Prelim1 Flashcards
The first formal schooling
Biñan
Natal town of his father near Calamba
Biñan
A private school under
Maestro Justiniano Aquino Cruz
Studied in Biñan from
June 1870- December 17, 1871
9 years old
Private tutors
Maestro Celestino
Maestro Lucas Padua
First lessons in latin
Leon Monroy
Accompanied by in __
Paciano
Carromata
One and one half hours drive
Aunt’s house
Jose’s cousin who went sightseeing
Leandro
Jose became
Depressed and homesick
Private School
House of Maestro Justiano Aquino Cruz
Small nipa hut 30 meters from the Jose’s Aunt’s house
Questions
Do you know Spanish and Latin?
A little
The boys in the class laughed especially
Pedro, Maestro’s Son
Description of the teacher
Tall, thin, long-necked man
Wore a sinamay shirt made by Batangueñas
Grammars of Nebrija and Gainza
First day in school afternoon while the teacher is having his siesta
Jose challenged pedro to a fight (smaller and younger) and defeated him
After the school in the afternoon
Classmate- Andres Lakundanan challenged to an arm wrestling on the sidewalk, lost and “nearly cracked his head”
Near the school the house of the painter, father-in-law of the school teacher
Juancho
Freely gave him lessons and became apprentices and favorite painters of the class
Old Juancho
Jose and Jose Guevarra
Methodical life
Spartan simplicity
He beat all Biñan boys
Spanish and Latin
Jealous by boys and punished by teacher
Letter from Saturnina
December 1871
Steamer, Talim Biñan-Calamba
Took care of him on board
Arturo Camps, a French man and a friend of his father
Joyous and memorable one for him
Christmas of 1871
After the happy Christmas holiday in 1871
Don Francisco thought of sending Jose to Manila to study
She was arrested on a malicious charge
Aided her brother, Jose Alberto in trying to poison her wife