STUDENT ACTIVITIES IN

SPAIN
STUDENT ACTIVITIES IN SPAIN

• Europe was illiterate in 1880 because of the

Education system

• Education system in Europe

Old and ineffective ways of teaching
Dependent on memorization alone
Education system in Europe

• Teacher has two jobs more focused on political

career than teaching
• 1868-1875, universities were behind and there
were only few people that could afford to send
their child to school
• Church exclude irreligious teachings from school
• Educational advancement was hard to attain to
the extent that it leaves Spanish Universities
stagnant and old style
STUDENT ACTIVITIES IN SPAIN

• It prevent students to acquire greater knowledge

than the parishes lessened the channels for
revolts and questioning of the mandates of the
church and its defective ruling.
• 1880 progress began, there was renewal of
Spanish University life.
• Filipinos students began to arrive in Spain and
learn deeper knowledge on Spanish ways.
• 1880’s-1890’s Spain opened the doors for Filipinos
ADVANTAGES OF THE FILIPINO STUDENTS

• They were able to understand the dealings of

Spain laws and policies in the Philippines
• Interact more
• Ideas became free flowing
• Rejection and evolution of abuses of the church
were opened in the class
ADVANTAGES OF THE FILIPINO STUDENTS

• They were awakened to the truth of the Spanish

ruling
• Aspiration for independence and Philippine
Liberty were strengthened
• Numerous church dogmas were rejected.
LUNA AND HIDALGO’S
ACHIEVEMENT
Juan Luna Y Novicio

• Born: 23 October 1857, Badoc

• Died: 7 December 1899, Hong

Kong

• A Filipino painter, sculpture

and political activist.
Felix Resurreccion Hidalgo

• Born: 21 February 1855, Manila

• Died: 13 December 1913,

Barcelona Spain

• A Filipino artist who

acknowledge as one of the
great Filipino painters of the
late 19th century.
LUNA AND HIDALGO’S ACHIEVEMENT

Christian Virgin to the

Spolarium Populace
LUNA AND HIDALGO’S ACHIEVEMENT

• Filipino Artist, namely, Juan Luna Y Novicio and Felix

Resurreccion Hidalgo, rose to fame in the year 1884.
• Two painters won prizes at the Exposicion de Bellas Artes
in Madrid.
• Juan Luna Y Novicio’s (Spolarium) received a gold medal
of the first class.
LUNA AND HIDALGO’S ACHIEVEMENT

• Felix Resurreccion Hidalgo received a medal of the second

class for his Vigenes Cristianas Expuestas al Populacho or
(Christian Virgin to the Populace).
• As a fellow countrymen, they were proud of their
achievements.
• Furthermore, Pedro Paterno made efforts to organize a
banquet in honor of the two Filipino painters.
LUNA AND HIDALGO’S ACHIEVEMENT

• Such event and triumph was made known to the

media and journalist in Madrid.
• A liberal newspaper, El Imparcial, covered the
masterpiece of the two Filipino painters, which
showed the various forces at work in the Filipino
movement.
• Such attracted the of attention the people in Madrid
(National Centenial Commission, 1999).