TRINITY-ANTONIAN ENCOUNTERS – A STATISTICAL ANALYSIS Compiled by Afzal Laphir Editores’ Note; Before we break down the numbers of Trinity-Antonian, as presented by Afzal Laphir, here’s a bit of the Cricketing history of Trinity College Kandy and St. Anthony’s College Kandy. Historical data are gathered from the National Archive of …
Read More »A short Biography of Hilda Westbrook-Kularatne, Pioneering British Educationist
By Jane Russell Dr. Jane Russel (BA Oxon. St Hilda’s College, MA in Education) educated at Winchester Girls High School, UK, was seconded to History Dept. Peradeniya University where she Studied for Ph.D, in ‘Political History of Ceylon 1931-1947’, under Professor KM de Silva and her thesis on “Ceylon Tamils Under …
Read More »From Philanthropists to Champions
History of Schools Alumni and its evolution in Sri Lanka By Sujith Silva In one of our earlier articles “A journey through Quadrangle”, we extensively covered the evolution of education in Sri Lanka. Starting from two renowned monasteries Mahavihara and Abhayagiri in the Anuradhapura period managed by Buddhist monks …
Read More »205 Years, Methodist Church in Sri Lanka
Interview with His Lordship Rev. Asiri Perera, Bishop of Methodist Church in Sri Lanka By Sujith Silva (June, 2019) As part of our coverage of Old Schools in Sri Lanka under ‘A journey through Quadrangles’ we met His Lordship Rev. Asiri Perera, Bishop of Methodist Church in Sri Lanka to …
Read More »Inter school Shakespeare Drama Competition – what you need to know!
46th All Island Inter School Shakespeare Drama Competition unfolds and here’s your guide including the list of all winners since 1973. The premier inter school English Drama competition of the country ‘Shakespeare Drama Competition’ which is being conducted since 1973 with the participation of some of the leading schools from …
Read More »Richmond College Galle
Story of Richmond
“Nisi dominus frustra” – No amount of human effort will bring success, without the blessings of God A journey through Quadrangles in search of the history of our education…..starting from Galle Galle, the historic seaport city in the south of Sri Lanka has been a world renown sea trading hub long before …
Read More »A JOURNEY THROUGH QUADRANGLES
A JOURNEY THROUGH QUADRANGLES Quadrangle will embark on a journey to search and record the History of Schools (College Education) in Sri Lanka. A series of articles on each school to follow and here’s the story from early days… By Sujith Silva Prof. W. I. Siriweera, (Emeritus Professor of History …
Read More »We kick off a historical journey of Lanka’s school rugby through the ages
The secret’s out …. Did you know that the first school rugby team was formed as far back as 1891? From that year, the game has developed a rich history, with great contests and all the traditions of key inter-school encounters. Quadrangle writers Lohit Ranasinghe and Sujith Silva spent countless …
Read More »British save the oldest public school paving way for new era
By Varuna De Silva (This article is based entirely on “The Royal College – School of our Fathers – A Brief History and the Essence of its Spirit”, compiled By D.L. Seneviratne and “History of Royal College” by S.S Perera) The present-day Royalists and others who are keen to know …
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