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Exile in Dapitan
Exile in Dapitan
Exile in Dapitan
RIZAL AS A TEACHER
▪ Rizal valued education since he was young
▪ He planned to established a modern college in Hong Kong for Filipino boys so that he
could train them in modern pedagogical concepts, which were the unknown in the
Philippines
▪ In 1893 he established a school which existed until the end of his exile in July, 1896
▪ nature study,
▪ morals and gymnastics.
He had 21 students
• Rizal taught his boys
reading, writing,
languages (Spanish and
English), geography,
history, mathematics
(arithmetic and
geometry), industrial
work, nature study,
morals and gymnastics.
▪ It began with three pupils , then enrollment increased to 16 then eventually became 21
students
▪ He did not charge them tuition fees, instead he made them work in his garden, fields, and
construction projects in the community
▪ Rizal taught his boys reading, writing, languages (Spanish and English), geography,
history, mathematics (arithmetic and geometry), industrial work, nature study, morals and
gymnastics.
▪ His classes were conducted in between 2:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m.
▪ He trained them how to collect specimens of plants and animals, to love works and to
“behave like men”
▪ As in the Ateneo, the best pupil was called the “emperor” and he sat at the head of the
bench; the poorest pupil will occupies the end of the bench
▪ During free time he encourage students to play games in order to strengthen their bodies
“HYMM TO TALISAY”
▪ Rizal conducted his school at his home in Talizay
▪ He wrote a poem entitled “ Himmo A Talisay” for his pupils to sing
At Dapitan, the sandy shore Lads are we whom naught can frighten,
And rocks aloft on mountain crest Whether thunder, waves, or rain.
Form thy throne, O refuge blest, Swift of arm, serene of mien
That we from childhood days have known, In peril, shall we wage our fights.
In your vales that flowers adorn,
With our games we churn the sand,
And your fruitful leafy shade,
Through the caves and crags we roam,
Our thinking powers are being made,
On the rocks we make our home,
And soul with body being grown.
Everywhere our arms can reach.
Neither dark nor night obscure
We are youth not long on earth
Cause us fear, nor fierce torment
But our souls are free from sorrow;
That even Satan can invent.
Calm, strong men we'll be tomorrow,
Life or death? We must face each!
Who can guard our families' rights.
Talisayans, people call us; Hail, O Talisay!
Mighty souls in bodies small. Firm and untiring,
O'er Dapitan's district all, Ever aspiring,
No Talisay like this towers. Stately thy gait,
None can match our reservoir. Things, everywhere
Our diving pool, the sea profound! In sea, land or air
No rowing boat the world around Shalt thou dominate.
For a moment can pass ours.
CHORUS:
CONTRIBUTION TO SCIENCE
▪ Rizal found Mindanao a rich virgin field for collecting specimens
▪ With his baroto (sailboat) and accompanied by his pupils, he explored the jungles and
coasts, seeking specimen for insects, birds, snakes,lizards, frogs, shells and plants
▪ He sent these specimen to the museum of Europe, especially the Dreden Museum. In
payment the European scientists sent him scientific books and surgical instruments
LINGUISTIC STUDIES
▪ Rizal was born a linguist and continued his studies of languages
▪ In dapitan he learned Bisayan, Subanum and Malay languages
▪ He wrote a tagalog grammar, a comparative study of the Bisayan and Malayan languages
and studied Bisayan and Subanum languages
▪ April 5, 1896, his last exile in Dapitan, he wrote to Blumentritt “ I know already Bisayan
and I speak it quite well; it is necessary, however, to know other dialects of the
Philippines”
▪ Rizal knew 22 languages , as follows ; Tagalog, Ilokano, Bisayan, Subanun, Spanish,
Latin, Greel, English, French, German, Arabic, Malay, Hebrew, Sanskrit, Dutch, Catalan,
Italian, Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese, Swedish, and Russian
ARTISTIC WORKS IN DAPITAN
▪ Rizal continued his artistic pursuits in Dapitan. He contributed his painting skill to the
sisters of Charity who were preparing the sanctuaryof the Holy Virgin in their private
chapel
