Talk:Southland Balika

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Sinhala plays which were produced by the school were based on Jathaka stories or a historical legend of ancient Sri Lanka or India and had brought much popularity to the college during that period. Children enjoyed themselves singing selected popular Sinhala songs at singing competitions in the school.

Oriental dancing was introduced by Miss Ridge and children thoroughly enjoyed their lessons every Thursday when the late Herman Perera, the popular dancing master from Payagala joined the staff. He continued his services until we were able to stage Kusa Jatakaya in Colombo at Lumbini Theatre in 1970, being the last stage drama that the school produced. Thus priority was given to our mother tongue encouraging the students to gain knowledge in Sinhala language and culture.

The 'Ridge Building' became a 'Rich Building' housing a large number of classrooms, an art room, science laboratory, Principal's quarters and the college office and to date the three storeyed Ridge Building stands as a monument of Miss Ridge's labour of love for Southlands throughout a period of more than 40 years. When she left Southlands in 1956 the school presented her a beautiful bedspread, a unique gift which she loved to receive. It was one of the items she cherished and preserved very carefully until her demise. The gift, was a magnificent bedspread, a product of the Home Economics department of the school recording the names of every one of the 667 students enroled at that time within the coloured circles indicating their houses along with the names of the staff members, the school crest proudly embedded in the middle and it was completed very beautifully by the talented past pupil, the late Wilhelmina Dantanarayana.