HISTORY UP CLOSE.
Detail from a list of students who passed various exams in the Ateneo Municipal at the end of the academic year 1876-77. Fr. Jose Vilaclara, S.J attested to those granted the Bachelor of Arts in March 1877.
Of the twelve students who graduated in 1877, three had the grade Aprobado (Good) and nine sobresaliente. How can Rizal graduate “at the top of his class,” as we are taught in classroom history, when there were eight other students with the same grade?
Years late...
Published on October 14, 2021 04:09