa K e h elp an n a la ASST. SECRETARY/TREASURER; A n to n A n a n d a ra j SECRFTARY: S h arm d e A lw is
TREASURER: A n d rew s'Iliev a th a so n AUDITOR: I lulugalle an d W ic k ram an a y ak c TREASURER: A n il G o o n c tillak c
ASST.SECRETARYYI'REASURER: D in e s h S elv ara jah VICE-PRESIDENTS; N o el A lu w ih are, AUDITOR; U p atissa H u lu g alle
AUDITOR: D M P D issanayake U patissa H ulug;dle, Jim B andaranayake, ASST. SECYYTREASURER: Jc e v a n a H a n d u n g e
VICE-PRESIDENTS;N oel A luw ihare, S inghe W eerasekcra, C h u lik a de Silva, Jayantissa VICE-PRESIDENTS: N o e l A lu v ih are,
C hula K arunaratne, Lucky D issanayake, K ehelpannala. R obin T alw attc, W ilh elm B altha/aar, Jayantissa K ehelpannala, W ilh elm B althazaar,
C h ris S a th ian ath a n , Uj>atissa I lulugalle, G K B D assanayakc, D insch Selvarajali G otabaya D assanayake, D in esh Selvarajah.
Sriyantha S enaratnc, S inghe W ccrasekera, COMMTT'TEE: H M I la lim d e e n , A ndrew s T lu-vathason, U pali R atnayakc.
C h u lik a de Silva, R iley F ernando, R o h an W ira sin h a D harm e W anasundcra, Jecw ana 1landunge, M ilroy B ulatlisinghalage, M ah in d a W arakullc,
COMMI'I 'I'I'.E: IIM I la lim d e e n , N ath W ijesundera, H uhuvi K urian, U pul G unaratnc, Jayantissa R atw atte
D harm e W inasundara, D odw ell R odrigo, M A l^ B ulathsinghalage, S henal A ngunaw cla, CO M M llTEE: A jith D issanayake, A shan R atw attc,

