From: Ravinda Mahagamasekera [mailto:ravindam@sg.ibm.com]
Sent: Friday, January 12, 2007 04:10 PM
Subject: Silumina on Rajakeeya San Thomas Pandu Kreedawa
 

Friends,
 

This is from the very 1st edition of Silumina Newspaper which was printed on the 30th of March 1930 - the Sunday following the 51st Royal Thomian encounter. Back then, apparently, the players were allowed to burn [puchchanna] the opponents if they couldn't get them out... Hmmm!! 'the School where our fathers learnt' sounds a much more interesting place than the place we schooled...

Wonder what happened to the torch referred in "And we their loyal sons now bear the torch...". Anybody having it?

(See attached file: Royal Thomian 51st Encounter.pdf)

Best regards
Ravinda