Chapter 4

Scholastic Triumphs at
Ateneo de Manila (18721877)

Escuela Pia (Charity School) a school

for poor boys in manila which was
established by the city government in
1817.
The Escuela Pia is the First name of
Ateneo de Manila. The Ateneo is
acquired prestige as an excellent
college for boys.

Rizal Enters the Ateneo June 10, 1872

Father Magin Ferrando the college registrar
when jose entered at the Ateneo municipal.
There are two reasons why father Magin
Ferrando refuse Rizal
(1) he was late for registration
(2) he was sickly and under sized for his age. But by
the help of the nephew of father Burgos --- Xerez
Burgos, Rizal was reluctantly admitted at the
Ateneo

Jesuit System of Education The

system given by the Jesuits in the
Ateneo was more advance than
that of other colleges in that
period.

Reasons why Jesuit System was advance than other

college
1.It trained the character of students by rigid
discipline and religious instruction.
2.It promotes physical culture, humanities and
scientific studies.
3.Aside from academic courses leading to AB, it offers
vocational course in agriculture, commerce,
mechanics and surveying.
4.They were given splendid professors.
5.They acquired prestige as an excellent college for
boys.

Two Groups in Ateneo

1. The Roman Empire internos
(boarders). Their banners colour is
red.
2. The Carthagainian Empire
externos (non-boarders). Their
banners colour is blue

Each of these empires had its rank:

The emperor- the best student in
each empire
The tribune- the second best
The Decurion- the third best
The centurion- the fourth best
The standard-bearer- the fifth best
RAYADILLO official uniform of
Ateneo students

Rizals First Year in Ateneo (18721873) on his first day of class in

the Ateneo June 1872, Rizal first
heard mass at the college chapel
and prayed fervently to God for
guidance and success.
Father Jose Bech Rizals first
professor in Ateneo.

Rizal was placed as an externo

but a week after he showed his
progress and after a month he
became the emperor.

SANTA ISABEL COLLEGE where Rizal took

his Spanish lessons during recess and paid
it for Php 3.00
Rizal returned to Calamba for his
vacation. Saturnina brought him to
Tanawan to visit their mother to cheer him
up. After the vacation he returned to
Ateneo for his second year. He is now living
at DOA PEPAY, an old landlady with
widowed daughter and four sons.

Summer Vacation (1873) at the

end of the school year in March
1873, Rizal returns to Calamba for
summer vacation. He did not
particularly enjoy his vacation
because his mother was in prison.

Second Year in Ateneo (1873-1874)

nothing unusual happened to Rizal
during his second term in the
Ateneo, except that he repented
having neglected his studies the
previous year simply because he
was offended by the teachers
remarks.

PROPHECY OF MOTHERS RELEASE

DoaTeodora was released in the jail

after 3 months like what Jose Rizal said.
St. JOSEPH Rizal was comparable
because of his interpretation about his
mothers release.

TEENAGE INTEREST IN READING

TWO FAVORITE NOVELS OF RIZAL

1.THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO by
Alexander Dumas
2.TRAVEL IN THE PHILIPPINES by Feodor
Jagor
UNIVERSAL HISTORY by Cesar Cantus
he wishes to buy

THIRD YEAR IN ATENEO (18741875)

He only got 1 medal in his Latin
subject, then on March 1875 he
returned to Calamba

FOURTH YEAR IN ATENEO (1875-1876)

JUNE 16,1875 Rizal became an interne in Ateneo
FATHER FRANCISCO SANCHEZ - Rizals favorite
teacher
Rizal won 5 medals and topped in all subjects and on March,
1876 he returned to Calamba.
Rizal became the pride of the Jesuits and he obtained highest
grades in all subjects. He received the degree of Bachelor of
Arts with highest honors during commencement exercise.

Last year in ateneo (1876-1877)

Ater summer vacation rizal returned to
manila in june 1876 for this last year in
the ateneo.
Rizal is the most brilliant atenean of his
time, he was truly the pride of the
jesuits

Graduation with highest honors

Rizal graduated at the head of his class. His scholastic records
at the ateneo from 1872 to 1877 were as follows:
1872-1873
Arithmetic .................................................................................excellent
Latin I.........................................................................................
Spanish I.....................................................................................
Greek..........................................................................................
1873-1874
Latin 2.......................................................................................... excellent
Spanish 2......................................................................................
Greek 2.........................................................................................
Universal geography.....................................................................

1874-1875
latin 3.................................................................................excellent
Spanish 2............................................................................
Greek 2...............................................................................
Universal geography...........................................................
History of spain and the phillipines
Arithmetic & algebra...........................................................
1875-1876
Rhetoric & poetry...............................................................Excellent
French 1..............................................................................
Geometry &
trigonometry......................................................................

1876-1877
philosophy 1..........................................................................excellent
mineralogy & chemistry........................................................
philosophy 2..........................................................................
physics...................................................................................
botany & zoology...................................................................

EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES IN

ATENEO
-He was an emperor and a campus leader
outside.
-Secretary of the Marian Congregation
-Member of Academy of Spanish Literature
-Member of Academy of Natural Sciences

FATHER JOSE VILLACLARA advised

Rizal to stop communing with the
muses but to pay more attention to
practical studies.
Rizal studied painting at AGUSTIN
SAEZ and sculpture under ROMUALDO
DE JESUS, a Filipino sculptor.

SCULPTURAL WORKS IN ATENEO

THE VIRGIN MARY - he carved an
image with Batikuling (Phil. Hardwood)
with his pocket knife
FATHER LLEONART requested Rizal to
carved an image of SACRED HEART OF
JESUS

Anecdotes on rizal, the

atenean