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XJa y a s c k c ra . P r a b a th 1 la rs lia k u m a r. Jayantissa R atw atte, M ah in d a W arakaullc, 2004-2005
G aniini Fernando, G am ini R anasinghc, Xlilroy B ulathsinghalage, S harm de Alwis.
Jayantha R anasinghc.Jcrciny D avid, U pali R atnayake PRESIDENT: A n d re w s 'Ih c v a th a s o n
N lahcn Siriw ardcna. M aithri M unasinghe, CO.MMi ri'E E : P ra b a th H a rs h a k u m a r , SK C ltin ARY: P ra b a th H a rs h a k u m a r
N alaka M adugallc. N arcn D ainbaw innc, K um ar S w am inathan, A nura Ratnawarxlhana, TREASURER: M u ttia h C h a n d ra s e k e r a n
N ath W ijesundcra, R anijdcr Bandaranavakc, Senaka U dugam a, R ajinder B andaranayake, ASSTSECRETARVn-REASURER: R anil P rem atillake
R ohan Pcrera. U paka W irasinha N aren D am baw inne, A shan R atw atte, AUDI TOR: U p a tis s a I lu lu g alle
M uttiah C handrasekeran, N ath W ijesundera VICE PRESIDENTS: U pali R atnayake.
1996-1997 M ah in d a W arakaullc, S harm dc A lw is, Jerem y D avid,
2000-2001 A nura R atnaw ardanc, Sunil W ickram asinghc,
I’RKSIDENT: R o b in T a lw a ttc A nil G oonatilake, N ath W ijesundara, H orace Jacob,
SECRETARY: S h a rm d c A lw is PRESIDENT: Jayantissa K ehelpannala Kum ar Sw am inathan
TREASURER; A n il G o o n c tillak e SECRE'l ARY; S an jee v a Ja y a w a rd e n a COMMI TTEE: S u c h itra A lu w ih a re , K e sh an
COMMEITEE; A jith D issanayakc, EREASURER: A n il G o o n c tilla k e Ihalgahagoda, M igara M addum apatabendi,
A ndrew s Tlxevathason, A sh an R atw atte. COMMITTEE; A nura R atnaw ardena, U m indha D unuw ille, G ihan N anayakkara,
B andula Jayasckera, D incsh Selvarajah, P rabath H arshakum ar, M ahinda W arakulle. A m ith a N ugaw cla, A jith de Silva
G am ini Fernando. G am ini R anasinghe, I loraee Jacob, Lucky D issanayake,
G otabaya D assanayake, Jayanta R anasinghe. R om csh Jayaw ardene, U pali R atnayake, 2005-2006
Javantissa K ehelpannala, Javantissa R arw attc. M ilrov B ulathsinghalage, S harm dc Alwis,
Jeevana H an d u n g e, Jerem v D a\nd, N aren D am baw inne, Sunil W ickram asinghc, PRESIDENT: U p a li R a tn a y a k e
Luck)' D issanayake, M ah e n S iriw ardcna. A sanka R anhotry, A ndrew s Thevathason, SECRETARY: R a n il P re m a tilla k e
M ah in d a W arakulle, M ilrov B ulathsinghalage. Suchithra A luw ihare, H im endra R anaw eera, TREASURER: M u ttia h C h an d ra sek eran
N alaka M adugiiU e, N aren D am baw inne, K um ar Sw am inathan, G otabaya D assanayake, ASST. SECRETARY/TREASURER: K esh an
N ath W ijesundera, N oel M uvihare, U patissa H ulangam uw a, D u m in d a H ulangam uw a, T h alg a h ag o d a
P rabath H arshakum ar, R ajinder Bandaranavakc, Jayantissa R atw atte, N ath W ijesundcra AUDITOR: U p atissa H ulugaU e
R ohan Pcrera, U pali R atnayake, U patissa H ulugalle, VICE PRESIDENTS: M a h in d a W arak u lle,
