Rizal attended Ateneo de Manila from 1872 to 1877 where he excelled academically, becoming the "pride of the Jesuits" and graduating with highest honors. He then enrolled at UST to study Philosophy and Letters from 1877-1878 before shifting to Medicine. While studying at UST, Rizal remained loyal to Ateneo and participated in various extracurricular activities there such as literary contests and writing plays. He also completed a course in Surveying at Ateneo. Rizal aimed to study Medicine to cure his mother's blindness.
Rizal attended Ateneo de Manila from 1872 to 1877 where he excelled academically, becoming the "pride of the Jesuits" and graduating with highest honors. He then enrolled at UST to study Philosophy and Letters from 1877-1878 before shifting to Medicine. While studying at UST, Rizal remained loyal to Ateneo and participated in various extracurricular activities there such as literary contests and writing plays. He also completed a course in Surveying at Ateneo. Rizal aimed to study Medicine to cure his mother's blindness.
Rizal attended Ateneo de Manila from 1872 to 1877 where he excelled academically, becoming the "pride of the Jesuits" and graduating with highest honors. He then enrolled at UST to study Philosophy and Letters from 1877-1878 before shifting to Medicine. While studying at UST, Rizal remained loyal to Ateneo and participated in various extracurricular activities there such as literary contests and writing plays. He also completed a course in Surveying at Ateneo. Rizal aimed to study Medicine to cure his mother's blindness.
Rizal attended Ateneo de Manila from 1872 to 1877 where he excelled academically, becoming the "pride of the Jesuits" and graduating with highest honors. He then enrolled at UST to study Philosophy and Letters from 1877-1878 before shifting to Medicine. While studying at UST, Rizal remained loyal to Ateneo and participated in various extracurricular activities there such as literary contests and writing plays. He also completed a course in Surveying at Ateneo. Rizal aimed to study Medicine to cure his mother's blindness.
PHILIPPINES SCHOLASTIC TRIUMPHS AT ATENEO DE MANILA (1872-1877) • Four months after the martyrdom of GOMBURZA and Doña Teodora still in prison. Jose was sent to Manila. • He studied in Ateneo Municipal, a college under the supervision of the Spanish Jesuits • The Jesuits returned to Manila in 1859, they were given the management of the Escuela Pia or what we know as Ateneo de Manila Rizal enters the Ateneo • June 10, 1872 – accompanied by Paciano went to Manila • His Father, change his mind and decided to send him to Ateneo instead. • He again return to Manila, again accompanied by Paciano, Matriculated at the Ateneo Municipal. Rizal enters the Ateneo • Father Magin Ferrando, who was the college registrar, refused to admit him. • Rizal was then eleven years old • Manuel Xerez Burgos intercession • Jose was the first of his family to adopt the surname Rizal • He first boarded in a house outside Intramuros Rizal’s First year in Ateneo • June, 1872 – Rizal first heard mass • Fr. Jose Bech – Rizal’s first professor in the Ateneo • Rizal was placed at the bottom of the class. • He progressed rapidly and at the end of the month he became “emperor”. • He took private lessons in Santa Isabel College. Second year in Ateneo 1873-1874 • Rizal repented having neglected his studied the previous year • Rizal received excellent grades in all subjects and a gold medal. Third year in Ateneo 1874 - 1875 • June 1874 Rizal returned to the Ateneo His mother is realese from prison • He won only one gold medal in Latin • He failed to win the medal in Spanish • End of school year (March 1875) Fourth year in Ateneo 1875-1876 • June 16, 1875 – he became an interno in Ateneo • Fr. Francisco de Paula Sanchez • He won five medals at the end of the school term. • He returned to Calamba for his summer vacation (March 1876) Last Year in Graduation With Ateneo Highest Honor 1876-1877 • Rizal returned to • March 23, 1877 – Manila in June 1876 Commencement Day • He was “the pride of • Prayed at the college chapel: the Jesuits” “ to the virgin so that when I • He obtained the highest grades in all should step into that world, subject which inspired me with so much terror, she would protect ,” Mother’s opposition to Higher Education • Her Reason: if Rizal gets to learn more, the Spaniards will cut off his head. • In contrary, Paciano and Don Francisco wanted Rizal to pursue College Education Enrollment at UST • Philosophy and Letters during his Freshmen year. (1877-1878) • Why Philosophy and Letters? 1. Don Francisco liked it. 2. Uncertainly on what course to take up. 3. Failure to solicit the advice of Father Ramon Paolo, Ateneo’s Rector, who was then at Mindanao. • UST was under the Dominicans, rival of the Jesuits in education. • He rememberd loyal to Ateneo, participated in extracurricular activities and completed a course in Surveying on the same school. • Perito agrimensor • November 25, 1881 Extra-curricular Other Extra- acivities in Ateneo while studying at UST: curricular Activities • President of the Literary contests: Academy of • Liceo Artistico Literario de Manila Spanish • A La Juventud Filipina Literature • El Consej de los Dioses • Secretary of the Wrote one-act play Academy of • Junto al Pasig Natural Sciences Poems • Secretary of the • Abd el-Aziz y Mohama Marian • AI M.R.P. Pablo Ramon Congregation Medical Studies at UST • Shifting from PHL and Letters to Medicine. • Why did Rizal Shift to Medical course? 1. Don Pablo Ramon, Ateneo Rector, advised him to choose medicine 2. Rizal wanted to cure his mother’s growing blindness. Student Activism at UST Scholastic Records from 1878- 1882 Prepared by: Violinda Agayo