St Thomas' College
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| S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia | |
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Esto Perpetua (Be Thou Forever)
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Mount Lavinia, Colombo, Sri Lanka  |
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| Type | Private |
| Established | 3 February 1851 |
| Founder | Rt Rev James Chapman, |
| Gender | Boys |
| Colour(s) | Blue and Black |
| Affiliation | Anglican |
| Former pupils | Old Thomians |
| Website | Official website |
S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia is a private Anglican school providing primary and secondary education in Sri Lanka. It is considered to be one of the most prestigious schools in Sri Lanka and its former pupils include four former Prime Ministers of Sri Lanka.[1]
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Administration
The College which is under the Anglican Church of Ceylon, is run by a Board of Governors which is chaired by the Anglican Bishop of Colombo, who is also known as the "Visitor of the College". The administration of the College itself is headed by a warden. Admission to the College is at the sole discretion of the warden.
Branches
School terms
There are three academic terms in the year
- Lent - from January to April
- Michaelmas - from May to August
- Yuletide - from September to December
Scholastic division
The College consists of three schools - Upper, Middle, and Lower and the college forms.
Houses
There are 5 Houses at STC, four of which are "day houses", for those who do not live in the Boarding House. It was in the time of Warden McPherson that an organized house system was introduced, so to encourage boys to take part in extracurricular activities. In 1926, the day boys were divided first into 5 houses, namely Wood, Buck, Stone, De Saram, and Miller-Copleston. Boys were allotted in them according to the location of their residences. Wood house consisted of boys from Ratmalana, further south and from Nugegoda and Borella. Stone and Buck housed children from Mount Lavinia, the former consisting of those whose surnames starts from A to M, while the latter of the rest. Baly housed boys who lived in Wellawatte and Bambalapitiya. Children who were from Dehiwala, Slave Island & Fort were allotted in Jermyn House. This system was not found successful.
De Saram House
- Colours : Green, Black
- Motto : Strive, Achieve, Preserve
Wood House
- Colours : Sky Blue, Maroon
- Motto : Fulfillment of Prophecy
Buck House
- Colours : Sky Blue, Silver Grey
- Motto : Mens Sana in Copore Sano (Sound in mind & body)
Stone House
- Colours : Maroon, Silver Grey
- Motto : Sauitier in modo; Fortiter in re (Gentle in manner, Brave in action)
Boarding House
- Colours: Maroon, White
- Motto: Ducimus Nos Sequnter Alli (We lead, others follow)
Sports
The College has many sports and games for its students.
- Archery
- Athletics
- Badminton
- Basketball
- Cricket
- Hockey
- Karate
- Rowing
- Rifle/Pistol Shooting
- Rugby
- Soccer
- Squash
- Swimming
- Table Tennis
- Tennis
- Volleyball
- Water Polo
- Wrestling
The most prominent sports are those classified as the "Royal-Thomian". These sports take precedence because of the importance given to the clash between S. Thomas' oldest rival, the Royal College, Colombo.
A cricket match between these colleges takes place in the first term of Lent every year. As the rains begin in Michaelmas Term, the rugby season has kicked off and the main encounter is the Royal-Thomian Rugby match. As the year ends with the term of Yuletide, the highlights are the Royal Thomian Regatta and the Boat Race for the oarsmen of the two Colleges and simultaneously the two leg Water Polo encounter.
Royal-Thomian
The Royal-Thomian, is the annual cricket match between the Royal College, Colombo and S Thomas' College, Mt Lavinia is the second longest uninterrupted cricket match series in the world, even older than the Ashes, having been played for 130 years continuously. The original match was played between the Colombo Academy and S. Thomas' College in 1879, with schoolmasters participating as well as schoolboys. From 1880 onwards, only schoolboys were allowed to play in the match. It is the only school boy cricket match in Sri Lanka to be played over three days. The match is played for the D. S Senanayake Memorial Shield, which was first presented in 1928. From 1979 matches were played for 3 days except in 1985 which was a 2 day match. A limited overs match (50 overs) was introduced in 1975 and is played for Mustangs Trophy.