▪ Rizal made sketches of persons and things that atttracted him in Dapitan
▪ On day in 1894 some of his pupils secretly went to Dapitan in a boat from talisay a puppy
of syria (Rizal’s Dog) tried to follow and was devoured by a crocodile
▪ Other sculptural works of Rizal in Dapitan were a burst of Fr. Guericco (One of his
Ateneo professor)
RIZAL AS A FARMER
▪ In Dapitan Rizal devoted much of his time in agriculture. He bought 16 hectares of land
in Talisay, where he built his home , school, and hospitals, and planted cacao, coffee,
sugarcane, coconuts and fruit trees
▪ Rizal dreamed of establishing an agricultutral colony in the sitio of ponot near Sindagan
Bay where there was plenty of water and good port facilitites
RIZAL AS A BUSINESSMAN
▪ Rizal dreamed of establishing an agricultural colony in the sitio of ponot near Sindagan
Bay where there was plenty of water and good port facilities
▪ He purchsed hemp in Dapitan at P7 and 4 reales per cul and sold it in Manila at P10 and 4
reales, giving him a profit if P3 per picul
▪ On july 31, 1894, he said, “To kill time and to help also the people of his town”
▪ On May 14, 1893, Rizal formend a business partnership with Ramon Carreon (Dapitan
Businessman) in lime manufacturing
▪ Their limeburger had monthly capacity of more than 400 nags of lime
▪ To break the chinese monopoly on business in Dapitan, Rizal Organized on January 1,
1895 the Cooperative Assiciation of Dapitan Farmers
RIZALS INVENTIVE ABILITY
▪ One little-known fact about Rizal was he was also an inventor. It should be remember
that in 1887, while practicing medicine in Calamba, he invented cigarette lighter which
he sent as a gift to Blumentritt
▪ He called it “sulpukan” , this unique cigarette lighter which was made of wood
▪ He invented a machine for making bricks. This Machine could manufacture about 6000
bricks daily
MY RETREAT
– In february,1895, Dona Teodora with her eyesight fully restored, returned to Manila
▪ October 22, 1895 In response to her request, Rizal wrote a beautiful poem about his
serene life as an exile in Dapitan and sent it to her
RIZAL AND JOSEPHINE
BRACKEN
▪ In the silent hours of the night
ster the days hard work, Rizal
was often sad
▪ On August 28, 1893 “ The
death of Leonora Rivera”
▪ She was born on October 3,
1876
▪ No opthalmic specialist in
hongkong could care Mr.
Tufers Blindness so that he
accompanied by his adopted
daughter Josephine went to
Manila to seek the services of
the famous opthalmic surgeon,
Dr. Jose Rizal
▪ Rizal and Josephine fell inlove with each other at first sight
▪ When Mr. Taufer heard of their projected marriage , he flared up in violent rage
▪ Mr. Taufer returned alone in Hongkong and Josephine stayed in Manila with the family
of Rizal
▪ They lived happily in Dapitan
RIZAL AND THE KATIPUNAN
▪ While Rizal was mourning the loss of his son, omimous clouds of revolution darkened
the Philippine akies
▪ The seceret revolutionary society called KATIPUNAN, which he founded on July 7,
1892, was gaining more and more adherents
▪ March 2, 1896, Dr. Pio Valenzuela was named emissary to Dapitan to launch a revolution
for freedom’s sake
▪ June 15,Dr. Valenzuela left Manila on board the steamer Venus, He brought with him a
blind man named Raymundo Mata and a guide, ostensibly going to Dapitan to solicit
Rizal’s expert medical advice
▪ Dr. Valenzuela arrived in Dapitan in the evening of June 21, 1986
Rizal objected Bonifacio’s audacious project to plunge the country in bloody revolution for two
reasons:
1. The people are not ready for a revolution
2. Arms and funds must first be collected before raising the cry of revolution
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VOLUNTEERS AS MILITARY DOCTOR IN CUBA
▪ Months before the katipunan contacted him, Rizal had offered his services as military
doctor in Cuba, Which was then in the throes of a revolution and raging yellow fever
epidemic
▪ There was a shortage of physicians to minister to the needs of the Spanish troops and
Cuban people
▪ Dec 17, 1895 Rizal wrote to Governor General Ramon Blanco, Despujol’s successor
▪ When he least expected it, a letter from Governor Blanco dated July 1, 1896 arrived in
Dapitan. The letter notified him of the acceptance of the offer
Fin
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