W ilhelm B althazaar 2001-2002 Sharm de Alwis, A nura R atnaw ardena,
A nil G oonctillake, N ath W ijesundcra, H orace Jacob,
1997-1998 PRESIDENT: G o tab a y a D assanayake P rabath H arshakum ar, G ihan N anayakkara.
SECRETARY: S an jee v a Ja y a w a rd e n a A jith dc Silva, H im en d ra R anaw eera
PRESIDENT: C hulika de Silva TREASURER: A n il G o o n etillak e COMMITTEE: S u ch itra A luw ihare,
SECRETARY: S h arm de Alwis AUDITOR: U p atissa H u lu g alle W aruna R anatunge, Sham al G unaw ardcna,
TREASURER: A nil Goonctillake TRUSTEES: Jam es M ath er, S riy an th a S enaratne, Lasitha R anasinghe, R om esh Jayawardena,
HON. AUDITOR; Upatissa Hulugalle R obin TiUwatte S idath Pannanw ela, N alaka M adugallc,
TRUSTEES:James M ather, H ugh M olagoda, VICE PRESIDENTS: W ilh e lm B althazaar. U m inda D unuw ille, A m itha N ugawela,
Sriyantha Senaratne A ndrew s T hevathason, U pali R atnayake, D am inda K ulugam m ana, P rathap R am unujam
ASST. SECVn-REASURER: J e r e m y D a U d M ahinda W arakulle, Jayantissa R atw atte,
COMMITTEE: A jith D issanayake, S harm de A lw is, Jerem y D avid, N aren D am baw inne. 2006-2007
A ndrew s T hevathason, A shan R atw atte. A nura R atnaw ardena, S unil W ickram asinghc
B andula Jayasekera, D inesh Selvarajah, ASST. SECY/TREASURER: K u m a r S w a m in a th a n PRESIDENT: U pali R atnayake
G am ini Fernando, G am ini R anasinghe, COMMITTEE; A sanka R anhotty, SECRETARY; R a n il P re m a tilla k e
G o tab ay a D assanax'ake.Jayanta R anasinghe. D um inda H ulangam uw a, H orace Jacob, TREASURER: M u ttia h C h an d ra sek eran
Javantissa K ehelpannala, Javantissa R atw atte, M uttiah C handrasekeran, N ath W ijesundera, ASST. SECRETARYATREASURER:
Jeevana H andunge, A nura R athnaw ardena, Prabath H arshakum ar, R om esh Jayaw ardene, Keshan Thalgahagoda
L ucky D issanayake, M ah e n S iriw ardena, S uchithra A luw ihare, T yronne Sam uel AUDITOR: U p atissa H u lugalle
M ah in d a W arakulle. M ilroy B ulathsinghalage, VICE PRESIDENTS: S h arm d e A lw is, A n u ra
N alaka M adugalle, N aren D am baw inne, 2002-2003 R atnaw ardena, A nil G oonatillake, N ath W ijesundera,
N ath W ijesundera, N oel A luvihare, H orace Jacob, P rabath H arshakum ar,
P rabath H arshakum ar, R ajinder Bandaranayake, PRESIDENT: G o tab a y a D assanayake G ih a n N a navakkara, A jith de Silva,
R ohan Pcrera, U pali R atnayake. U patissa H ulugalle, SECRETARY: K u m a r S w a m in a th a n I lim endra Ranaw eera, Rom esh Jayawardena
W ilhelm B althazaar TREASURER: M u ttia h C h an d ra sek eran COMMITTEE: Sham al G unaw ardcna,
AUDITOR: U p atissa H u lugalle D ilshan O usm and, M adhushanka Ranatunge,
1998-1999 VICE PRESIDENTS: A n d rew s T hevath aso n , Vajira A bevsundera, S id ath P ananw ela,
U pali R atnayake, M ah in d a W arakaullc, N alaka K adugalle, S uchitra A luw ihare,
