UST during Rizal’s time.

Life at UST
• This picture of the historic University of Santo Tomas
was taken shortly after its liberation from the
Japanese in World War II

The Library of the University of

Santo Tomas
Rizal at 18 while student of Medicine at
UST
 Life at UST
• Rizal after Ateneo wrote letter to Father Pablo
Ramon (Rector of Ateneo) as to what course
to take at UST. But, no response was
received for Pablo Ramon was out of Manila
and decided to enroll ***Philosophy and
Letter (same as his father’s course)
• Two reasons in taking the Course:
• A. Father’s influence
• B. Not yet decided on what course to
take
In April, 1877, Rizal,
then nearly sixteen,
enrolled in the
University of Santo
Tomas as a medical
student.
• Reasons: • instincts of his
• cataracts that caused nature called for
his mothers' arts and natural
blindness sciences.
• desperate need of • He continued to
his country. carry some
subjects in the
• …..cholera, Ateneo, where
smallpox, malaria, faculty and
students were
dysentery, beriberi, warm friends.
and tuberculosis • (Field of Surveying
and Agriculture)
• --17-21y/o surveyor
• Suddenly he blossomed
out into fame
• He submitted a poem for
the poetry contest which
had been organized for
Filipinos by the Manila
Lyceum of Art and
Literature
• He won the first prize, a
silver pen. This poem, one
of his most famous and
most difficult to translate,
was dedicated to the
Filipino Youth
 TO THE FILIPINO YOUTH
• Hold high your faultless brow,
Filipino youth, on this day grand!
Shine forth resplendent now,
In gallant glory stand,
Handsome home of my motherland!
Radiant Genius, arise!
Make thy noblest dreams his own;
Catch his mind in keen surprise;
Swifter than by tempest blown
Sweep him up to glory's throne!
• Descend, O youth, -- the lovely light
Of art and science in your train; -
On life's arena, smite
And break the heavy chain
Where long your pinioned poetry hath lain.

Behold how, on this ardent zone

Where shadows dwell, the Spaniard's hand,
So wise and pious grown,
Confers a garland grand
Upon the youth of our fair Indian land!
• O you, who now aspiring rise
On fancy's gifted wings
From Mount Olympus to the skies,
While Poetry more sweetly sings
Than any sweetness nectar ever
brings.

• Ye rivals of the nightingale

Who carol some celestial lay
Beneath the night moon pale,
And by the tune you play
Drive bitter mortal pain away.
• All ye who hold the power to free
Those sorely grieved, by your charm'd
word,
And fix in their fond memory,
That by your genius is stirred,
The immortal thought that ye have
heard.

And ye who Phoebus' charms expose,

That stole divine Apollo's heart;
And borrowing from nature's clothes,
With artist's magic art,
On linen canvas portray every part
• O hasten! See whose sacred flame
Of genius will be laurel crowned;
And hear what moral name,
While trumpet peals resound,
Around the whole wide world will be
renowned!
O blessed day and hour,
Beloved Filipinas, for your land,
Thanks to the mighty Power
Which, with loving hand,
This venture and this consolation
planned.****
 • Other Events at UST
• The Lyceum held another poetry
contest for Filipinos, Mestizos, and
Spaniards.
• (264th death anniversary of Miguel
de Cervantes-national poet of
Spain)
. The first prize was awarded to a
beautiful allegory called "The
Council of the Gods“.
• But when the Spanish judges
learned that its author was a
Filipino they planned to reverse the
decision, an experience which cut
very deep into José's soul.
--D.N. del Puzo(Spanish writer of
Diario de Manila)
• --gold ring with the bust of
Cervantes carved in cameo on top
• He had written a drama called "Beside
the Pasig“ which showed Filipinism
manifesting a nostalgia for the country’s
past which fall under the power of
foreign people.
• On December 8, 1880, some of the
students of the Ateneo enacted the
melodramatic play.
• One night as Rizal was visiting his
parents in Calamba, he failed to see that
the passerby was one of the Civil
Guards, and so did not salute. Suddenly
a sword struck him across the back.
 • One of his fellow students
in Santo Tomas was
Gregorio Aglipay , who
many years later became
the founder and
Archbishop of the
Independent Filipino
church.
• Rizal urged Aglipay not to
study law, as he had
Gregorio Aglipay
planned, but to enter the
priesthood.
 • The unfriendliness in Santo
Tomas and the rumor that he
was on the black list of the
government, led to his
following the advice of Antonio
Rivera, father of Leonor, who
urged him to flee from the
country.

His brother Paciano gave José

seven hundred pesos for the
journey and his oldest sister
Saturnina gave him her
diamond ring to sell in case of
• Saturnina Rizal an emergency
 • LOVE STORY OF • Leonor
RIZAL WHILE AT UST
Valenzuela
• Bb. L - Calamba
(Orang)
• (beautiful with
tantalizing eyes) • - tall with very
• Love Story did not nice posture
last:
• -sent her a letter
• 1. of his love to SK
using inkless
• 2. family’s refusal
pen (salt and
water)
 • LOVE STORY OF • Leonor Valenzuela
RIZAL WHILE AT UST
(Orang)
• Bb. L - Calamba
• (beautiful with • - tall with very
tantalizing eyes) nice posture
• Love Story did not • -sent her a letter
last:
using inkless pen
• 1. of his love to SK
(salt and water)
• 2. family’s refusal
Leonor Rivera-
“Taimis”
From Camiling
Tarlac
-beautiful and
refined