Life at SAC - Memories of former Students

 Courtesy : Aloysian Centenary Souvenir 1895-1995 Justice A. C. Alles This document can also be accessed here:   https://drive.google.com/file/d/16vks0JaWVJuGKMTSRJlFgBAnNTO81se0/view?usp=sharing Also see: http://www.worldgenweb.org/lkawgw/acalles.html Death of Justice A. C.  Alles The death occurred of Anthony Christopher (A. C.)   Alles , former Judge of the Supreme Court (1964-1974) on January 1 2003 at the age of 91 years. .  Alles  passed away at  Nawaloka  hospital after a brief illness and the funeral took place within 24 hours according to his wishes, on January 2. A. C.   Alles  was born at  Matale  in 1911. After his early education under the Jesuit fathers at St. Aloysius‘ College, Galle (where he passed his Cambridge Senior with Honors) and at the Ceylon University, he joined the Ceylon Law College and, after obtaining First Class Honors in his Law Final, was enrolled as an advocate of the Supreme...

 Courtesy : Aloysian Centenary Souvenir 1895-1995 Writer is the brother of the more famous Dr. Cyril Andrew Ponnamperuma  NASA Scientist & Dr. Felix Nelson Ponnamperuma , IRRI , Phillipines Soil Chemist, who also studied at SAC in their early years    This document can also be accessed here : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WUxFTvaTwdbGjPNKwrH1zV3G0b-oNT-H/view?usp=sharing Also see : https://www.sundaytiemes.lk/961006/bus3.html CISIR building renamed The Ceylon Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research (CISIR) building which houses the information centre will be officially named as the "Lakshman G. Ponnamperuma Block." This is in memory of Dr. Lakshman George Ponnamperuma who had the unique distinction of being both a past director and chairman of the Ceylon Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research. Dr. Ponnamperuma conbributed in no small measure to the progress and expansion of the Institute, during his term as director from 1...

  Nigel Kerner Courtesy: Aloysian Centenary Souvenir Also see : https://thuppahis.com/2022/05/11/nigel-kerner-an-unique-note-on-web-well-before-he-passed-away/

Courtesy: L. K. Hettiarachchi, SACGalle1950/1960s Photos Reminiscences of College Life by P. Sam de Silva I am privileged to be requested by the Editorial Committee of the Souvenir to be brought out on the occasion of the 75th Anniversary of the first issue of the "Aloysian" to contribute a message of felicitations and encouragement and to reminisce briefly over the happy days I spent at S.A.C. My reminiscences cannot cover the whole span of seventy-five years. I can only recount some of the memorable incidents that occurred during my period of studies at S.A.C.  My father was educated at Mahinda, Richmond and finally, at S.A.C. So, he thought that I too should do my final lap at S.A.C. after doing stints at a number of schools from Sariputta Vidyalaya, Matara to Piyaratne Maha Vidyalaya, Galle. From S.A.C, Galle I was to go to another Jesuit College in Calcutta - St. Xavier's - for my post-secondary school studies.  After my meanderings through several schools, I fin...

Courtesy : L. K. Hettiarachchi /Friends of SAC Galle Photos 1950/1960s FB Deshamanya N U JAYAWARDENA Born 1908 Hambantota Died 2002 First Ceylonese Governor of the Central Bank of Ceylon Founder of the Mercantile Group of Companies Sri Lankan Senator, Economist, Banker and Entrepreneur. Mr. N U JAYAWARDENA wrote this article to the ALOYSIAN magazine Date 29th December 1989. DOWN MEMORY LANE ------------------ Courtesy: https://www.cbsl.gov.lk/en/about/about-the-bank/bank-history/nu-jayawardena? Deshamanya N U Jayawardena (1953 – 1954) Deshamanya N U Jayawardena was the second Governor, assuming duties in July 1953 and vacating his position in October 1954. He was the first Ceylonese (Sri Lankan) Governor of the Central Bank of Ceylon. Deshamanya Jayawardena studied at St. Servatius College, Matara and completed his secondary education at St. Aloysius College, Galle. In 1931 he was awarded the London School of Economics External BSc Degree. He proceeded to study Business Adminis...

Courtesy : L. K. Hettiarachchi,   Friends of SAC Galle Photos 1950/1960s                            An article from Website CRITIQUING CRICKET Date - October 12 , 2020 1956 : CHAMPION YEAR FOR SAINT ALOYSIUS IN CRICKET ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MOHAMED ANVER’S Recollections of His Years at St. Aloysius ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Soccer was our forte at SAC and although we often had good performances on the cricket field, we were more often than not on the losing side. So, when we produced something out of the ordinary, we had every reason to be proud of ourselves. The 1956 season was one such success story when we emerged unbeaten among the schools with Anver captaining the side. But it was a rough road for Anver leading up to that season, so let’s ask Anver to open the batting : “The first touch of the leather ball was with my head in the first game I played for N...

Courtesy : L. K. Hettiarachchi /Friends of SAC Galle 1950/1960s Photos ALOYSIAN IDENTITY (Photos added for this blog post) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ An article from / 1895 - 1995 , The Aloysian Souvenir Magazine ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ An Article by Professor Michael Roberts ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thank you Intrigued by my speech inflections and my appearance a friend of mine, a teacher in English Literature, made inquiries after my familial background and ethnic identity within the melange of ethnic groups in Sri Lanka. She learnt that my Barbadian father had related very few stories of his life and times in Barbados and that my sense of West Indianness was muted. This puzzled her. Forced thus into retrospective reflection I now conclude that I lived my youthful life immersed in my everyday activities without much concern for a distinct self-identity of an ethnic sort. Along one dimension my orientation was familial. I was (and re-main) a Roberts. There were no o...