CHAPTER 5

Medical Studies at the

University of Santo Tomas
Pamela A.Alcoreza
Jon Roeder Red Santos
 Mother’s Opposition to Higher
Education
●Don Francisco and Paciano
wanted Jose to pursue higher
learning
●Dona Teodora opposed this
 RIZAL’S ENTERS THE UNIVERSITY
April 1877
Rizal enrolled at UST Tking the course on Philosophy
and letters

Reason:
1.His father Liked it
2.He was still uncertain as to what career to pursue
 Rizal Enters the University

FATHER PABLO RAMON - Rector of the Ateneo,

Rizal asked f o r advice on the choice of career

1877-1878
● Rizal studied cosmology, metaphysics,Theodicy and
history of philosophy during his first year term
 1877-1879
● Rizal took up medical course upon the advised of
Ateneos Rector to study medicine

Reason
to be able to cure his mother growing blindness
 Finishes Surveying Course in Ateneo (1878-79)

He t o o k a v o c a t i o n a l course i n Ateneo d u r i n g h i s f i r s t
t e r m i n UST
● The course lead t o t h e t i t l e perito agrimensor
● (expert surveyor)
●He passed t h e f i n a l e x a m i n a t i o n a t t h e age o f 17
●He w a s g r a n t e d t h e t i t l e o n November 25, 1881
●His l o y a l t y t o Ateneo c o n t i n u e d
 Vocational Courses

● Agriculture
● Commerce
● Mechanics
● Surveying
EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
● PRESIDENT ACADEMY OF
SPANISHLITERATURE
● SECRETARY ACADEMY OF NATURAL
SCIENCES
● SECRETARY MARIAN CONGRESS
Romances with Other Girls

SEGUNDA KATIGBAK
 Romances with Other Girls
“MISS L”
● A gir l w i t h seductive eyes
● The sweet memory of Segunda
was s t il l fresh i n his heart
● His father did not lik e the
family of “Miss L ”
LEONOR VALENZUELA
 Romances with Other Girls
LEONOR VALENZUELA
●A medical student from Calamba Laguna
●Charing Daughter of Capitan Juan and
Capitana Sanday Valenzuela, t h e i r neighbors
w h o were f r o m Pagsanjan, Laguna
●Tall girl
●Rizal sent notes t o her made w i t h invisible
i n k (salt solut ion)
(salt sol ut i on)
I nvi si bl e I nk
LEONOR RIVERA

 Daugh t e r o f his l a n d l o rd-uncle f r om

Camiling , A n t o n i o Rivera
 She was a student at La Concordia College,
also theschool of Soledad, Jose’s youngest
sister
 B o r n i n Camiling, Tarlac on A p r i l 11, 1867
 She used the name “ Ta i m i s ” i n her letters
t o Rizal
LEONOR RIVERA
 Victim of Spanish Officers Brutality

●Setting: D a r k n i g h t , sum m er vacation 1878.

● Calamba
● He passed b y a l i e u t e n a n t o f t h e Guardia
C i v i l b u t failed t o recognize t h e l a t t e r
Insulted, t h e l i e u t e n a n t slashed Jose’s back
w i t h his sword
Jose reported to General Primo
de Rivera, Spanish governor
general, b u t no resolution was
done because of racial
discrimination
 “To the Filipino Youth” (1879)
L i t e ra r y con t est b y A r t i s t i c o - L i t e ra r io ( A r t i s it i c- L i t e r a r y Ly c e u m )
● Rizal ,18y ears o l d , subm i t t ed h i s poem e n t i t led A La J u v e n t u d
F i l i p i n a (To t h e F i l i p i n o Yo u t h )
● The f i r s t pri z e, a f e a t h e r shaped, g o l d r i b b o n decorated s i l v e r
pen w a s given t o Rizal
●I n t h e poem, Rizal beseeched t h e F i l i p i n o t o ris e f r o m l e t h a r g y, t o l e t
t h e i r genius f l y s w i f t e r t h a n t h e w i n d and descend w i t h a r t science t o
b r e a k t h e chains have l o n g b o u n d t h e s p i r i t o f t h e people.
Other Literally
Works
CHAPTER 5
LIFE
OF
RIZAL
Zarzuela – Junto al Pasig (Beside the Pasig)
● Staged by the Ateneans on December 8, 1880 of the annual
celebration of the Feast Day of the Immaculate Conception,
Patroness of the Ateneo
● a Spanish lyric-dramatic genre that alternates between spoken
and sung scenes, the latter incorporating operatic and popular
songs, as well as dance
A Filipinas (1880)

