Ateneo de Tuguegarao
| Latin: | |
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Former names
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Cagayan Valley Atheneum (1938-1945) |
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| Motto | Credo Domine (Latin) |
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Motto in English
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I Believe in the Lord |
| Type | Private college |
| Active | 1945–1962 |
| Affiliation | Roman Catholic (Jesuit) |
| Location |
Tuguegarao, Cagayan,  Philippines17°37′0″N 121°43′0″E / 17.61667°N 121.71667°ECoordinates: 17°37′0″N 121°43′0″E / 17.61667°N 121.71667°E |
| Campus | Mabini St. Ugac Sur |
The Ateneo de Tuguegarao was a Catholic college in Tuguegarao, Cagayan, Philippines run by the Society of Jesus. It was established in 1945 when the Jesuits took over the administration of the diocesan secondary school, Cagayan Valley Atheneum. The Jesuits renamed the school Ateneo de Tuguegarao after taking control. Ateneo de Tuguegarao had a high school and college departments. It was the fifth Ateneo that the Jesuits established in the Philippines. In 1962, the school was closed when the Jesuits left Tuguegarao.
Filipinos who identified the title "Ateneo" with Jesuit schools and who knew the Latin parent, if not the meaning, of the word, were surprised and even disturbed that a new school was opening in Northern Luzon under the title of Cagayan Valley Atheneum -- not conducted by the Jesuits.
The Cagayan Valley Atheneum, a secondary school, was founded by the Most Reverend Constancio Jurgens, C.I.C.M., bishop of Tuguegarao in 1938. From its foundation until the war, it was housed in ample buildings adjoining the Cathedral of Tuguegarao. The buildings were destroyed during the fighting between the Philippine Commonwealth and Japanese forces in 1945. The school reopened in temporary structures of nipa and sawali erected in the patio of the pre-war compound. Shortly after its reopening during the school year 1945-1946, the Atheneum was committed by Bishop Jurgens to the direction of the Society of Jesus, and prior to school year 1949-1950, complete jurisdiction was transferred to the Society, due to the withdrawal of the C.I.C.M. missionaries after the war. In October 1950, the school was moved to a new site in the southwest section of Tuguegarao. Two buildings, Loyola and Xavier Halls, were completed in time for occupancy before the second semester of school year 1950-51. The classrooms, laboratories, libraries and students' chapel were situated in the Loyola Hall. Xavier Hall housed the Jesuits' quarters, students dormitory and study hall. A third building, Bellarmine Hall, was completed shortly after the beginning of the second semester and used for boarders' dining room. In 1953, an Administration building was completed.
The Ateneo de Tuguegarao had no grade school, and was an all-male school. A college department was added to the High School in June 1947. Until 1953 it had only a two-year Pre-Law course and a two-year Commerce course. In 1953, government recognition of a four-year Commerce course was obtained.
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