Rizal at UST

JOSE RIZAL AT THEUNIVERSITY OF SANTO

TOMAS

SCHOLASTIC RECORDS OF RIZAL AT UST

Preparatory Course for Theology and Law (1877-1878)

Cosmology................................................................Sobresaliente

Metaphysics............................................................. Sobresaliente

Theodicy................................................................... Sobresaliente

History of Philosophy.............................................. Sobresaliente

I n his class of 60 students, only 49 passed, and only eight were rewarded with Sobresaliente.


Preparatory Course of Medicine(1878-1879)

Advanced Physics.....................................................Aprovechado

Advanced Chemistry................................................ Sobresaliente

Advanced Natural History....................................... Aprovechado

First Year of Medicine(1878-1879)

General Anatomy and Histology I............................Bueno

Descriptive Anatomy I..............................................Bueno

Advanced Natural History....................................... Sobresaliente

Only one student merited Sobresaliente. Rizal is in the eight place out of 18 who successfully passed the

course. 24 students were enrolled in the first year of medicine.


Second Year of Medicine(1879-1880)

General Anatomy and Histology II..........................Bueno

Descriptive Anatomy II............................................Bueno

Exercises of Dissection............................................ Bueno

Physiology, Private and Public Hygiene.................. Bueno

For a student of Dr. Jose Franco, to have passed must have been a relief and an achievement.

Only eleven students survived the two years of academic selection. Two of them were Spaniards and nine were Filipinos.


Third Year of Medicine(1880-1881)

General Pathology, its Clinic and Pathologic Histology..........................................................Aprobado

Therapeutics, Medical Matter and Art of Prescribing.......................................................Sobresaliente

Surgical Anatomy, Operations, External Medical

Applications and Bandages..............................Bueno

Only two students fared better than Rizal, namely, Jose Luna Novicio and Cornelio Mapa.


Fourth Year of Medicine(1881-1882)

Medical Pathology....................................................Notable

Surgical Pathology....................................................Notable

Obstetrics, Sicknesses of Women and Children.......Notable

Siphilography............................................................Notable

The Second among 7 students who successfully passed the course.

FACULTY OF MEDICINESchool Year 1881 - 1882

Students examined in the Fourth Year1. Cornelio Mapa y Belmonte Sobresaliente

2. JOSE RIZAL M. Y ALONSO Notable

3. Vivencio Ramos y Afable Notable

4. Francisco del Rosario y Narciso Bueno

5. Jose Luna y Novicio Bueno

6. Jose Resurrecion y Padilla Aprobado

7. Marciano Barrera y Aquino Suspenso

(Sgd.) Lic. Quintin MeynetDr. Jose de Antelo

The undersigned Examiner-Secretary certifies that the persons appearing in the preceding report have obtained the marks expressed after their names.

Manila, March 13, 1882

(Sgd.) Mariano Cuadrado

Was Rizal “far below his standards” at UST?

Elementary or high school standards should not be placed against College or University standards.

None of his classmates ever got near to keeping a straight record of Sobresaliente.

Rizal’s grades in UST must be compared not with his grades in high school but with those of his classmates in Medicine.

If Rizal was indeed below his usual grades, the following points must be considered: Rizal was was not much attracted to

Medicine. When Rizal transferred to Spain and

continued to study at the University of Madrid, he was “Excellent” in humanistic studies (literature, languages, history) but he fared worse than at the UST in Medicine.

He had the “distractions of the youth” as he gained more freedom in life.

Why did Rizal leave the University?

Asuncion Lopez Bantug (grand niece of Rizal, direct descendant of Narcissa) – “Lolo Jose”

-to learn more abroad

-Dominicans had nothing to do with it

Why did Rizal leave the University?

Fr. Juan Vila, Rizal’s professor of Metaphysics in the Preparatory Course of Theology and Law; Fr. Evaristo F. Arias, theologian, poet and friend of Rizal (Dominican priests)

-when Rizal was in his death cell (Dec 29) he was visited by the Dominican fathers, on of whom was Fr. Arias. They conversed with Rizal for some time

-”If I had followed the advice of Fr. Vila not to go to Europe until I had finished my career of Medicine, probably, I would not find myself in the sorry situation in which I am now.”

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