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Thursday, 04 February 2021 / Published in College, General Articles, History

Duncan White and Lakshman Kadirgamar – on 4th February 1948

Seen in the picture above are Duncan White, Lakshman Kadirgamar, M.A.M. Sherrif and Oscar Wijesinghe, representing the four communities (Burgher, Tamil, Muslim, Sinhalese), who had brought four scrolls to the Independence square on 4th February 1948 to be handed over to the Prime Minister D.S. Senanayake to read for the public.

It was in the same year Sri Lanka made her début at the XIV Olympic Games in London where in the final of the 400m Hurdles Duncan White, though beaten by Roy Cochran of USA to second place, lowered the existing Olympic record skimming over the hurdles in 51.8 secs. Thus getting the first medal to Independent Sri Lanka at an international sporting event. Read more about White at: Duncan White, the first athlete to win an Olympic medal for Sri Lanka

Duncan White’s silver medal at the Trinity College Archives

Lakshman Kadirgamar who is considered one of the most successful foreign ministers Sri Lanka was also an Athletic Champion! Kadirgamar won the 110m Hurdles event at the Public Schools Meet and later won the Nationals in 1951. At the All India and Ceylon Inter University Athletic Meet he again won the above event.

Both Duncan White and Lakshman Kadirgamar, being old boys of Trinity, bagged many achievements during their school careers and showcased the true qualities of a Trinitian, leading Sri Lanka in their fields and making a positive difference to the country and to the world. We are truly honoured to have had such personalities and we hope to see more in the future to come!

We thank The Ceylon Daily News for capturing the picture (above) and The Island for posting information about this historic event.

14th August 1948: Duncan White of Ceylon fixes his starting blocks to the track at the 1948 London Olympics. Original Publication: Picture Post – 4582 – Fastest Men On Earth – pub. 1948 (Photo by Picture Post/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Lakshman Kadirgamar
Tagged under: 1948, Duncan White, history, Independance Day, Lakshman Kadirgamar

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The Interact Club in collaboration with Trinity Do The Interact Club in collaboration with Trinity Doctors' Association held its annual Medical Camp for the past and present staff of Trinity College on May 08, 2022, at the College Main Hall.

Read the full review on our College website.

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We are thrilled to announce the 37th Edition of "T We are thrilled to announce the 37th Edition of "Thrithva Ranga" which will take place on 20th May 2022, 6.30pm at the College Hall.

Thrithva Ranga, presented by the School Officers' Guild is one of the most anticipated entertainment events of the year.

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Sunset seen through 'Samanea Saman' - The Rain Tre Sunset seen through 'Samanea Saman' - The Rain Tree near the Abeyratne - Jeyaraj Block. 

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"Quarrying, hauling, and erecting a unique stone e "Quarrying, hauling, and erecting a unique stone edifice, built to withstand the ravages of the centuries”

Seen on picture: a capture of the first pillar being erected in the College Chapel in 1927. Image extracted from The Centenary Number (1872-1972)

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Principal's Report for the Prize Giving 2020/21 is Principal's Report for the Prize Giving 2020/21 is now available on our College Website. 

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"අපගේ එදිනෙදා ජීවිත ගමන පහසු කරන්නේ ඔවුන්ය. අපි මෙය ලියන්නේ ත්‍රිත්ව අනධ්‍යන කාර්ය මණ්ඩලයේ කෘතවේදීත්වය, නිහතමානිකම සහ ආදරණීය බව යන ගුණාංග සේම පරාර්ථකාමී සේවය අගය කිරීම උදෙසාය."

"எமது திரித்துவக் கல்லூரியின் உதவி பணிப்பாளர்கள் உழைப்பின்றி ஒரு அணுவும் அசையாது. உருவாகும் ஒவ்வொரு பொருளும், எல்லா தொழிலும், உயர்ந்த கட்டிடங்களும் எல்லாம் பணியாளர்களால் உருவானதே எனக்கூறின் மிகையாகாது."

"One must stop to look back and admire the hard working classes of society; the individuals who uphold the sustenance of our everyday lives. It is with the virtues of gratefulness, humbleness and admiration, that we write this to appreciate selfless service."

Read the full article on our College website!

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හේමා ආච්චි කියන්නේ හේමා ආච්චි කියන්නේ අපි ප්‍රාථමික අංශයේ ඉන්න කාලයේ බොහෝ සෙයින් ආදරය කළ චරිතයක්.
අපි, ශිෂ්‍ය කාර්ය බලකාය, (T150 Student Task Force) අපූරු මතක මංතීරුවක ඇවිදීමට ඇය සමඟ කතාබහකට වාඩි වුනෙමු.
මෙම පිළිසදරෙන් පිළිබිඹුවන පණිවිඩයක් වන, නිහතමානීව එකිනෙකාට සලකමින් සමාජයේ මනුෂ්‍යත්වයට දායක වීම සෑම ත්‍රිත්වයෙකුගේම වගකීමක් බව සනාත වන අතර එය ඔබ, අප සැම අඛණ්ඩව ඉටු කල යුතු සේවයකි.

Meet Hema Achchi! A loving personality we all adored immensely during our time at the Junior School. 
We, the T150 Student Task Force, sat down with her for a chat to take a stroll down memory lane.
The message of this conversation is that it is the duty of every Trinitian to contribute to the humanity of society by treating each other with humility and that is a service that you and all of us must continue to do.

පාරාර්ථකාමී සේවයක ඇගයීම
தன்னலமற்ற சேவைகளை பாராட்டுதல்
Appreciating Selfless Service

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ජයතිලක අන්කල් කියන ජයතිලක අන්කල් කියන්නේ බොහොමයක් නේවාසිකාගාර සිසුන්ගේ අධ්‍යාපනයටත් එහා ජීවිත වෙනස් කල චරිතයකි.
අපි, ශිෂ්‍ය කාර්ය බලකාය, (T150 Student Task Force) ඔහුගේ අත්දැකීම් වලට සවන් දීමට තරම් වාසනාවන්ත වුයෙමු.
මෙම පිළිසදරෙන් පිළිබිඹුවන පණිවිඩයක් වන, සමාජයට බරක් නොවී, හමුවන සෑම කෙනෙකුටම කරුණාව දක්වමින්, අත්දැකීම් තුළින් ජීවිතය ගොඩගන්නා මිනිසුන් බවට පත්වීම, අප පාසලට කරන උත්ම් ගෞරවයක් බව වටහාගත යුතුය.

Meet Jayathilake Uncle, someone who changed the lives of many at the Trinity Boarding beyond education. 
We, the T150 Student Task Force, were fortunate enough to be able to have a listen to his experiences at college.
The message of this conversation is that we would be honouring our alma mater, if we become men who without being a burden to society, build a life through experience showing kindness to everyone we meet.

පරාර්ථකාමී සේවයක ඇගයීම
தன்னலமற்ற சேவைகளை பாராட்டுதல்
Appreciating Selfless Service

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