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Rev. Fr. Peter Pillai OMI was the fifth Rector, from 1940 to 1961, the first Sri Lankan, a great scholar widely respected in Asia. The Grotto at St. Joseph's, a replica of the Grotto in
Lourdes, France, was built in 1940. The College buildings were taken over by the Army during World War II, but the
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Maurice Block", became the
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Bonjean hall was the third building to be completed, by Rev. Fr. Charles Lytten, the second rector.
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Cricket has been played at the school since its founding. At that time it was the only
Catholic school in a group of elite, mainly secular or Protestant Christian, private boys' schools which often played against one another. Many alumnae played on the
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