CHAPTER 7:
Formal Search for
Knowledge at Ateneo
Municipal
Formal Search for Knowledge
at Ateneo Municipal
Rizal entered Ateneo
Municipal when he was
barely 11 years old, four
months after the execution of
Gomburza. His father decided
not to send him at the Colegio
de San Jose because of the
unhappy experience his
brother Paciano had in the
said school.
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Formal Search for Knowledge
at Ateneo Municipal
His father wanted to send
Rizal to Letran but later on
decided to have him enrolled
at Ateneo Municipal, formerly
known as Escuela Pia.
Besides, Ateneo at that time
was the most prestigious
college for boys owing to its
great teachers.
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Enrollment
at Ateneo
Enrollment at Ateneo
✣ June 10, 1872 - Rizal took the entrance
examination at the Colegio de San Juan
de Letran.
⨳ The exam covered: reading,
arithmetic, and Catholic doctrines.
✣ Although Rizal passed the examination,
he was refused entry into the institution
for two reasons: he was very frail and
undersized for his age.
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Enrollment at Ateneo
✣ Fr. Magin Fernando, the college registrar, was
at first very firm in denying Rizal admission.
✣ Nonetheless, due to the intervention of
Manuel Burgos, the college register finally
admitted the young Jose.
✣ Jose did not use the username Mercado when
he enrolled at Ateneo.
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The Atenean
System of
Education
The Atenean System of
Education
Ateneo, at that time, offered a six-year program that entitled a
student to the academic title, Bachiller en Artes. This academic program
exposed students to five learning areas, namely:
Languages
History and Geography
Christian Doctrine
Spanish, Latin, Greek, and
French
World History and Geography
and History of Spain and the
Philippines
Mathematics & Sciences
Classic disciplines
Vocational Courses
Arithmetic, geometry,
trigonometry, mineralogy,
chemistry, physics, botany and
zoology
poetry, rhetoric, and
philosophy
agriculture;
commerce;
mechanics;
and surveying
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The Atenean System of
Education
✣ Ateneo trained the character of every student
through rigid discipline and religious
instruction, that’s why it prided itself in
offering the best secondary education for
boys.
✣ Students were required to hear masses in the
morning before the start of classes. Classes
were usually began and ended with prayers.
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The Atenean System of
Education
Atenean teachers enforced a program of
dividing a class into two competing empires:
The Romans
Who were boarding
students at Ateneo.
The Carthaginians
Who were nonboarding students.
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The Atenean System of
Education
✣
Rizal emerged as the emperor in his class, a title
given to the brightest in the class.
✣
Ratio studiorum, a system of indoctrination under
tight and constant discipline, with every
incentive of compensation and reward.
✣
Atenean education pursued one aim―Ad
majorem Dei gloriam or For the greater glory of
God. Thus, the ultimate task of Jesuit teachers
was to make lifelong Catholics.
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Academic
Performance
at Ateneo
Academic Performance at
Ateneo
Rizal studied at Ateneo from 1872 to 1877. His scholastic records reveal his
commendable academic performance as a secondary student.
First Year
(1872-1873)
Latin………Excellent
Spanish…..Excellent
Greek……..Excellent
Spanish……Excellent
Greek….......Excellent
World Geo...Excellent
Second Year
(1873-2874)
Third Year
(1874-1875)
Latin………..Excellent
Spanish…....Excellent
W. History….Excellent
HO Sp&Ph...Excellent
Artm&Algb…Excellent
Greek……....Excellent
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Rtrc&Ptry….Excellent
French……..Excellent
Geo&Trigo...Excellent
Fourth Year
(1875-1876)
Fifth Year
(1876-1877)
Philo1…….…Excellent
Philo2……….Excellent
Mrlgy&Chm...Excellent
Btny&Zlgy…..Excellent
Academic Performance at
Ateneo
✣ On March 14, 1877 Rizal passed the oral
examination.
✣ He graduated with the degree, Bachiller en
Artes, with the highest academic honors.
✣ According to Guerrero, Rizal’s academic
triumph at Ateneo can be attributed to three
factors: racial pride; monastic discipline; and
seclusion of boarding school life.
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Extra-curricular
Activities at
Ateneo
Extra-curricular Activities at
Ateneo
Religious confraternities
of Rizal
Arts
Painting lessons under
Agustin Saez
Sculpture lessons under
Romualdo de Jesus
Sodality of Our Lady
medal
Apostleship of Prayer
learn gymnastics
and fencing under
his Tio Manuel
Exclusive academic societies
Academy of Spanish
Literature
Academy of Natural
Sciences
Fr. Francisco Paula de Sanchez
(teacher in literature)
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Outputs:
carve the image of
the Virgin Mary &
Sacred Heart of Jesus.
Literary Works at
Ateneo
Literary Works at Ateneo
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Mi Primera Inspiracion (My First Inspiration). The first poem
of Rizal dedicated to his mother.
Un Recuerdo de Mi Pueblo 1876 (In Memory of My Town). The
poem was his way of paying homage to his birthplace,
Calamba.
Al Ñino Jesus (To the Child Jesus).
La Alianza Intima Entre Religion y La Buena Educacion (The
Intimate Alliance Between Religion and Good Education).
Por La Educacion Recibe Lustre la Patria (Through Education
The Country Recieves Light).
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Influences of
schooling at
Ateneo on rizal
Influences of schooling at
Ateneo on rizal
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Rizal was conferred the degree of
Bachiller en Artes on March 23, 1877.
From being a boy, Rizal was transformed
into a mature individual. For five years,
Rizal was able to imbibe the Jesuit values
of fairness, justice, and reason. As a
consequence his internalization of the
aforementioned values of the Jesuit
school, the quest of justice, equality and
dignity became his lifetime work.
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Thanks!
Any questions?
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