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them according to the location of their residences. Wood house consisted of boys from
Ratmalana, further south and from Nugegoda and Borella. Stone and Buck housed children from Mount Lavinia, the former consisting of those whose surnames starts from A to M, while the latter of the rest. Baly housed boys who lived in Wellawatte and Bambalapitiya. Children who were from Dehiwala, Slave Island & Fort were allotted in Jermyn House. This system was not found successful because there were insufficient numbers to divide fairly and equally among five day houses. By the end of the year, Jermyn and Baly houses were discontinued and the boys were reassigned into the remaining houses according to their form. The same happened to the boarding houses, and Read house was also discontinued.
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Christian clergy and to make children good citizens under the discipline and supervision of Christianity. In 1852 Bishop Chapman laid the foundation stone of the college chapel on a hill in the school grounds. The chapel became Christ Church Cathedral of the Colombo
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The Royal-Thomian
Regatta (or Boat Race) is the annual rowing race between Royal College, Colombo, and S. Thomas' College, Mt Lavinia, having begun in 1962 the event has evolved into the Royal Thomian Regatta or The Regatta in 1966 and now is made up of 8 events which carry points and 3 exhibition
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Trophy is awarded to the winner of the annual two leg Water Polo fixture between Royal
College, Colombo, and S. Thomas' College, Mt Lavinia. While Water Polo matches between the two schools have been held on and off through the annals of the two schools shared histories, the matches were made a
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system, under which each dormitory had a master after whom the dormitory was named. Around 1900, it was proposed that the college have a permanent house system introduced, however this was rejected. The shift to a permanent house system was only to take place with the move to Mount
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A cricket match between these colleges takes place in the first term of Lent every year. As the rains begin in
Michaelmas Term, the rugby season has kicked off and the main encounter is the Royal-Thomian Rugby match. As the year ends with the term of Yuletide, the highlights are the
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Claughton, Chapman, Read, Copleston and Miller. There was also a small, rather short-lived Winchester House (although the present Primary School boarding facility is still known by this name). At the time, Miller and Copleston were senior houses.
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Colombo harbour, to a more picturesque location near the sea in Mount Lavinia. On 13 October 1923, the foundation stone for what would become the
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Memorial Shield, which was first presented in 1928. From 1979 matches were played for 3 days except in 1985 which was a 2-day match. A limited overs match (50 overs) was introduced in 1975 and is played for the Mustangs Trophy.
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in Colombo. The regatta takes place in the month of October and is usually held on the last Saturday of the month at the Colombo Rowing Club. The Royal Thomian Regatta is the oldest inter-mural rowing regatta in Sri Lanka.
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Swimming Pool allowing for much larger participation and making it the best patronised Water Polo matches in Sri Lanka and Asia. As of 2019 the tally stands at S.Thomas' winning 16, Royal winning 8 and 3 matches drawn.
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Trophy Royal-Thomian Water Polo Matches. The event was initially played in home and away swimming pools. However, while it is still a two leg event, for the past several years it has been held at the
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The Warden of S. Thomas' College is appointed by the Board of Governors to run the day-to-day activities of the College. Shown below is the list of Wardens who have served the College:
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The Royal Thomian Tennis is the annual tennis tournament between Royal College and S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia. The victor is awarded the E F C Pereira memorial trophy.
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Mens Sana in Copore Sano (A sound mind in a sound body)
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Sri Lanka Air Force Junior Command & Staff College
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Colombo International Nautical and Engineering College
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The Royal-Thomian is the annual cricket match between
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2060:. Vijitha Yapa Publications. 2001.
1798:"The Arms and Motto - Eton College"
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2044:. Colombo Apothecaries.
2027:. Colombo Apothecaries.
1753:. Colombo Apothecaries.
1736:. J. Campbell, printer.
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2673:University of Kelaniya
2601:Education in Sri Lanka
2005:"The College Handbook"
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2610:Ministry of Education
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2309:"The College History"
2227:"Battle of the Blues"
2038:Keble, W. T. (1937).
2021:Keble, W. T. (1937).
1747:Keble, W. T. (1937).
1508:independence movement
1277:Kenneth C. McPherson
1260:William Arthur Stone
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2698:University of Ruhuna
2668:University of Jaffna
2341:on 24 September 2015
1952:on 17 November 2013.
1925:on 17 November 2013.
1851:Romancing Gurutalawa
1719:. The Embassy. 1971.
1497:Solomon Bandaranaike
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422:The College Magazine
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2693:Rajarata University
2119:Wall Street Journal
1946:www.stcmount.edu.lk
1919:www.stcmount.edu.lk
1802:www.etoncollege.com
1603:Battle of the Blues
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2929:Technical colleges
2728:Wayamba University
2663:Eastern University
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2365:www.sundaytimes.lk
2240:S. Thomas' College
2213:www.sundaytimes.lk
2090:100 Years at Mount
1878:www.sundaytimes.lk
1838:2004-10-27 at the
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