A History of the University of the Philippines: Volume Two: 1943–1975

In this book, the grand panorama that is UP’s history is so similar to the stitched videos that emerged during the COVID-19 lockdown. Digital technologies magically brought everyone together in a video where you could see each one performing, physically distanced yet united in a love of UP and love of country. So many “little” stories coming together to create a grand narrative, moving us, bringing us together in remembering to remember.

—Michael Lim Tan, DVM, PhD
Chancellor of the University of the Philippines Diliman, 2014–2020

Antonio G. Sison – “Work should be the keynote of our people, now and always. As you put your shoulders to the wheel of our collective national effort, let the idealism which the University has instilled in you give you a clearer perspective of things.”

Bienvenido M. Gonzalez – “An educator has to be imbued with the spirit of a crusader and should be willing to suffer for his convictions… I cannot do otherwise than follow my best judgment. I only hope that the future will prove me right.”

Vidal A. Tan – “We can meet our problems more efficiently and face our troubles more serenely if we are fortified by a certain philosophy of life and a certain spirituality based on deep-seated customs, virtues, and traditions.”

Vicente G. Sinco – “There is but one cause which can effectively write finis to UP’s existence. That is when it can no longer advance the frontiers of human knowledge; when it ceases to be an instrument of intellectual freedom; when students and professors in their classrooms and laboratories grovel in abject obedience to authority.”

Carlos P. Romulo – “Excellence must challenge not merely our capacity for academic work and scholarship but also must pervade the quality of our response to socio-political events.”

Salvador P. Lopez – “The University shall be an institution more hospitable to the positive idealism of our youth and more relevant to the true priorities of our national life, an instrument more responsive to the irrepressible clamor of our people for the rapid transformation of our society, so that all may enjoy the blessings of a better life in larger freedom.”