Class of ’75 goes back to school

Celebrating the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia Class of'75 (O/L) Association, over 50 old boys of that group made their way to their alma mater on March 8 all clad in blue shorts, white shirts, white socks and black shoes which caused a visiting coach of another school to remark that he didn't realise STC had such a large rugby squad!

Dr. Frank Jayasinghe, Kalasuri Arisen Ahubudu, Russel Bartholomeusz, S.C. Coperahewa, N.B. Arputharaj, Ananda Weerasekara, Daniel Edirisinghe, Jackson Karunarathne, M.S. Brodie, G.K. Mandawela, Siri Edirisinghe, G.J. Arulananthan, Ms. M.L. Fernando, U.P. Kalupahana, Lorna Mendis, Rani Perera, R. Samuel, C. Ashubodha and Ila Mendis along with Ganga and Deepika, the two daughters of the late Mr. Leo de Silva were warmly welcomed at the main block class room entrance opposite the Quadrangle by cheering old boys lined up in a guard of honour.

The teachers and the old boys then packed themselves into class room Upper 4 and the former students paid tribute to their teachers for the magnificent contributions which have seen even some of the O' level dropouts excel in their own spheres of life.

Following a sumptuous meal, generous cash gifts were handed over to the teachers with a fitting laminated note of appreciation which included a photograph of the Class of '75 group.