PRESIDENT: C h u lik a d e Silva Jayantissa R atw atte, S harm de Alw is, Jerem y D avid, N ishantha W ickram age, A m itha Nugawela,
SECRETARY: S h a rm d e A lw is N arcn D am baw inne, A nura R athnaw ardena, U m indha D unuw ila. D an Seevaratnam
TREASURER: A nil G o onctillake Sunil W ickrem asinghe, N a th W ijesundare,
COMMITTEE: A jith D issanayake, A nil G oonetilleke 2007-2008
A ndrew s T hevathason, A nura R atnaw ardhana, ASST. SECYO'REASURER; P ra b a th I la rs h a k u m a r
A shan R atw atte, B andula Jayasekera, COMvMlTTEE: S u c h itra A lu w ih are. R anil PRESIDENT: H im e n d ra R anaw eera
B uw aneka S am arasekera, D aya R atnayake, Prem atillake, K eshan T halgahagoda, S ham al B oteju, SECRETARY: R a n il P re m a tilla k e
G am ini R anasinghe, G otabaya D assanayake, R om esh Jayaw ardena, Sidath Pannaw ela, TREASURER; M u ttia h C h an d ra sek eran
H im endra Ranaw eera, Jayantha R anasinghe, N alaka M adugalle, U m inda D unuw ila, ASST. SECRETARY/TREASURER:
Jayanthissa K ehelpannala, Jayantissa R atw ane, Jerem y H orace Jacob, Roy Isaac, G am ini R anasinghe Keshan Thalgahagoda
D avid, K um ar S w am inathan, M ah e n S iriw ardena, AUDITOR; U patissa H u lugalle
M ilroy B ulathsinghalage, M u ttiah C handrasekeran, 2003-2004 VICE PRESIDENTS; S h arm d e A lw is,
N oel A luvihare, P rabath H arshakum ar, R ajinder A nura R atnaw ardena, A nil G oonatillake, N ath
B andaranayake, R ohan Perera, Senaka U dugam a, PRESIDENT; A n d rew s T h evathason W ijesundera, H orace Jacob. P rabath H arshakum ar.
U pali R atnayake, W ilh elm B althazaar SECRETARY: K u m a r S w a m in a th a n A jith dc Silva, R om esh Jayaw ardena, D an
TREASURER; M u ttia h C h a n d ra s e k e r a n Seevaratnam , Sidath Pananw ala
1999-2000 AUDITOR: U p atissa H u lugalle COMMITTEE; S ham al G u n aw ard cn a. M adhushanka
COMMITTEE: U pali R atnayake, R an atu n g a, Vajira A bevsundera, N alaka M adugallc.
PRESIDENT;Jayantissa Kehelpannala M ahinda W arakaulle, Jayantissa R atw atte, Suchitra A luw ihare, C handana Abeywardena.
SECRETARY; Sanjeeva Jayawardena S harm de Alwis, Jerem y D avid, N aren D am baw inne, U m indha D unuw ille, Im al Fonseka, C lifiord
TREASURER: Anil Goonctillake A nura R athnaw ardena, Sunil W ickrem asinghe, Shadrach, A m itha Nugawela, A sitha Abeysekera,
AUDITOR: Upatissa Hulugalle N ath W ijesundare, A nil G oonetilleke, U paka W eerasinghe
TRUSTEES:James M ather, Sriyantha Senaratne, P rabath H arshakum ar, S uchitra A luw ihare,
Robin Talwatte Ranil Prem atillake, Keshan Thalgahagoda,
ASST. SECYn-REASURER. J e r e m y D a v id Sham al B oteju, R om esh Jayaw ardena,
VICE-PRESIDENTS: W ilh e lm B althazaar, Sidath Pannaw ela, N alaka M adugallc.
A ndrew s T hevathason, A shan Rarw attc. U m inda D unuw ila, H orace Jacob, Roy Isaac,
G otabaya Dassanayake, H im endra Ranaw eera, G am ini R anasinghe

