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This document provides details about Jose Rizal's time at Ateneo Municipal and the University of Santo Tomas. It describes his academic excellence, extracurricular activities including sculpture, and first romance. It also discusses his decision to study medicine and notes about his romances including Segunda Katigbak, an unnamed "Miss L", and Leonor Valenzuela.

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Week 5 Part 2

This document provides details about Jose Rizal's time at Ateneo Municipal and the University of Santo Tomas. It describes his academic excellence, extracurricular activities including sculpture, and first romance. It also discusses his decision to study medicine and notes about his romances including Segunda Katigbak, an unnamed "Miss L", and Leonor Valenzuela.

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FOURTH YEAR ON ATENEO

 June 16, 1875- Rizal became an interno in the Ateneo


 Padre Francisco de Paula Sanchez- a great educator and scholar, one of
Rizal’s professors who inspired him to study harder and to write poetry
 Rizal described this Jesuit professor as “model of uprightness,
earnestness, and love for the advancement of his pupils”
 Rizal topped all his classmates in all subjects and won five medals at the
end of the school term.
LAST YEAR IN ATENEO (1876- 1877)

 Rizal was the most brilliant Atenean of his time, and was truly the pride
of the Jesuits.
 Graduate with Highest Honor
 March 23, 1877- Rizal, 16 years old, received from his Alma Mater,
Ateneo Municipal, the degree of Bachelor of Arts, with highest honors.
 The night before graduation, he could not sleep. Early morning on the
day of his graduation, he prayed to the Virgin to commend his life and
protect him as he step into the world.
EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES IN ATENEO

 He was an active member, later secretary, of Marian Congregation, a


religious society. He was accepted because of his academic brilliance and
devotion to Our Lady of Immaculate Conception, the college patroness.
 He is also a member of the Academy of Spanish Literature and the
Academy of Natural Sciences.
 He studied painting under Agustin Saez, a famous painter, and sculpture
under Romualdo de Jesus.
 He continued his physical training under his sports-minded Tio Manuel.
SCULPTURAL WORKS IN ATENEO

 He carved an image of The Virgin Mary on a piece of Batikuling


(Philippine hardwood) with his pocket-knife. The Jesuits fathers were
amazed.
 Father Lleonart requested him to carve for him an image of the Sacred
Heart of Jesus. He intended to take the image with him in Spain but
forgot to do so. So the Ateneo boarders placed it on the door of their
dormitory. It plays a significant part in Rizal’s last hours at Fort Santiago.
ANECDOTES ON RIZAL, THE ATENEAN

 Felix M. Roxas- He related an incident of Rizal’s schooldays


in Ateneo which reveals the hero’s resignation to pain and
forgiveness.
 Manuel Xeres Burgos- his anecdote on Rizal illustrates his
predilection to help the helpless at the risk of his own life.
FIRST ROMANCE OF RIZAL

 He experienced his first romance with Segunda Katigbak, a pretty 14 year old
Batanguena from Lipa.
 One Sunday Rizal visited his maternal grandmother in Trozo, Manila with his friend
Mariano Katigbak. One of whom was an attractive girl, who mysteriously caused his
heart to palpitate with strange ecstasy was Segunda. His grandmother’s guests urged
him to draw Segunda’s portrait. From time to time, he reminisced, ´She looked at me
and I blushed.´
 Rizal came to know Segunda more intimately during weekly visits to La Concordia
College, where his sister was a boarding student. Olimpia and Segunda were close
friends. Their was indeed a love at first sight but Segunda was already engaged to be
married to Manuel Luz.
RIZAL AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS
 Fortunately, Rizal’s tragic first romance, with its bitter disillusionment, did not adversely affect his
studies in the University of Santo Tomas. His love for higher education proved to be greater than his
love for a pretty girl.
 In April, 1877, Rizal, who was then nearly 16 years old, matriculated in the University of Santo
Tomas, taking Philosophy and Letters.
 He enrolled in this course for Two reasons
1. His father liked it.
2. 2. He was still uncertain as to what career to follow.
 Pablo Ramon - Rector of Ateneo, who had been good to him during his student days in that college,
asking for advice on the choice of career. Unfortunately, the Father Rector was in Mindanao and
during those days it took several months for a letter to travel from Manila to Mindanao.
 First year term (1877-79) in the UST, he studied Cosmology, Metaphysics,
Theodicy, and History of Philosophy.
 (1878-1879) Rizal took up medicine, enrolling simultaneously in the preparatory
medical course and the regular first year medical course.
 He studied Medicine Because:
1. He wanted to be a physician so that he might cure his mother’s failing eyesight.
2. The Father Pablo Ramon, Rector of Ateneo, whom he consulted for a choice of
career, finally answered his letter, recommending medicine.
RIZAL’S ROMANCES

There are nine (9) recorded women in Rizal's life, however some historians suggest that
there have been more. The following are brief accounts of Jose Rizal's romances.
SEGUNDA KATIGBAK: RIZAL'S FIRST LOVE

 Jose Rizal was only a young boy of sixteen (16) when he first fell in love, and it was
with Segunda Katigbak, a girl from Lipa, Batangas and two years his junior.
 According to Rizal, "She was rather short, with eyes that were eloquent and ardent at
times and languid at others, rosy-cheeked, with an enchanting and provocative smile
that revealed very beautiful teeth, and the air of a sylph; her entire self diffused a
mysterious charm."
 Unfortunately, Segunda was already engaged to be married to her town mate, Manuel
Luz, and although Rizal had gotten hints of the lady's affection for him, he timidly
decided to back away and did not propose. Years later Segunda returned to Lipa and
wed her betrothed, leaving a frustrated Rizal to the mercy of his nostalgic memories.
“MISS L”

 The girl after Segunda Katigbak


 The name was not revealed.
 The romance died a natural death because:
1. The sweet memory of Segunda was still fresh in his heart.
2. His father did not like the family of “Miss L”.
LEONOR VALENZUELA : PRIVATE LETTERS

When Rizal was a sophomore at the University of Santo Tomas


and was boarding in the house of Dona Concha Leyva in
Intramuros, he met Leonor "Orang" Valenzuela.
His next-door neighbor and daughter of Capitan Juan and
Capitana Sanday Valenzuela.
She was a tall girl who carried herself with grace and elegance.

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