{"id":157527,"date":"2026-07-27T16:45:34","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T23:45:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=157527"},"modified":"2026-07-27T16:45:34","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T23:45:34","slug":"an-annual-royal-college-oration-would-provide-an-excellent-high-profile-platform-to-foster-intellectual-discourse-and-celebrate-outstanding-achievements-among-both-current-students-and-alumni","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2026\/07\/27\/an-annual-royal-college-oration-would-provide-an-excellent-high-profile-platform-to-foster-intellectual-discourse-and-celebrate-outstanding-achievements-among-both-current-students-and-alumni\/","title":{"rendered":"An annual &#8216;Royal College Oration&#8217; would provide an excellent, high-profile platform to foster intellectual discourse and celebrate outstanding achievements among both current students and alumni."},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Concept:\u00a0 Senaka Weeraratna Royal College 1960 group<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<p>Establishing an annual <strong>Royal College Oration<\/strong> is a compelling idea to foster critical thought and public speaking among alumni and students, mirroring the tradition set by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anandacollegeoba.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ananda College Old Boys&#8217; Association<\/a> through the Olcott Oration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Olcott Oration Model<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Inaugurated<\/strong>: 1968 to honor founder Colonel Henry Steel Olcott.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Format<\/strong>: Features a distinguished alumnus speaking on a prominent contemporary or national theme.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Venue<\/strong>: Held annually at the Kularatne Auditorium.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Potential for Royal College<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Platform<\/strong>: Could showcase prominent Royalists across diverse global industries.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Engagement<\/strong>: Bridges generations of young and old boys in intellectual discourse<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Instituting a formalized, public <strong>&#8216;Royal College Oration&#8217;<\/strong> could serve as a powerful catalyst to unite generations of Royalists under a unified theme of progressive thought and national leadership.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Concept:\u00a0 Senaka Weeraratna  <br>Royal College 1960 group<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Concept:\u00a0 Senaka Weeraratna Royal College 1960 group Establishing an annual Royal College Oration is a compelling idea to foster critical thought and public speaking among alumni and students, mirroring the tradition set by the Ananda College Old Boys&#8217; Association through the Olcott Oration. The Olcott Oration Model Potential for Royal College Concept:\u00a0 Senaka Weeraratna Royal [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[165],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-157527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-senaka-weeraratna"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157527"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157527\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":157528,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157527\/revisions\/157528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}