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Tuckshop-Carolis’Recipefor Limejuice

INGREDIENTS
(m akes approxim ately 2 0 large tumblers')'.

10-12 Fresh lim es (juice of)
8 C igarette tins o f sugar

1 Large enam el pail o f w ater
Salt

METI lOD
C o m b in e all the ingred ients and stir vigorously
w itli a ’p a th th a ’ (k itu l w o o d stick) a n d serve to th irs ty boys.'*

* A glass ot lim cjuicc w as 10 cents in th e 1960s.

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Alefiya A kbarally p.2, 10- 1 1 , 39, 40-41, 56, 58, 74-75, 86, Collection ofY asm in R atw attcT ennekoon p.l4
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1 6 1 ,1 6 4 -1 6 5 ,1 7 0 ,1 7 5 ,1 9 3 ,1 9 8 -1 9 9 Isuru Perera p. 52
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177,178,179,180
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C ollection o f Prof. W .R B reckenridge p .4 5 ,112,124,147 acquire pictures.
C o llectio n o f S ham il & R o sh in i Peiris p. 18, 2 0 -2 1 ,1 4 5 ,

1 5 0 ,1 7 0
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191

INDEX

A C om m ission, C olebrook-Cam eron 20. .layewardene, Jayantha 85, 96, 97
Crucifixion 1 4 8,155.178 Ja y e w a rd c n e , P re sid en t .1. R. 6 0 , 93
Abcyaratne, Ililai^ 42. 44. 48. 50. 52, Jones, Rev., Ireland 21, 22, 39, 182,
54. 79. 106. 114. 115, 122, 130 D
185
A ladcniya. Lieutenant Saliya 60. 62, 73 D asw atta, C h an n a 76, 78, 112 Ju ly ’83 55, 78
AUivviliare, Prof. A rju n a 3 4 .8 6 . 121 de A lw is, Lt. Col. L eonard 56, 130,
A sgiriya 42. 45, 52, 76, 83, 85, 92. 93, K
135, 136
94,95.1 1 2 ,1 2 9 ,1 3 2 D eC hickera, W ijith 139 K adirgam ar, M inister Lakshm an 62, 65,
A stro n o m ical S o ciety 124, 125, 131 De Silva, M inette 174 6 6 ,6 7 ,7 2 , 73, 114, 156, 185
Dcen, Kcmal 97, 98
B D hanapala, Jayantha 42, 126, 127, 128, K andy C olleg iate S chool 16, 21, 22,
24, 182
B a n d aran a ik e . S irim av o 4 5. 121 129, 139
B am es, E dw ard 14, 1 9 .2 0 ,2 1 D issanayake. M inister Gam ini 92 K aunda, President 137, 141, 137
BB C 109 D issanayke, W imal 54 K c h e lp a n n a la , R. M . P. 131, 132
B ib ile, P r o f S en ak a 99. 101 K en n ed y , Jo h n F. 1 2 6 ,1 8 4
B laz e'. L. E. 3 1 ,3 2 ,3 7 E isenhow er, President D w ight D. 126 Kcyt, G eorge 114, 133, 146, 152, 154,
Botcju. K enneth 131.132
B reckenridge. Dr. R anjith 57, 59, 67, Farm 50, 120, 121, 136 184, 189
Fernando, Lionel 45, 52 K ey fR u th 114,133
123, 124, 147 Festival o f N ine Lessons and Carols, K irinde, Stanley 4, 51, 66, 146, 147,
B row ning, Rev. 14. 22. 23. 182
Brownrigg. Robert 14.19 T he 109 149, 150, 151, 152, 154, 155,
B urrow s, M ajor G ordon 108, 114. 115, First W orld W ar 61, 81, 113, 146, 160, 156, 159, 170, 176, 189
K obbekaduw a, L ieutenant General
117. 120, 121. 154 166 Denzil 6 2 ,6 4 ,6 5 ,7 3 ,9 6
Fraser, A lexander (A lek) G arden 26, Kokavil A rm y Cam p 60
Church M issionary Society C.M .S. 21,
2 3 ,2 6 ,3 0 ,3 2 ,3 3 ,3 5 ,3 6 ,3 7 , 27, 30, 31, 32, 33, 35, 36, 37, L ion 6 7 , 8 6 , 8 7 , 9 6 , 9 7 , 115, 171
39. 47. 49, 162. 166, 173. 182 3 8 ,4 4 , 4 5 ,3 4 ,4 7 , 16, 3 9 ,3 5 , L o n g M a rc h 81, 88
4 9 ,5 3 ,6 1 ,6 8 , 69, 70, 72,73,
Cameron. Charles 20 78, 79, 8 0 ,8 1 ,8 2 ,8 3 ,8 6 , 89, IVl
C a m p b e ll, N o m ia n P. 6 9 , 7 1 , 8 0 , 8 1 , 9 3 ,9 4 , 98, 99, 102, 107, 113,
116, 130. 134, 146, 152, 156, M acLulich, Rev. 32
82. 88, 116, 144 160, 162, 166, 167, 168, 172, M ahabodhi Society 36
Cam pbell. Rev. M cLeod 25, 43. 44. 45. 173, 175, 176, 189 M endis, Dr. V ernon L. B. 122
M inette De Silva 174,189
46. 48.49, 5 9 ,6 9 ,7 1 ,8 0 ,8 1 , G andhi, M ahatm a 45, 46, 66 M o o n am ale, T. B. 130, 185
8 2 ,8 8 , 116, 120, 123, 132, 144, G a rre tt, R ev J. G . 2 2 ,2 3 ,3 2 , 113 M ushin, M .V . 5 9 ,1 0 3 ,1 1 6 ,1 3 7
147, 148, 168, 171, 172. 173, G aster, Rev. 4, 16, 34, 47, 4 8, 63, 152,
174, 175, 184, 189 N
Chapel 4, 34. 42, 44, 45, 48, 108, 109, 163, 167, 168, 171. 172, 176
145, 147, 148,149, 153, 155. G ilbert, R oderick 58, 106, 132, 133 N apier-C lavering 3 2 ,6 8 ,1 1 3 ,1 3 0
159, 161, 162,163, 166, 167, G o o n e tile k e , 11. M a lin 94, 136, 189 N ew bolt, H enry 68, 69, 70, 73
168, 169, 170,171, 172, 173, G u n aw ard an a, A scla 6 6. 124, 125
174, 175, 176,178, 183. 189 o
Chapel o f the Light o f the W orld. The n
171 O akley, Rev., 24, 162, 183
C haravanapavan, Dr. N agendra 139, llalp e. Dr. N eil 114,117 O fficial Language Act o f 1956 50
140 llan d u n g c, Leslie 94, 184 O ld B oys A ssociation 3 2 ,9 3 , 133, 185
Church M issionary Society 21, 23, I lardy. M ajo r 1larry 83, 84. 85, 88, 99, O lym pic G am es 84
26. 162 O o r lo f f C . .1. 4 2, 5 1 , 56, 116, 117, 137,
Colcbrook. W illiam 20 115, 185
C olhns. Rev., R ichard 21, 22, 24, 63, H odges, Rev., E. N. 2 3 ,3 2 171
108, 124, 182, 183 llo ly T rm ily C hurch, T he 24, 158. 176 O rder o f the G olden A rk 122
Colom bo Branch 3, 4, 66, 100, 130,
131, 132, 133, 135
C olours 67, 86, 87

