title: A Romance In Pre-War Manila
author: Mercado, Norbert
description: Doctor Sergio Morales hurriedly walked to the classroom in PGH where he would teach the subject of Dermatology that morning. It was the first day of class in a rainy June month, and he did not want to be late. He hurriedly buttoned his white coat.
  “Good morning, Doc!” a nursing student greeted him as he rushed to the classroom.
  “Good morning!” Doctor Morales answered the student, too, although he did not really pay any attention to who it was.
  He continued walking to his classroom. When he arrived and entered the classroom, all the students in his class were already inside, waiting for him.
  “Good morning, Sir!” the students greeted him.
  There were thirty-two students in his class, all of which were women. They were all graduating students of the University of the Philippines School of Nursing. The Dermatology class was held in one of the rooms of the Philippine General Hospital building along Governor Taft Avenue in Manila.