W. Dahanayake - An Interview by Riza Salie

Courtesy : Aloysian Centenary Souvenir
Riza Salie was a live-wire of the Old Boys Association & served 6 terms as its Treasurer.

Riza Salie



W. Dahanayake,  (later Prime Minister of Ceylon)  joined the Staff of SAC in the year 1928 as a Trained Teacher.  He taught Latin, Mathematics, History, Geography & Moral Science.He was also the Games Master. He acted in the College plays many of which were adaptations from Moliere’s comedies. He left in 1936 in order to pursue a career in politics.


 

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