● A sonnet for the album of the Society of Sculptors. In this

sonnest, Rizal urged all Filipino artists to glorify the
Philippines.
● Ang A Filipinasay isang sonnet na isinulat ni Rizal noon
Pebrero 1880 para sa album na Society of Sculpture. Ang tula
ay tungkol sa itinuturing ni Rizal na kanyang lakambini, ang
Pilipinas. Nakasaad sa akda ang papuri niya sa kanyang bayan ,
tungkol sa kagandahang taglay nito
Abd-el-Azis y Mahoma (1879)

● A poem and was declaimed by an Atenean, Manuel Fernandez,

on the night of December 8, 1879 in honor of the Ateneo’s
Patroness.
● This epic poem was written by Jose Rizal in 1879 and
declaimed by a certain Manuel Fernandez on the night of
December 8, 1879 in honor of the Ateneo’s Patroness. It recalls
the struggle between the Spaniards and the Moors in Spain.
Al M.R.P. Pablo Ramon (1881)

● Rizal wrote this poem as an expression of affection to Father

Pablo Ramon, the Ateneo rector, who had been so kind and
helpful to him.
● In the year 1881,he composed a poem entitled Al M.R.P Pablo
Ramon.He wrote this poem as an expression of affection to
Father Pablo Ramon,the Ateneo rector,who had been so kind
and helpful to him.
Rizal’s Visits to Pakil and Pagsanjan
Rizal went to a pilgrimage to the town of Pakil, famous shrine of the Birhen Maria de los Dolores.

He was accompanied by his sisters: Saturnina, Maria, and Trinidad and their female friends.
They took a casco (flat-bottom sailing vessels) from Calamba to Pakil, Laguna, and stayed at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Regalado, whose son Nicolas was Rizal’s friend in Manila.

Rizal and his companions were fascinated by the famous Turumba (people dancing in the streets
during the procession in honor of the miraculous Birhen Maria de los Dolores).. Reasons why Rizal
and his party made a side trip to the neighboring town of Pagsanjan:

1. It was the native town of Leonor Valenzuela, one of Rizal’s girlfriends in Manila.

2. To see the world famed Pagsanjan Falls.

Rizal’s Visits to Pakil and Pagsanjan
Rizal was the champion of the Filipino students in their fights against the
arrogant Spanish students.

• In 1880, Rizal founded the secret society of Filipino students in the UST called
“Compañerismo” (Comradeship), whose members were call “Companions of
Jehu”, after the valiant Hebrew general who fought the Amaeans.

• Galicano Apacible (Rizal’s cousin from Batangas) was the secretary.

• Fierce encounter near the Escolta in Manila were Rizal was wounded on the
head, and tenderly washed and dressed by Leonor Rivera in his boarding house
“Casa Tomasina”
Unhappy Days at the UST
He was unhappy at this Dominican institution of higher learning because :

1. The Dominican professors were hostile to him.

2. The Filipino students were racially discriminated against by the Spaniards.

3. The methods of instruction was obsolete and repressive.

Result: Rizal , the most brilliant graduate of the Ateneo, failed to win high
scholastic honors.
 Decision to Study Abroad
● After finishing the fourth year of his medical course,
Rizal decided to study in Spain. He could no longer
endure the rampant bigotry, discrimination, and hostility
in the UST.
● He dis not seek his parents permission and blessings to
go abroad, because he knew that they, especially his
mother, would disapprove it.