Royal-Thomian Regatta
The Royal-Thomian Regatta (or Boat Race) is the annual rowing race between Royal College, Colombo and S. Thomas' College, Mt Lavinia, having begun in 1962 the event has evolved into the Royal Thomian Regatta or The Regatta in 1966 and now is made up of 6 events. The races are rowed over a distance of 1000 yards and take place on the Beira Lake in Colombo. The regatta takes place in the month of October and is usually held on the last Saturday of the month at the Colombo Rowing Club. The Royal Thomian Regatta is the oldest inter-mural rowing regatta in Sri Lanka.
Royal-Thomian Tennis Encounter
The Royal Thomian Tennis is the annual tennis tournament between Royal College and S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia.
Royal Thomian Rugby Encounter
The Royal Thomian rugby encounter is played for the Michael Gunaratna Trophy.
Clubs and societies
College has many clubs and societies which students can join. Many of these clubs and societies organize several projects on an annual basis. The Computer Club, The Interact Club, The Radio Club, The Aeronautical Society, the Stamp Club, the Senior Science Association and the Red Cross Society are just some of clubs and societies at S. Thomas'. All of the above are fully or partially funded by the College. Joining and actively taking part in club activity is strongly recommended. All such clubs and societies are supervised by a Master-in-Charge and have their respective President, Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer elected from among the students.
- Art Club
- Association of Science and Technology
- Astronomical Society
- Automobile Club
- Bridge Club
- Buddhist Students' Association
- Cadetting
- Carom Club
- Choir
- Chess Club
- Classical Association
- Classical Music Association
- Commerce Society
- Computer Club
- Culinary Arts Society
- Current Affairs Forum
- English Drama Society
- English Literary and Debating Society
- Environment Conservation Society
- Hewisi Band
- Health Club
- Hindu Society
- Interact Club
- Islamic Society
- Junior Science Association
- Kennel Club
- Leo Club
- Library Club
- Model Parliament
- Model Railroad Club
- Numismatic Society
- Philatelic Society
- Photographic Society
- Physical Culture Club
- Productive Citizens Society
- Quiz Club
- Radio Club
- Red Cross Unit
- Road Safety Patrol
- Scouting
- Scrabble Club
- Senior Science Association
- Servers Guild
- HNB Students' Savings Unit
- Sinhala Literary and Debating Society
- Society for the Preservation of Thomian Traditions
- Society for Social Work and Welfare
- Spelling Union
- Student Christian Movement
- Sub Aqua Club
- Tamil Drama Society
- Tamil Literary Society
- Thomian Chamber Orchestra
- United Nations Club
- Western Band
- Wild Life Society
- Royal Thomian Society
The Radio Club in College is regarded as one of the oldest societies, as archives show that the society started as a band of students operating and maintaining the public address system for Chapel services and prayers daily since 1891. However, this society disbanded once the school was shifted from Mutwal to Mount Lavinia in 1927. The society started activities again only in the late 1940s and has been in action ever since.
Bursaries and Scholarships
The following bursaries and scholarships are available;
- Bishop's Scholarship
- Duke of Edinburgh Scholarship
- Gregory Scholarship
- Prince of Wales Scholarship
- Herbert Acland Scholarship
- H.L Wendt Memorial Scholarship
