Green Memorial, Manipay, Sri Lanka.

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From: Nihal. Gooneratne <nihalgee@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 6:29 AM
Subject: FW: Interesting stuff to read
To: philipv203@gmail.com
Cc: senaratnedc@optusnet.com.au

Philip/Chandrasiri:

                                    Philip more information from Bala about the medical school.

Nihal

From: Bala Balakrishnan [mailto:bala2012@hotmail.com]
Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2013 1:59 AM
To: nihalgee@gmail.com
Subject: RE: Interesting stuff to read

Nihal ,thanks ,very intereting article ,
first establishment of medical school was stared by american missioneries even before a medical school was established in Colombo .
a book written by Mr Thiru Arumugamabout Green memorial hospital [which is still in existance and fuctioning ] 
The title of the book NineteenthCentuaryAmerican Medical Missionaries in Jaffna,Ceylon With special referance to Samuel Frisk Green.published in 2009
MV Publicatuions South asian Studies centre .Sydney.Thiru Arumugam is brother of our batch mate vimala Arumgan .lives in Sydney Enginner by Profession
incidently Dr. William  Paul[ was among the graduates of that medical college his son Samuel C Paul was the first ceylonese Doctor to obtain FRCS london.
Professor Milroy Pauls dad.   
 How are you keeping .finally i am hoping to retire by may or june this your
Best of wishes
Bala 

Kapuwaththe's mother's funeral.

Lakshman Karalliedde	7:50 PM (22 hours ago)
to me, Buddy

 Dear Phillipo and Buddy, Kapu's mother died peacefully around 1030 today. The funeral would be on Wednesday morning. His telephone number is 081 2224983,

 Karals

Rev.Fr. Peter Pillai.

About Fr. Peter Pillai, Rector St Joseph College, 

Darley Rd Colombo, and creator of Aquinas 

College, Borella.

The Josephian swimming pool too was 

constructed with his efforts. The rest that 

as students we did not quite know is given 

below.

As students in the 1950s, what we 

experienced with him was quite as in 

this article.

Short and dark, with deep set eyes, 

he was known as the wise man in the east.

Looking back, his foresight was unparalleled.

Never talked politics.

His lectures on religious knowledge at 1 pm 

had some students sleeping,  but he would 

just say ‘Wake up, Wake up….’  and carry 

on, though at other times he was a strict 

disciplinarian.

Susiri Weerasekera

A great Sri Lankan.

Subject: Rev Dr Fr Peter A Pillai

:

Rev. Fr. Dr. Peter A Pillai

Apostle of Social Justice

 Peter Alcantara Pillai was born on 19th 

October, 1904 at Wennappuwa.

His parents Jacob and Anna Pillai, school 

teachers hailed from Kayts, Jaffna.

His schooling began in his mother tongue 

Tamil in the school where his parents 

were teachers. Later he joined St. Benedict’s 

College, Kotahena, Colombo at the age of 

nine years. In 1918 he passed the Cambridge 

Junior with eight distinctions. He was then 

only 14 years.

He passed the Cambridge Senior at the 

age of 16 years in 1920 also with eight 

distinctions becoming the first in the 

whole of the British Empire. Subsequently 

he became an undergraduate of the then 

University College of Colombo and 

obtained the BSc degree with a first 

class in 1923. In the next year, 1924, 

he also got through the BSc Hons 

Mathematics in the first division.

Peter Pillai was most deservingly 

fortunate to win the annual government 

scholarship in science awarded to the 

best student and proceeded to the 

University of Cambridge where he 

obtained his BA and MA (Cantab). 

Thereafter he passed the MSc (London) 

quite easily. He would have entered 

the much lucrative CCS (Ceylon Civil 

Service) – the plum of government 

service got an academic part in the 

University.

However, he opted to become a 

Catholic priest to serve his God 

and man. His elder brother 

Fr. Cadjetan Pillai, a teacher at 

St. Joseph’s died of plague whilst 

administering to the sick.

