Rizal

• Jose was a student at the Ateneo

  1872-1877
• Jose was sent to Manila four years after the martyrdom of Gomburza and Dona Teodora was still in prison
• Ateneo Municipal


  A Jesuit-owned college in Manila
• The Ateneo Municipal was previously called the Escuela Pia, a charity school for poor boys established in 1817
• In 1859, the name was changed from Ateneo Municipal to Ateneo de Manila
• Jose accompanied by Paciano went to take the entrance examination at the Ateneo


  June 10, 1872
• Jose's father was the first one who wished to study at Letran but changed his mind and decided to send Jose to Ateneo instead
• The college registrar of Ateneo Municipal, Father Magin Fernando, refused to admit Jose because he was late for registration, was sickly and undersized for his age (11)
• Ateneo Municipal


  A Jesuit-owned college located in Manila, Philippines
• He arrived in the Philippines in 1870 and became rector of the Ateneo Municipal in 1872

  
• Jose


  Sent to Manila four months after the martyrdom of Gom-Bur-Za and with Dona Teodora still in prison
• Ateneo Municipal


  College under the supervision of the Spanish Jesuits, a bitter rival of the Dominican-owned College of San Juan de Letran
• Jose, accompanied by Paciano, went to Manila to take the entrance examinations at the College of San Juan de Letran and passed them


  June 10, 1872
• Father Margin Fernando


  College registrar of Ateneo Municipal, refused to admit Jose because he was late for registration and he was sickly and undersized for his age (11 years old)
• Manuel Xeres Burgos


  Nephew of Father Burgos, interceded for Jose to be admitted at Ateneo
• Jose adopted the surname Rizal


  Because their family name Mercado had come under suspicion of the Spanish authorities
• Ateneo


  Located in Intramuros, within the walls of Manila
• Jose boarded


  In a house on Caraballo Street, 25 min walk from the college, owned by Titay, who owed Rizal family P300
• Jesuits system of education


  • Trained the character of the student by rigid discipline, humanities and religious instruction
  • Heard Mass early in the morning before the beginning of daily class
  • Classes were opened and closed with prayers
• Student groups at Ateneo


  • Roman Empire (internos/boarders with red banners)
  • Carthaginian Empire (externos/non-boarders with blue banners)
• Student ranks


  • Emperor
  • Tribune
  • Decurion
  • Centurion
  • Standard-bearer
• Ateneo students' uniform


  Hemp-fabric trousers and striped cotton coat called Rayadillo, adopted as the uniform for Filipino troops during the Philippine-American War