SCHOLASTIC TRIUMPS IN ATENEO DE MANILA (1872-1877)

BIRTHDATE RIZAL – JUNE 19, 1861

MARIANO GOMEZ, JOSE BURGOS, JACINTO ZAMORA ( JAN 20)
(FEB 17)
JUNE 10, 1872
ALMOST 11 YEARS OLD RIZAL
TO MANILA
COLLEGE OF SAN JUAN DE LETRAN
ENTRANCE EXAM : CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE , ARITHMETIC,
READING
ULI FOR FIESTA
GIPABALHIN SIYA UG ATENEO
ESCUELA PIA 1817 – 1768 > ATENEO MUNICIPAL 1859 >
ATENEO DE MANILA
RETURNED TO MANILA
FATHER MAGIN FERRANDO – COLLEGE REGISTRAR
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REASONS WHY WALA SIYA GI ACCEPT
MANUEL XEREX BURGOS ( FR. BURGOS’ NEPHEW ) – BACKER
DID NOT ENROL AS MERCACDO BUT RIZAL
ATENEO WAS IN INTRAMUROS , TODAY IN QUEZON CITY
BOARDING - CARABALLO ST, 25 MINUTES WALK FROM ATENEO
TITAY – OWNER , OWED P 300
JESUITS SYSTEM OF EDUCATION
-ADVANCED THAN ALL OTHER UNIVERSITIES
-TRAINED THE CHARACTER OF STUDENTS WITH RIGID DISCIPLE
& RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION
-ASIDE FROM BA THEY OFFFERED VOCATIONAL COURSES
-EVERY MORNING MASS BEFORE CLASS AND PRAYER BEFORE
AND AFTER EVERY SUBJECT
CLASS WAS DIVIDED INTO 2 GROUPS
ROMAN – DORMERS
CARTHAGINIAN – NON DORMERS
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3 MISTAKES – LOSE POSITION
POSITIONS OF FLAG
1) MOVED TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ROOM
2) INFERIOR POSITION RIGHT SIDE
3) INCLINED FLAG PLACED ON THE LEFT SIDE
4) RVERSED AND RETURNED TO THE RIGHT
5) REVVERSED ON THE LEFT
6) CHANGED TO A FIGURE OF A DONKEY
UNIFORM (1896 NAMATAY SI RIZAL)
RAYADILLO – NA FAMOUS BECAUSE IT WAS USED BY THE
FILIPINO TROOPS OF THE 1ST REPUBLIC 1899
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RIZAL’S FIRST YEAR IN ATENEO
Fr. JOSE BECH – FIRST PROFESSOR
EXTERNO = CARTHIGINIAN , IWIT
END OF THE MONTH HE BECAME AN EMPEROR
HAPPY AND PROUD , BEING AN EMPEROR WAS HIS FIRST PRIZE
PRIVATE LESSONS DURING NOON SANTA ISABEL COLLEGE
3 PESOS PAYMENT
2ND HALF OF THE YEAR---------------------------------------
HE DID NOT RETAIN HIS SUPREMACY
HE WAS SECOND BUT STILL MARKED EXCELLENT
BECAUSE NA OFFEND SIYA SA IYANG PROFS
SUMMER VACATION
RETURNED TO CALAMBA
NENENG/STURNINA – BROUGHT HIM TO TANAWAN
VISITED HER MOTHER SECRETLY IN SANTA CRUZ
BALHIN SIYA SA NO 6 MAGALLANES ST , INTRAMUROS
DONYA PEPAY – WIDOWED DAUGHTER & 4 SONS
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SECOND YEAR IN ATENEO ( 1873- 1874 )
NAG REGRET SIYA NGA NA SECOND RA SIYA KAY AGI NA
OFFEND RA SIYA SA MGA GISULTI SA IYANG PROFS
HE BECAME EMPEROR
NEW CLASSMATES FROM OLD SCHOOL IN BINYAN , SCHOOL OF
MAESTRO JUSTIANO
END OF S.Y. HE WAS EXCELLENT IN ALL SUBJ AND RECEIVED A
GOLD MEDAL
PROPHECY OF HER MOTHER’S RELEASE
VISIT SIYA SA IYANG MOTHER THEN GIINGNAN SIYA SA IYANG
MAMA NGA NAG DAMGO SIYA ABOUT SOMETHING THEN NI
ANA SI RIZAL NGA ANG MEANING ATO MA RELEASE SIYA AFTER
3 MONTHS, WALA PAY 3 MONTHS NA RELEASE NA IYANG
MAMA THEN NALIPAY IYANG MAMA KAY MURA DAW SIYAG SI
JOSEPH AG NAA SA BIBLE NGA TIG INTERPRET UG DREAMS
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TEENAGE INTEREST IN READING
1874
-INTERESTED IN ROMANTIC NOVELS
THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO BY ALEXANDER DUMAS
-FIRST NOVEL HE READ
-EDMOND MONTE ( HERO ) IN PRISON THEN NI TAKAS SIYA SA
DUNGEON OF CHATEU D’IF THEN NAKAKITA SIYAG TREASURE
