JOSE RIZAL

MEDICINE
IN UST
(1877-1882)

Mothers 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.

Take note: The Bachelor of Arts degree during Spanish times was
equivalent to a high school diploma today.

Enrollment at UST

ENROLLED 2 COURSES

16 YEARS OLD WHEN ENTERED IN UST

1877-1878 STUDIED PHILOSPHY AND LETTERS DURING HIS FRESHMAN YEARS

REASONS:

1.) His Father Don Francisco liked it.

2.) Uncertainty on what course to take up.

3.) Failure to solicit the advice of Father Ramon Pablo,
who was then at Mindanao.

Ateneos Director,

-Rizal studied Cosmology, Metaphysics, Theodicy, and History of

Philosophy during his first year term.

STUDIED MEDICAL COURSE

REASONS : 1. To be able to cure his mothers growing blindness.

2. Rizal took up medical course upon the advised of Ateneos

Director to study medicine.

Rizals Grades (1877-1878)

Rizal studied Cosmology, Metaphysics, Theodicy, and History of Philosophy

during his first year term.

Philosophy and Letters

Cosmology & Metaphysics = Sobresaliente
Theodicy = Sobresaliente
History of Philosophy = Sobresaliente
Conversion

Sobresaliente = 1.00 Excellent Notable,

Aprovechade = 1.50
Very Good Bueno = 2.00
Good Mediano = 2.50
Fair Aprovado = 3.00
Passed Suspenso = 4.00
Conditioned Reprobado = 5.00 Failed

1878- FINISHES SURVEYING

COURSE IN ATENEO

RIZAL TOOK VOCATIONAL COURSE IN ATENEO

RIZAL FINNISHES THE COURSE PERITO AGRIMENSOR (EXPERT

SURVEYOR)

AT AGE 17

1881 GRANTED THE TITLE

CONTINUE HIS LOYALTY TO ATENEO

Extra-curricular activities in Ateneo while

studying at UST:

President of the Academy of Spanish Literature

Secretary of the Academy of Natural Sciences

Secretary of the Marian Congregation

Other Extra-curricular Activities

Literary contests: Liceo Artistico Literario de Manila (artistic- literary lyceum)

1. A La Juventud Filipina (To the Filipino Youth) (1879)
-18 yrs old submitted the poem
-won 1st prize , feather shaped ,gold ribbon decorated silver pen.
-1st poem in Spanish written by a Filipino.
2. El Consej de los Dioses (The Council of the Gods) (1880)
-won 1st prize , he received a gold ring engraved with a bust of Cervantes.
- Manuel De Cervantes Spain glorified man of letter. Author of Don Quixote.

Wrote one-act play: Junto al Pasig (Beside Pasig)(1880)

- zarzuela staged by ateneans

Poems: Abd el-Aziz y Mohama

-to honor ateneos patroness

Medical Studies at UST

Shifting from PHL & 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 mothers growing blindness.

Scholastic Records from 18781882

1st year Medicine (1878-1879)

Physics Fair

Chemistry Excellent
Natural History Fair
Anatomy 1 Good
Dissection 1 Good

2nd year Medicine (1879-1880)

Anatomy 2 Good
Dissection 2 Good
Physiology Good
Private Hygiene Good
Public Hygiene Good

3rd year Medicine (1880-1881)

General Pathology Fair
Therapeutics Excellent
Surgery Good

4th year Medicine (1881-1882)

Medical Pathology Very Good
Surgical Pathology Very Good
Obstetrics Very Good

Reasons Why Rizal didnt enjoy

his stay at UST:
1.) Hostility of Dominican Professors to him.
2.) Racial discrimination against Filipino students.
3.) Dissatisfaction with the method of instruction.
Reasons

why Rizal performed poorly at UST:

1.) Medicine is not his vocation.

2.) Discontentment with the system of Dominican
Institution.

Romances
Segunda Katigbak - Rizals puppy love -Batangas
Miss L fair with seductive and attractive eyes -Calamba
Leonor Valenzuela Orang
Pagsanjan, Laguna
Parents: Capitan Juan and Capitana Sanday Valenzuela
notes written in invisible ink

Rizal sent love

Leonor Rivera a frail, beautiful girl, tender as a budding flower with

kindly wistful eyes .
-Camiling, Tarlac
- April 11, 1876
- Father: Antonio Rivera
- University: La Concordia College
- Taimis
Vicenta Ybardaloza - Pagsanjan - Can play Harp

Student Activism at UST

Rizal displayed his leadership in student activism.

Compaerismo (The Comradeship) -Inspired by Alexander Dumas,

Three Musketeers Secret Society of Filipino Students

Companions of Jehu - Inspired by Les Compagnons de Jehu

Rizal (president)
Galiciano Apacible (secretary)
Humiliating treatment of brown Filipino students
Archaic method of instruction at UST
Favoritism & skin color criteria for academic performance

Spanish Brutality

Happened during his 1st summer vacation at Calamba after his

freshman year.

-one dark night in calamba, he was walking in the street. He dimly

perceived the figure of a man while passing him. Not knowing the person
due to darkness, he did not salute or say a courteous good evening.
The vague figure was lieutenant of the guardia civil. With snarl he turned
upon rizal, whipped out a sword and brutallyslashed the later on the
back.
He related I went to the captain-general but I could not obtain any
justice; my wound lasted for two weeks.

Failure to perceive a lieutenant during that night.

Gen. Primo de Rivera Gov. General of the Philippines at that time.

Finish Medicine at UST

Notable in all of his subjects.

He was the 2nd best student in a class
of seven who passed the medicine
course.

Finishes

Ophthalmology

Decision to Go to Europe

To complete his medical course in Barcelona, Spain.

To make a name for himself in the field of Journalism.

To observe and study European Society.

To prepare himself for the task of liberating the Filipinos from Spanish Tyranny.

People who approved

Paciano

People who did not know

His parents

Saturnina Leonor Rivera

Antonio riveraSpanish Authorities
Valenzuela family

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