D.S.Senanayake College Archives

Joes Sports News First XI St Joseph’s College won the St Peter’s College T 10 Centenary Celebration Cricket Quadrangular tournament by beating St Peters College by 7 wickets St Peter’s College 67 for 8 in 10 overs St Joseph’s College 68 for 3 in 8.4 overs Under 17 St Joseph’s College tied with Trinity College in the Final of the Under 17 Cricket tournament and declared as Joint Champions Trinity College 198 fir 8 in 50 Overs Kaven Pathirana 3 for 28, Yenula Dewthusa 2 for 20 St Joseph’s College 198 all out in 50 Overs Sahan Dabare 57, Naren Muralidaran 20, Kenneth Liyanage 20 Match Tied Under 13 Division 1 St Joseph’s College beat Prince of Wales College Moratuwa on the first innings in a match played at Moratuwa Prince of Wales 1st innings. 98 all out in 42.3 overs. Gayasha Fernando 6 for 14 St Joseph’s College 1st ...

BEING PARENTS by Somabandhu Kodikara A mother of a five year old met me and said that her son made a strange remark. She said the child was not spending sufficient time at home on his school work and that both her husband and she were pressurizing him to do so. One day when the father got a little angry and raised his voice, the child has asked ‘Are there no parents in this world anymore? Why is everybody a teacher?’ Though asked by a five year old, it is a question that deserves a good answer. A child would have literally hundreds of teachers in his life, but just one father and one mother. Therefore, if the parents too start playing the role of teacher, the child might easily get disillusioned. This does not mean that parents should leave education of the child solely in the hands of the ...