SA ROCKY ISLAND OF MONTE CRISTO THEN NAGREVENGE SIYA
SA IYANG MGA ENEMIES
CESAR CATU’S UNIVERSAL HISTORY
-PAPALIT SIYA SA IYANG PAPA BISAG MAHAL
TRAVELS IN THE PHILIPPINES BY DR. FEODOR JAGOR
-GERMAN SCIENTIST-TRAVELER , VISITED IN 1859-1860
1)JAGOR’S KEEN OBSERVATION OF THE DEFECT OF SPANISH COL
(2) PROPHECY NGA MAWALA SPANIARDS AND AMERICA ANG
NEXT COLONIZER
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THIRD YEAR IN ATENEO (1874-1875)
JUNE 1874 – NA RELEASE IYANG MOTHER AND HAPPY SIYA
PERO BISAG HAPPY SIYA DILI RA GIHAPON EXCELLENT IYANG
GIPAKITA SA IYANG STUDIES PERO EXCELLENT IYANG GRADES
-ONE GOLD MEDAL RA AND FAILED TO GET THE GOLD MEDAL
FOR SPANISH KAY LUPIG GIHAPON SIYA SA MGA SPANIARD
CLASSMATES NGA NATURAL SPANISH SPEAKERS
MARCH 1875 – HE RETURNED TO CALAMBA AND WAS NOT
IMPRESSED BY HIS SCHOLASTIC WORKS
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FOURTH YEAR IN ATENEO ( 1875- 1876)
JUNE 16 1875 – HE BECAME AN INTERNO
FR. FRANCISCO DE PAULA SANCHEZ – GREAT EDUCATOR &
SCHOLAR
- INSPIRED RIZAL TO WRITE POETRY
- HE CONSIDERED HIS BES PROFESOR IN ATENEO
- HE DESCRIBED HIM AS “MODEL OF UPRIGHTNESS,
EARNESTNESS& LOVE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF
PUPILS
- INSIPRED BY FR. SANCHEZ HE RESUMED HIS STUDIES W/
VIGOR & ZEST
- TOPPED ALL SUBJ & WON FIVE MEDALS
MARCH 1876
- RETURNED TO CALAMBA WITH PRIDE , TO REPAY HIS”
FATHER SOMEWHAT FOR HIS SACRIFICES”
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LAST YEAR IN ATENEO (1876 -1877)
HE OBTAINED THE HIGHEST GRADES IN ALL SUBJECTS
PHILOSOPHY, PHYSICS, BIOLOGY, CHEMISTRY, LANGUAGES .
MINERALOGY, ETC.
GRADUATED WITH HONORS
HEAD OF HIS CLASS
MARCH 23, 1877
16 YEARS OLD
DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS
EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
-EMPEROR IN THE CLASSROOM AND SCHOOL LEADER
-SECRETARY OF THE MARIAN CONGREGATION, RELIGIOUS GRP
-DEVOTION TO OUR LADY OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION,
THE COLLEG PATRONESS
-MEMBER OF ACADEMY OF SPANISH LITERATURE & ACADEMY
OF NATURAL SCIENCES
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LEISURE HOURS -CULTIVATED LITERARY WITH FR. SANCHEZ
FR. JOSE VILACLARA – TOLD HIM TO STOP AND STUDY
PHILOSOPHY AND NATURAL SCIENCES
ASIDE FR. POETRY AND FINE ARTS
HE STUDIED PAINTING UNDER AGUSTIN SAEZ A FAMOUS
SPANISH PAINTER
HE STUDIED SCULPTING UNDER THE NOTED FILIPINO SCULPTOR
ROMUALDO DE JESUS
THEY SAID HE WAS TALENTED
HE STUDIED GYMNASTICS AND FENCING WITH TIO MANUEL
SCULPTURAL WORKS IN ATENEO
CARVED VIRGIN MARY IN BATIKULING (PHIL. HARDWOOD)
AMAZED ANG JESUITS
FR. LEONART NAGPACARVE UG SACRED HEART
NAKALIMOT UG DALA SA SPAIN THEN GIBILIN NALANG SA
DOOR DAPIT SA DORMITORY THEN STAYED THERE FOR YEARS
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ANECDOTES OF RIZAL IN ATENEO
FELIX M ROXAS -A CONTEMPORARY OF RIZAL
-HE SAID THAT ONCE NAAY NAG AWAY SA LIBRARY , SI
MANZANO AND LESACA, NAIGO SI RIZAL , FEW DAYS
TREATMENT THEN NI SKWELA SIYAG BALIK NGA MURAG WALAY
NAHITABO AND WALA NAGDUMOT
MANUEL XERES BURGOS – FLEW KITE FROM THE AZOTEA
- RIZAL WAS READING A BOOK
- JULIO MELIZA FR ILOILO CRIED
- NASANGIT SA VINES NGA NAA SA BELFRY
- NEAR SA MANILA CATHEDRAL
- HE CLIMBED THE HIGH CATHEDRAL TO RETRIEVE THE
KITE
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