192

INDEX

Param a W ccra Vibluislianaya 60 S cnaratiia. S riy an th a 5 7 ,6 2 , 108, 114 Van S choenbeck 114, 184
P aranagam a, G ilbert 15, 131. 132, 133, Senior. Rev. W alter S. 33, 34. 42. 48, Village Education Com m ission 37

134 66. 70. 72. 8 9 ,9 5 , 106. 113. w
Paynter. D avid. H. S. 43, 81. 104. 146,
117, 133. 137, 144, 146. 157, W adsworth 114,115,184
147. 148, 149. 151. 153, 155, 189 W aller. N orm an S. 33, 48, 49, 50, 5 1,
176. 178. 189 S ilva, S arath N. 67, 99. 100, 103
Public School 32. 39. 46, 67. 68, 72, S im ithraaratchy, C. E. 48. 49, 5 1 ,5 7 , 120, 144, 157, 171
1 7 3 ,1 8 9 79, 80, 86, 99, 132. 171 W ick rem esin g h e. C h risto p h er 122, 123
Sinnatham by. Bill 120,121 W ickram asinghe, Martin 36, 45, 52, 53,
R S ooriaarachchi 116
Stopford. Rev. R. W. 46, 47, 48, 49. 87. 55, 56. 152, 189
R am anayake. D onald 146. 152, 154. 132, 184, 189 W ickram asinghe, Rev. 122,123
157 W hite, Duncan 66, 84, 86, 87, 92
T cnnckoon, K. L. B. 4, 168, 184, 200 W irasinha, Jim 114
R a m b u k w elle , K av an 8 4 ,8 7 . 115 T onge, Rev.. R. B. 21 W oolf. Leonard 1 7 ,122,123
Reim ann. Valesca 23, 24. 36. 122. 131. Trinity C ollege Extension Fund 32 W orld W ild L ife Fund 122
Trinity College Literary A ssociation
146. 151, 185, 189 Z am bia 137. 138, 139, 141, 137
Riots. S inhala-M uslim 78 124
R oyal C o llege 34. 64, 65, 79, 182 Trinity College Union for Social Service
Ryde G old M edal 66, 98. 128, 130.
71
131, 132. 131 Trinity Spirit 58, 66. 97

S ahayam . G.Y. 4 8 .5 0 ,5 9 , 184 u
S a m a ra k o o n . N e v ille 99. 100. 103
Sangakkara, Kumar 95. 96 U g an d a 30. 101
S en an ay ak e . D u d ley 121 U nited N ations 128
Senanayake. Senaka 45, 52 U va R eb ellio n 4, 14

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P rincipal o f the College. S im ithraaratchy was S enior Prefect, Ryde C old M edallist, A ssistant M aster, H ouse M aster, Vice Principal and. Principal o f
T rin ity . A s P rin c ip a l, h e saw th e sc h o o l th ro u g h th e 2 n d W o rld W ar, p re v e n te d m ilita ry re q u isitio n , a n d cleared th e C o lle g e ’s d e b ts to th e C . M . S .

Above: W illiam A ryadurai, decked in a tw o foot high cardboard hat, strides dow n N apier H ouse at night as his petrified housem ates, A llred M ayanga
fro m U g a n d a a n d M a u n g P u fro m B u rm a , s h rie k “O h ! C h o s tie ! C h o s tie ! ’’T h is c a rto o n a p p e a re d in A iy a d u ra i’s featu re in th e S u n d ay O b s e rv e r of 1995;

The ghostie o fT rin ity College and N apier H ouse; where he recounted his antics as a student at T rinity during the Fraser and C am pbell eras.

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