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(Galicano Apacible)
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Apacible had his early education at the  town’s public school and then transferred to the private school of a licensed teacher. <i>Kanoy</i>, as he 

was fondly called, was eight years old when he completed his preparatory course. There was no high school in Balayan and so he went to Manila where 

he enrolled at the private school of Benedicto Luna. From there he enrolled at the Colegio de San Juan de Letran.
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Kanoy and his elder brother Leon, lived in a boarding house at 15 Anda Street in Intramuros with their relative, <a href="https://kahimyang.com/kauswagan/articles/1190/today-in-philippine-history-june-19-1861-dr-jose-p-rizal-was-born-in-calamba-laguna" class="news_link">Jose Rizal</a>, and then moved to the boarding house of Antonio Rivera on Santo Tomas Street.  The Apacibles would follow Rivera when he moved his boarding house later to Postigo Street also in Intramuros   In Rivera's boarding house, they organized a student orchestra called <i>Estudiantina</i>, where Kanoy was a flute player. Under the leadership of Rizal, the group also organized a secret society called <i>El Companerismo</i>, whose main objectives were mutual protection, and civic and patriotic education. Although <i>El Companerismo</i> faded out, the ideas that Rizal inculcated remained in the hearts and minds of the members. 
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When Kanoy was about to finish his secondary course, he asked his mother what course she wanted him to study. He preferred law, but his mother 

wanted him to take up medicine because his brother Leon was already studying law. A dutiful son, he enrolled at the University of Santo Tomas, which 

 at  that time was the only school offering a medical course. Because of the antiquated teaching methods and above all, the humiliating treatment shown by the Dominican professors to their Filipino students, many of his classmates chose to continue their studies abroad. Apacible himself had fight with one of his friar professors. For that, he had to leave the university. He had already completed the fifth year of the medical course when he sailed for Europe aboard the ship of Messageries Maritimes. 
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June 25, 1864: Galicano Apacible was born in Balayan, Batangas