GENERAL ARTICLES
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Monday, 02 May 2022
මහනුවර ත්‍රිත්ව විද්‍යාලය පදනම් වී ඇත්තේ ක්‍රිස්තියානි සාරධර්ම සංස්කෘතිය මත වන අතර එය සිසුන්ට පෙළපොත් පදනම් කරගත් අධ්‍යාපනයට වඩා සිසුන් මිනිසුන් ලෙස හැඩගස්වන වටිනාකම් මනස් තුළ රෝපණය කරයි. සිසුන් ඉක්මනින් එහි ව්‍යුහයන් සමඟ පමණක් නොව, එහි පොහොසත් ඉතිහාසය සහ සහෝදරත්වය සහ "පවුල" පිළිබඳ ගැඹුරු සංකල්පය සමඟ බැඳේ. මෙම පවුලේ වැදගත් කොටසක් වන්නේ අනධ්‍යන කාර්ය මණ්ඩලයයි.
- Published in College, General Articles, Support Staff
Fourteen Years at Trinity and Beyond
Friday, 11 March 2022
“The land of youth and dream…” Time does fly by. Fourteen years ago, I walked in through the gates of Trinity for the first time, confused; the same as any other six-year-old on their first day of school. Needless to say, I was completely oblivious to the enormity of where I had walked into. Surprisingly
- Published in College, General Articles
When Trinity Boxing went to Olympics – the Story of Leslie Handunge
Thursday, 10 March 2022
An article by Chaniru Senhas (Grade 8) Boxing at Trinity Boxing has traditionally been one of Trinity’s most exciting sports, both among alumni and students. The beginnings of Boxing dates to 1907 when only younger students were allowed to be a part of the sport. Since 1913, Boxing became a main-stream sport in college and
- Published in Boxing, College, General Articles, History, Sports
Ceylon, Rev. William Oakley and the Oakley’s Church
Friday, 12 November 2021
Ceylon & the Church Missionary Society The period immediately following the fall of the Kandyan monarchy was one of rapid changes in Ceylon in general and Kandy in particular. A new community was emerging along the island’s beaches, nourished by the British monarchy and the Christian faith. However, as freedom conflicts raged in the newly
- Published in College, General Articles, History
Master, Mentor, and Friend – Ronald Thangiah
Thursday, 30 September 2021
The year was 1966, and a day scholar who sang treble in the Choir and had arrived early for the 6.30 pm practice was standing by the main entrance to the Trinity College Chapel when a man who could not have been more than 15 years his senior, climbed up the steps to the Chapel,
- Published in Chapel, Choir, College, General Articles, History
Dawn turned Dusk as Records Tumbled and Memories Bottled, at Asgiriya
Saturday, 11 September 2021
On the 3rd of December 2007, Sri Lanka hosted England at Asgiriya for the 1st Test Match. This test match was remarkable since the Sri Lankan bowling spearhead Muttiah Muralitharan was able to achieve the world record of being the highest Test Wicket Taker (covered in the 1st Edition). Apart from that, the game was
- Published in Cricket, General Articles, Sports
Silk and Steel: Denzil Lakshman Kobbekaduwa
Thursday, 22 July 2021
Early Days In 1940, on the 27th of July, one of Sri Lanka’s most celebrated war heroes, Denzil Lakshman Kobbekaduwa was born to Loku Bandara and Iona Ratwatte Kobbekaduwa, into a traditional Kandyan family. Growing up as the second child and the eldest of the three brothers, Kobbekaduwa showed excellence in not only his studies
- Published in College, General Articles, History
The story of Major Gordon Burrows
Friday, 23 April 2021
“Many believe he was an officer who stumbled upon the halls of this school. On the contrary, he knew where he was going; he was on his way to a fresh adventure, to his first job, as an Assistant Master at Trinity”. When Major Gordon Burrows and Trinity crossed paths in 1946, Trinity was undergoing many major reformations and changes, such as the Church Missionary
- Published in Choir, College, General Articles, History
Muttiah Muralitharan’s record-breaking 709th wicket at Asgiriya
Monday, 19 April 2021
It was on the 3rd of December 2007, when Sri Lanka hosted England at the Asgiriya Cricket Stadium for the 1st Test Match. This was a very special day for the Sri Lankan cricketing fraternity and especially for the Kandyan spectators. As Muttiah Muralitharan was inching close to a world record of being the highest
- Published in Cricket, General Articles, History, Sports, Trinity History
Vote of Thanks in verse by the Senior Prefect T.B. Marambe in the 1938 Prize Giving
Monday, 08 March 2021
“Your Excellency, ladies, and gentlemen,My great predecessors could not in their time,Make a flattering speech through the channels of rhyme.They poured forth a poem of ponderous prose,In sentiments stilted and phrases verbose.But a promising poet in me you shall see,As after my speech you will all agree. With loud acclamation and thunderous applause,We welcome you
- Published in College, General Articles, History, News
Duncan White and Lakshman Kadirgamar – on 4th February 1948
Thursday, 04 February 2021
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
- Published in College, General Articles, History
