De La Salle College, Colombo is the only school in Sri Lanka dedicated to the Patron Saint of Christian Teachers St. John Baptist de la Salle, founder of the congregation of De La Salle Brothers of the Christian Schools in Latin: "Fratres Scholarum Christianarum"(FSC).
Directors / Principals
The college was inaugurated on 1 February 1905 by the LaSallian Brothers. Since then the school has been headed by many LaSallian Brothers as listed below.
Directors / Principals :
Junianus Edward
1905/02/01
Founder
Bartholomew Paul
1905/02/01
First Director
Edwin George
1905/02/01
First Sub Director
Augustine Joseph
1919 - 1923
Alexander Basil
1923 - 1925
Luke Gregory
1925 - 1931
Silver Jubilee
Claude Marie
1932 - 1933
Glastian Olivere
1933 - 1935
Wenceslaus
1935 - 1937
Caeser Albert
1937 - 1938
Emile OD Jeziza
1938 - 1940
Austin Anthony
1940 - 1943
Anselm Calixtus
1943 - 1945
Vincent Aloysius
1945 - 1946
Caeser Albert
1946 - 1949
Second Time
Glastian Olivere
1950 - 1951
Second Time
Austin Anthony
1951 - 1952
Second Time
Stanislaus Norbert
1952 - 1953
Acting Director
Hermenegild Joseph
1953 - 1958
Golden Jubilee
Stephen Harding
1958 - 1959
Vincent Joseph
1960 - 1961
T Alphonsus
1961 - 1966
Edwin Ambrose
1966 - 1969
Thomas Philip
1966 - 1967
Acting Director
Joseph Nicholas
1969 - 1972
A. Brenden
1972 - 1976
Eustace Bastian
1976 - 1978
Aloysius Stephen
1978 - 1986
Diamond Jubilee
Placidus Fernando
1986 - 1989
Ignatius Warnakula
1989 - 1992
Eustace Bastian
1992 - 1994
Second Time
Anil Fernando
1994 - 1995
Acting Director
Ernest Tarcisius
1995 - 2012
Centennial Jubilee
Newman Muthuthambi
2013 – 2020
OMI Priest
Joseph Jeyakanthan
2021 – up to now
House system
Rev Br Luke Gregory, introduced a house system, with four houses: Edward, Augustine, Luke and Hermenegild, each named after a De La Salle brother. This system is used for events such as inter-house sports and athletics.
Edward House
Named after the Founder of the school Junianus Edward, guardian and the presiding genius of the De La Salle School from 1 February 1905 to 15 July 1925. German Junianus Edward was appointed Director of De La Salle Brothers' Mother House in Mutwal, Colombo on 8 July 1904 and was appointed the first Provincial Visitor of the De La Salle Brothers newly erected District of Colombo on 1 September 1919.
House Colour : Green
Augustine House
The first college hall was built by Augustine Joseph FSC during his tenure as director of the college between 1919 and 1923.
House Colour : Blue
Luke House
Named after Luke Gregory.
House Colour : Red
Hermenegild House
Named after Hermenegild Joseph.
House Colour : Yellow
Sports & Games
Athletics
Basketball
Cricket
Soccer
Volleyball
Swimming
Clubs&Societies
Battle of the DEs
The Mazenodian-LaSallian (The Battle of the DEs) was an annual cricket encounter between De Mazenod College, Kandana and De La Salle College, Mutwal in since 1955. It is known as The Battle of the DEs due to the names of the two schools.[citation needed]
