Important Facts:
Ateneo de Manila- formerly the Escuela Pia,a charity schooland also Ateneo municipal
-bitter rival of the Dominican-owned College of San Juan de Letran
Dona Teodora-mother of Jose Rizal who was imprisoned
11 years old- age of Rizal when he started to study in Ateneo
Paciano-brother of Rizal who accompanied him to Manila
Father Magin Ferrando- college registrar who refuse to admit him.
Reasons why he can’t be admitted at first:
-Late for registration
-He was sickly and undersized for his age
House outside Intramuros, on Caraballo Street, 25 minutes walk-the place where Rizal boarded before.
Titay-owner of the boarding house
Jesuit System of Education
-Mass before the beginning of the daily class
-Students were divided into two groups:
Roman Empire-internos(boarders)
-red banner
Carthaginian Empire-externos(non-boarders)
-blue banner
-Ranking:
Emperor-the best student
Tribune-the second best
Decurion-the third best
Centurion-the fourth best
Standard Bearer-the fifth best
-WAYS TO GET A POSITION ON THE RANKING:
a)Any student can challenge any officer in his ‘’ empire’’ to answer questions on the day’s lesson.
b)His opponent could lose his position if he committed three mistakes.
c)Any student might be at the end of the line, but if he studied hard and was brilliant, he could depose the officers one after another and become an emperor.
Rizal’s 1st year in Ateneo(1872-1873)
¬His 1st professor was Fr. Jose Bech.
¬Rizal is placed at the bottom of the claas-he was an externo and joined the Carthaginians occupying the end of the line
¬At the end of the month he became an emperor(was given a prize of a religious picture)
¬He was placed second but his grades are still ‘’excellent’’
Summer Vacation(1873)
¬His sister Neneng(saturnina) brought him in Tanauan to cheer him up.
¬He also visited his mother in prison
¬He returned to Manila at the end of the vacation to attend on his 2nd yr in Ateneo.
2nd year in Ateneo(1873-1874)
¬He regained his lost class leadership and became an emperor.
¬He received excellent grades and a gold medal
¬He again went 2 Calamba for his vacation
Prophecy of Mother’s release
¬He always visits his mother in the jail wherein he cheers up her by his stories about his triumphs in Ateneo.
-Dona Teodora has a dream, Jose interpreted it that fter 3 months her mother would be released in prison.Barely after 3 months her mother was set free.
3rd year in Ateneo(1874-1875)
¬Rizal got only one medal which is in his Latin subject not in his Spanish because he was beaten by a fluent speaker of Spanish.
¬He returned to Calamba for his vacation but unlike the last summer he is frustrated because of his scholastic work.
4th year in Ateneo(1875-1876)
¬June 16, 1875-Rizal become an interno in Ateneo
¬Fr.Francisco de Paula Sanchez-a great educator and scholar-he inspired Jose to study harder and write poetry.
¬He was awarded 5 medals
Last year in Ateneo(1876-1877)
¬He obtained high grades in philosophy,physics, biology,chemistry, languages,mineralogy, etc.
-He was recognized as a truly “the pride of the Jesuits”.
Some Extra-Curricular Activities in Ateneo
-became the secretary of the Marian Congregation and member of the Academy of Spanish Literature.
-he carved an image of The Virgin Mary on a piece of battikuling(Philippine hardwood) with his pocket-knife.
The first poem as an Atenean was the Mi Primera Inspiracion(My First Inspiration) dedicated on his mother on her birthday
Finished the manuscript entitled San Eustacio, Martir(St. Eustace, the Martry)
First Romance of Rizal
-at the age of 16, he fell in love with Segunda Katigbak, a pretty 14 years old Batanguena from Lipa
-Sadly, segunda was already engaged to Manuel Luz