RIZAL’S

E D U C AT I O N –
A T E N E O , U S T,
UNIVERSIDAD
CENTRAL DE
MADRID
ATENEO
JOSE RIZAL IN ATENEO (INTRO)

 Escuela Pia (1859)

 JESUITS – best educators of Spain
 College began to function in the Philippines – Ateneo Municipal
de Manila (1865)
 Located in Intramuros – “Walled City”
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 June 1872 – enrolled at Ateneo Municipal; 12 years old

 Mercado – first surname of the family but because of Paciano,
Jose adopted Rizal as his surname
 Found a house in Intramuros but preferred to stay in Calle
Carballo
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 Class was divided into 2: Roman Empire and Carthaginian

Empire
 Fraternity: Mary and Saint Louis Gonzaga
- Sundays, after mass: poems and debates
1st YEAR:
- Father Jose Bech – “Man of Stature”
- Friends: Peninsulares, Francisco Oliva, Joaquin Garrido and
Gonzalo Marzano
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- Arithmetic, Latin, Spanish, and Greek

- Santa Isabel College – Spanish Classes
- Marks of Excellence in his subjects and examinations
2nd YEAR:
- Father Bech
- Calle Magallanes
- Latin, Spanish, Greek and Universal geography
- Obtained a medal
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3rd YEAR:
- Latin, Spanish, Greek, Universal History, History of Spain and
Philippines and Arithmetic and Algebra
- Began to win prizes
- Started to read novels: The Count of Monte Cristo by
Alexamder Dumas
- Universal History by Cesar Cantanu
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4th YEAR:
- Father Francisco Sanchez – Model of Rectitude and Solitude
- Rhetoric and Poetry, French, Geometry and Trigonometry
- Father Lencio Lopez – Parish Priest and great friend of his
father
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5th YEAR:
- Father Vilaclara and Mineves
- Philosophy, Physics, Chemistry amd Natural History
- Devoted to poetry
- Mi Primera Inspiracion – First poem in Ateneo
- Leyenda
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 Graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree with the rating

Sobrasaliente – Highest Honors
 Corrected by his small stature – joined gymnastics and fencing
 Devoted to Painting and Sculpture with the guidance of
Professor Peninsula Don agustin Sanchez and Romualdo de
Jesus
JOSE RIZAL IN ATENEO (1872-1877)

 Mary / Our Lady

 Sacred Heart of Jesus
 Jose Rizal in
UST (1877-
“O Youth, illumined by the arts and letters,
1882)
Stride forth into the arena, break down the
heavy fetters that bind your genius down, for in
These topic regions were untutored darkness
Once held sway, the wise and kindly Spanish
Hand bestows today a splendid crown Upon the
native of this Eastern land.” --- Jose Rizal
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ATENEO
 Rizal had completed his vocational course in
Surveying which he graduated with Highest
honor.
 Run by Jesuits
UST
 He then transferred to Medical course where
he won more Literary Laurels; had other
romances with pretty girls; and fought
against Spanish students who insulted the
brown Filipino students.
 Run by Dominicans

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 Mother’s  DOŇA TEODORA opposed the idea of Rizal
going on to higher education and said to her
Opposition husband, “Don’t send him to Manila again;

to Higher
he knows enough. If he gets to know more,
the Spaniards will cut off his head.”

Education  Teodora blamed the Filipino Intellectuals of

their mental capacity as a way of challenging
the Spaniards.
 Another reason is the GOMBURZA
execution (1872).
 Wanted Rizal to go home and have a
business.

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 Rizal
Enters to April 1877 – (16 years old)

the  He enrolled in the UST taking the course

Universit
on Philosophy and Letters.
1877-1878
y  Cosmology, Metaphysics, Theodicy,
History of Philosophy
Reasons:
 His father likes it.
 He is uncertain to what career to follow
 He is inclined towards the art
Fr. Pablo Ramon (Rector of Ateneo)
 Advice Rizal to take up Medicine. 1
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 Reason: to be able to cure his mother’s
growing blindness.
 Finishes
Surveying  He took the vocational course leading to
the title of “Perito Agrimensor” (Expert
Course in Surveyor). November 25, 1881

Ateneo  He excelled in all subjects in the surveying

course obtaining gold medals in

(1878) Agriculture and Topography.

Vocational Courses:
1. Agriculture
2. Mechanics
3. Commerce
4. Surveying
Extra-curricular Activities:
1. President, Academy of Spanish Literature.
2. Secretary, Academy of Natural Sciences. 1
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3. Secretary, Marian Congregation.
Romances
with
Other
Girls Segunda Katigbak Leonor Valenzuela Leonor Rivera

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Segunda
 AKA “Miss L”
 Fair with seductive and attractive eyes

Katigba Reasons:

k 1. The sweet memory of Segunda was

still fresh in his heart.
2. His father did not like the family of
Miss L.

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 Leonor  a medical student from Calamba,
“Orang” Laguna

Valenzuel  the charming daughter of Capitan

Juan and Capitana Sanday Valenzuela.

a  tall girl with a regal bearing.

 Rizal sent Leonor a love notes written
in invisible ink.

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  Rizal’s cousin from Camiling.
 born in Camiling, tarlac on April 11, 1867.

Leonor  a student of La Concordia College where

Rizal’s sister, Soledad was then studying.