His two other brothers too had 

already joined the clergy. Armed 

with PhD and DD (Doctorate in Divinity)

 – Rome he was ordained in 1934. On 

his return to the motherland, he was 

appointed to the staff of St. Peter’s 

College, Bambalapitiyaand warden 

of Aquinas Hall, the University 

Student’s Catholic Hall.

No other Sri Lankan educationist 

had such high qualifications.

To fight against the twin evils of the day

 – 1930s – namely, injustice and 

exploitation, he created two journals,

‘Social Justice’ (English) and ‘Samaja 

Samaya’ (Sinhala).

His campaigns and untiring efforts 

resulted in the enacting of the Shop 

and Office Workers’ Ordinance, 

Wages Boards Ordinance, Employees

 Provident Fund Act, Industrial 

Disputes Act etc. all in the field 

of Labour or Industrial Law.

He also advocated and expounded 

the theories of worker participation 

in management, profit-sharing, better 

housing and living conditions for the 

working class.

In 1940 Rev. Fr. Dr. Pillai was appointed 

as the first Sri Lankan Rector of St. 

Joseph’s College, Colombo, the premier, 

Catholic Collegiate school in the island 

which post he held with great acceptance 

and distinction for 21 years till 1961.

Highly concerned with moulding the 

character of youth besides serving in some 

government commissions, he was the 

president of the Headmasters’ Union, 

member of the University of Ceylon 

Senate, founder of the Catholic 

Students’ Federation, the Graduate 

Federation, the Catechetical Institute, 

the Xaverian Movement – and the 

Aquinas College of Higher Studies.

Further, as a result of his championing 

social reforms, it resulted in bringing 

to statute books such welfare legislation 

as the National Housing Act, Debt 

Conciliation Board Ordinance and Land 

Redemption Act.

An extrovert, a great trait of his character 

was that he was not at all a racist or 

communal minded – in that he 

treated Sinhala, Tamil, Moor, 

Malay, Burgher students alike. 

He was not only a tower of 

strength to Catholic students, 

specially Josephians but also 

equally to Buddhist, Hindu 

and Islamic (Muslim) students 

aspiring for higher studies.

When he passed away untimely 

on September 27th 1964, he was 

only 60 years of age, 10 years 

short of the psalmists span of life 

– three score and ten, which 

means 70 years. He lived exactly

 like three score years – 60 years 

due to ceaseless, unfatigable 

exertion of his strength in the 

service of humanity. His excellent 

services to the country are immemorial.

May he rest in peace!

 written by :

Stanley E. Abeynayake

14 October 2006

Ceylon Daily News

Some good thoughts for 2013 - email sent by Sunil Liyanage.

'Who am I?' email sent by Susiri Weerasekara

Subject: The Postman One Monday morning the postman is walking through  the neighborhood on his usual route, delivering the mail. As he approached one of the homes, he noticed  that both cars were still in the driveway. His wonder  was cut short by David, the homeowner, coming  out with a load of empty beer, wine and spirit  bottles for the recycling bin. "Wow, David, looks like you guys had one hell  of a party last night," the Postman commented. David, in obvious pain, replied, "Actually we  had it Saturday night. This is the first I have  felt like moving since 4:00 am Sunday  morning. We had about 15 couples from  around the neighbourhood over for some  weekend fun and it got a bit wild. We all  got so drunk around midnight that we  started playing 'WHO AM  I?'." The Postman thinks a moment and said,  "How do you play 'WHO AM I?' ?" " Well, all the guys go in the bedroom and  come out one at a time covered with a  sheet with only the 'family jewels' showing  through a hole in the sheet. Then the  women try to guess who it is.." The postman laughed and said, "Sounds  like fun, I'm sorry I missed it." "Probably a good thing you did,"  David responded."Your name came up 6 times"

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