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College Auditorium - The Old and the New

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The Old Auditorium   1929 •  New College Hall with an auditorium,  theatre style balcony & stage opened in June . It was  unsurpassed in schools at the time. Fr . Lermusieaux was its Construction Manager with the full support & versatile skills of Fr. Soden, & Bros. Polydore Verbrugge (Builder) & Van Lierop (Supplies & Materials Manager). Courtesy : L. K.Hettiarachchi, who created the undermentioned FB  post at the request of distinguished old Aloysian , Hema Dias Rev. Fr. E. Lermusieaux S. J. Rector Rev. Bro. P. Verbrugge,  Rev. Fr. M. Soden Rev. Bro. Van Lierop  The New College Hall was opened on Saturday the 22nd of June. Old Boys who have not yet had an opportunity of seeing it will get a good idea of it from the picture on  the first page of this number. The photo was taken just at the bend of Templar's Road in front of the iron gate. Where the grass plot now is, stood formerly an Old Moorish House. Some think that the gen...