DOMINICAN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, 1896–1897
STATISTICS OF THE STUDENTS WHO STUDIED IN THE COLLEGES OF THE DOMINICAN FATHERS IN THE YEAR 1896–1897
College and University of Santo Tomás
The college was founded by the corporation of the Dominicans in 1612, and its foundation approved by King Felipe IV, in December, 1623,[1] as appears from the Recopilación de las Indias (ley liii, título xxii, libro i). It was declared a university by brief of his Holiness, Innocent X, in 1645, and King Carlos II received it under his protection and royal patronage in 1680. Finally, King Carlos III, by a decree of March 7, 1785, conferred on it the title of Royal, giving it the titles and honors of the universities of the Spanish monarchy. The collegiates with beca (free) numbered thirty-six in 1896.
Pupils matriculated in 1896 in the different courses
College of San Juan de Letrán[2]
This college was founded under the title of San Pedro y San Pablo in the year 1640, for the purpose of giving primary instruction to the poor and orphaned children of Spanish parents. The most reverend master-general, Fray Tomás Turco, confirmed its erection in 1644. The provincial chapter of 1652 accepted it as a house of the province at the request of the governor-general with the approbation of the archbishop of Manila. In the year 1683, it was called the college of San Juan de Letrán, and it has been so called to our day.[3]
Course for 1896–1897
| Rector and fatherprofessors | 13 | |||
| Brother masters of primaryinstruction | 4 | |||
| Resident [internos] | collegiates | 220 | ||
| Half Resident |
| 50 | ||
| Filipino assistants (servants) | 8 | |||
| [Total] | 295 | |||
Class of day pupils
| Matriculated in general studies for the bachelor’s degree | 5,363 |
| Matriculated for practical studies (specialists) | 337 |
| Total | 5,700 |
Titles conferred
| Bachelor of Arts | 149 | ||
| Professors of secondary instruction | 4 | ||
| Skilled agriculturalists and appraisers oflands | 2 | ||
| Skilled merchants | 17 | ||
| 5 |
College of San Alberto Magno
This college was founded by the Dominican corporation in the year 1891, in the village of Dagupan, in the province of Pangasinan. The building was from the first constructed for the purpose for which it was destined.
Course of 1896–1897
| Rector and teachers | 8 |
| Brother master of primary instruction | 1 |
| Resident pupils | 96 |
| Matriculated | 842 |
| Total | 947 |
School of Santa Catalina de Sena[4]
This school is directed by the Dominican sisters and was founded in 1698. In the year 1896 it had:
| Nuns who acted as teachers | 16 |
| Lay sisters | 15 |
| Girls in residence | 140 |
| Servants and florists | 52 |
| Total | 223 |
School of Nuestra Señora del Rosario, of Lingayén (Pangasinan)
(Founded by the corporation, in 1890)
| Nuns who act as teachers | 7 |
| Resident pupils | 53 |
| Non-resident pupils | 13 |
| Servants | 10 |
| Total | 83 |
School of Nuestra Señora del Rosario of Vigan (Founded in 1893)
| Nuns who act as teachers | 7 |
| Pupils in residence | 65 |
| Servants | 7 |
| [Total] | 79 |
School of Santa Ymelda of Tuguegarao (Cagayán) (Founded in 1892)
| Nuns | 8 |
| Pupils in residence | 77 |
| Non-resident pupils | 10 |
| Half pensioners | 4 |
| Servants | 11 |
| [Total] | 110 |
[1] This law is dated Nov. 27, 1623, q.v., VOL. XX, pp. 260, 261. [↑]
[2] In 1867 the college of San Juan de Letran was declared a college of secondary education. See Montero y Vidal, iii, p. 485. [↑]
[3] This college was considered as the Institute of the university (note on MS.). [↑]
[4] The pupils of the schools directed by nuns are girls. [↑]