- C.P and W.H de Silva Scholarship
- Ilangakoon Memorial Scholarship
- Lady Obesekere Choir Scholarship
- F.J.M de Mel Anniversary Commemoration Scholarship
- C.E.A Dias Scholarship
- Mrs. H.J Peiris Trust
- Bishop Chapman Scholarship
- Schneider Scholarships No. 1 & 2
- S.J Anandanayagam Memorial Scholarship
- Rev. A.S.P Goonetilleke Bursary
- Godrey Rajasooriya Memorial Scholarship
- R.L Hayman - A.J Foster Scholarship
- Jayaweera Scholarship
- Nicolle Scholarship
- T.L.V Perera Memorial Scholarship
- R.L Haymen Memorial Scholarship
- Andrew W. Kannangara Memorial Scholarship
- Edmund Clement Fernando Memorial Scholarship
- Eline Fernando Memorial Scholarship
- Edward Anthonisz Scholarship
- Dr. & Mrs. L.E.J Salgado Scholarship
- Colvin Sirimanne Memorial Scholarship
- Roger and Gladys de Mel Memorial Scholarship
- Dr. Nihal C. Chacko Memorial Scholarship
- S.P.A Fernando Memorial Scholarship
- Major W.A Gunatilleke Memorial Bursary
- Canon R.S de Saram Bursary
- Esme Satarasinghe Scholarship
- L.A.H Arndt and Brian Thiedman Memorial Scholarship
- Ivor Palipane Scholarship
- Dr. R.L Haymen Memorial Scholarship
- Derek Samarasinha Scholarship
- Rev. Withers Scholarship
- Dr. V.T.E Fernando Bursary
- Y.H.Chang Scholarship
Wardens of S. Thomas' College
- The Rev. Cyril William Wood D.D. 1851 - 1853
- The Rev. Joseph Baly M.A. 1854 - 1860
- The Rev. George Bennet 1863 - 1866
- The Rev. James Bacon B.D. 1871 - 1877
- The Rev. Edward Miller M.A. 1878 - 1891
- The Rev. Philip Read M.A. Lit.Hum. 1892 - 1895
- The Rev. W. Armstrong Buck M.A. 1896 - 01
- The Rev. William Arthur Stone M.A. 1901-1924
- The Ven. Kenneth C. McPherson M.A. 1925-1931 (Archdeacon Emeritus of Bombay)
- The Rev. Canon Reginald Stewart de Saram M.A. O.B.E. 1932-1958 (The First Ceylonese & Old Boy Warden)
- Mr. Charles Henry Lambert Davidson M.A. Dip in Ed. 1959-1965 (The First Lay Warden)
- The Rev. Anton John Chandiah Selvaratnam B.A. B.D. Dip. in Ed. 1965-1970
- Mr. Samuel James Anandanayagam B.Sc. 1970-1977
- Mr. Michael Llewelyn Christopher Ilangakoon M.Sc. 1977-1982
- Mr. Wilfred Michael Neville de Alwis B.A. L.L.B. L.L.M. 1983-1998
- Dr. David Arjunan Ponniah B.Sc. M.Eng. PhD. MBA. CEng. MICE. 2001-2008
- Rev. John Charles Puddefoot M.A. (Oxon) B.D 2009 - 2011
Sub-wardens of S.Thomas' College
- The Rev. G. Bennet B.D. (Lambeth) 1870-1871
- The Rev. T.F. Faulkner B.A. F.S.A. (Cantab) 1872-1879
- The Rev. P. Gethen M.A. (Cantab) 1888-1892
- The Rev. G.A.H. Arndt B.A. (Calcutta) 1892- 1908
- The Rev. J. Parker M.A. (Oxon) 1908-1910
- The Rev. O.J.C. Bevan M.A. (Cantab) 1911-1917
- The Rev. Canon P.L. Jansz M.A. (Oxon) 1917-1919
- The Rev. G.M. Withers M.A. (Oxon) 1919-1926
- The Rev. R.S. de Saram B.A. (Oxon) 1926-1932
- Dr. R.L. Hayman D.Phil. M.A. (Oxon) 1935-1957 (The Longest Serving Sub-Warden)
- Mr. C.H.L. Davidson M.A. (Lond.) Dip-in-Ed. 1957-1958
- Mr. F.J. Senaratne 1959-1962
- Mr. S.J. Anandanayagam B.Sc. (Lond.) 1962-1966
- Mr. F. Jayasinghe B.A. (Lond.) 1968-1971
- Mr. E.St.P. Gunawardene B.A. Dip-in-Ed. 1972-1977
- Dr.D.Salitha Siva
- Mr. O.A. Abeynaike 1977-1981
- Prof. Rajiva Wijesinha D.Phil. (Oxon) 1981-1982
- The Rev. D.K. de Chickera B.Th. (Cey) M.Sc. (Oxon) 1983-1989 (The Present Bishop of Colombo)
- Mr. D.A.Pakianathan M.Sc. (Lond.) Dip-in-Ed 1991- 2002
- Mr. H D Perera L.L.B 2002 - 2011
Old Thomians
Past students of S. Thomas' are referred to as Old Thomians. STC educated the first Prime Minister of Sri Lanka.[2]
