Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction -- 1. On Paciano and Father Burgos -- 2. Arrival of the Freshman -- 3. The University: Liberalism or Thomism? -- 4. The University: Reforms and progress -- 5. Rizal's Good Grades in Medicine -- 6. Leonoras, Casa Tomasina, and the companions of Jehu -- 7. The student poet and Fr. Evaristo Arias -- 8. Why did Rizal Leave the University ? -- 9. Religious Change, the Noli and family trials -- 10. The University in the Fili -- 11. Sons versus mother -- 12. The Last Archbishop and the Last Hours of Rizal -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Index of names.

Of the studies or works on Dr. Jose P. Rizal that have reached the shelves of collectors and readers during the last few decades, many deserve less than passing mention, some deserve faint praise and only the rare few merit the plaudits of the readers.