St. Aloysius College Galle History, Highlights of a Hundred Years

  SAC Staff Trip to Jaffna in 1959 I n 1959, there were many young old boys  on the college staff. Among them were S. A. Perera, H. Wimalasundera, B. Wijesinghe, L. Premaratne, D. Alles, B. Ferreira, & several others, whom I cannot now remember. Towards the end of the term Fr. Peiris, the Principal, summoned us for stencilling the question papers & we did so on the ground floor corridor of the Father' residence directly supervised by Fr. Peiris. We were given short intervals to relax, & whilst we were having a cup of tea together, someone suggested that we do a trip to Jaffna during the holidays. The idea caught on & it did not take long for many of us to agree. The College had a School Bus, which could accommodate about 20 persons comfortably. Our request to hire the bus for a trip to Jaffna was approved by the Rector, Fr. Morelli & the trip was planned meticulously, with S. A. Perera playing the lead role. He also contacted a number of his friends in Jaf