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Scholastic Triumphs at Ateneo de Manila
Scholastic Triumphs at Ateneo de Manila
(1872-1877)
This college was a bitter rival of Dominican-owned college of San Juan de
Leteran.
Formerly- Escuela Pia(CHARITY SCHOOL) a school for poor boys in manila
which established by the city government in 1817. When Jesuits, who had been
expelled from the Philippines in 1768, returned to manila in 1859, they were given
the management of the ESCUELA PIA, whose name was changed to ATENEO
MUNICIPAL, and later became the ATENEO DE MANILA.
Rizal enters the Ateneo- JUNE 10, 1872
HE TOOK THE ENTRANCE EXAMINATION ON:
Christian doctrine
Arithmetic
Reading
at the college of SAN JUAN DE LETERRAN.
College registrar – FR. MAGIN FERRANDO
REFUSED TO ADMIT HIM FOR TWO REASONS:
He was late for registration.
He was sickly and undersized by his age.
Father Burgos nephew- MANNUEL XEREZ BURGOS
JESUIT SYSTEM OF EDCATION – it trained the character of the student by rigid
discipline and religious instructions.
IT PROMOTED:
Physical culture
Humanities
Sacrifies studies
Aside from academic courses leading to the degree of BACHELOR OF ART. It
offered vocational courses in:
Agriculture
Commerce
Mechanics
Surveying