Rivera
 frail, pretty girl, and tender as a budding
flower with kindly wistful eyes.
Taimis
 Leonor’s pseudonym in order to
camouflage their intimate relationship
from their parents and friends.
Rizal lived in:
Casa Tomasina
No. 6 Calle Santo Tomas, Intramuros
Antonio Rivero
 Rizal’s landlord-uncle
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 father of Leonor Rivera. 1
 “To the
Liceo Artisco-Literano (Artistic-Literary
Lyceum)

Filipino
 a society of literary men and artists.
 held a Literary Contest and offered a prize

Youth” (Silver Pen, feather-shaped decorated with

gold ribbon) for best poem.
“A La Juventud Filipina” (To The Filipino
Youth)
 Rizal’s prize-winning and inspiring poem of
flawless for.

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Rizal beseeched the Filipino youth to rise from
the lethargy; to let their genius mind fly swiftly
the wind and descend with art and science to
break the chains that have long bound the spirit
of the people.
Reasons why Rizal’s Poem was a Classic in
Philippine Literature:
1. It was the first gr eat poem in Spanish
written by a Filipino, whose merit was
recognized by Spanish Literary Authorities.
2. 2. It expressed for the first time the
nationalistic concept that the Filipinos were
the “fair hope of the Fatherland.”

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 Artistic-Literary Lyceum

The  opened another literary contest (to both

Council of
Filipinos and Spaniards) to commemorate
the 4th centennial of the death of Cervantes.

the Gods
Cervantes
 was a Spain’s glorified man-of-letters and
famous author of Don Quixote.
 Rizal submitted an allegorical drama entitled
“El Consejo de los Dioses” (The Council of
the Gods).

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The Council of the Gods
 was based on the Greek classics.
 aided by Fr. Rector of Ateneo.
Prize: Gold Ring engraved the bust of
Cervantes
Winners: 1st Place: Jose Rizal (19yrs old)
2nd Place: D. N. Del Puzo (Spanish)
--Because of its literary superiority.

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 Other
“Junto Al Pasig” (Besides the Pasig)
 (Zarzuela)staged by the Ateneans on

Literary
December 8, 1880 of the Annual Celebration of
the Feast Day of Immaculate Concepcion
(Patroness of Ateneo).

Works A Filipinas
 (a sonnet, 1880) Rizal urged all Filipino artists
to glorify the Philippines.
Abd-el-Azis y Mahoma
 (poem, 1879) was declaimed by an Atenean,
Manuel Fernandez on the night of December 8,
1879 in honor of the Ateneo’s Patroness.
Al M. R. P. Pablo Ramon
 (a poem, 1881) Rizal wrote a poem as an
expression of affection to Father Pablo Ramon,
the Ateneo Rector, who had been so kind and
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 Jose, along with his sisters Saturnina, Maria, and
Visit to Trinidad and female friends went on a pilgrimate
to Pakil, famous shrine of the Birhen Maria de los

Pakil and
Dolores.
 They boarded a casco (a flat-bottom sailing

Pagsanjan vessel) from Calamba to Pakil, Laguna

 They stayed at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Manuel
Regalado, parents of Nicolas, Rizal’s friend in
Manila
 The company witnessed the famous turumba, the
people dancing in honor of the miraculous Birhen
Maria de los Dolores
 Rizal was infatuated by Vicenta Ybardolaza . She
was skillful in playing the harp at the Regalado
home
Rizal and his party then went to Pagsanjan for two
reasons:
 It was the native town of Leonor Valenzuela
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 There were frequent student brawls between
the Filipinos and the Spaniards
 1880: Rizal founded Companerismo
(Comradeship), a secret society of Filipino

Champion UST students. The members were called

“Companions of Jehu”.

of Filipino  He was the chief of the society.

Students
 His cousin, Galicano Apacible was the
secretary.
 In one of the skirmishes, Rizal was wounded
on the head. His friends brought him to Casa
Tomasina where Leonor Rivera took care of
him.

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 Rizal was unhappy in the Dominican

UNHAPPY institution because:

 The Dominican professors were hostile to
DAYS AT him

THE UST
 The Filipino students were racially
discriminated against by the Spaniards
 The method of instruction was obsolete and
repressive.
He failed to win high scholastic honors due to
the attitude of his professors.

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 Rizal’s
Scholastic
Records in
the UST
(1879-
1882)

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  After finishing the Fourth Year of his

Decision
medical course, Rizal decided to study
in Spain. He could no longer endure

to Study the rampant bigotry, discrimination,

and hostility in the University of Santo

Abroad Tomas.
 He did not seek his parent’s
permission and blessings to go
abroad; and even his beloved Leonor.

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UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE
MADRID JOSE RIZAL
 RIZAL IN MADRID

Departure : May 3, 1882

Arrival : September 1882

Courses taken:
1. Degree of Philosophy and Letters
2. Degree of Licentiate in Medicine
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October 1882 : Class started

October 1882 : Circulo Hispano-Filipino
: Me piden versos
: Pablo Ortiga y Rey
November 1882 : Revista de Madrid
: Diarong Tagalog in Manila
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May 1883 : Paciano and Rizal
June 1883 : Rizal Left Madrid

Noli me Tangere
half in Madrid
a quarter in Paris
the rest in Germany
MARAMING
SALAMAT