Ki Hajar Dewantara Ever Fired From Pharmacy Because Of Salah Membuat Obat

Soewardi Soerjaningrat or better known as Ki Hajar Dewantara. (Wikimedia Commons)

JAKARTA - The period of Soewardi Soerjaningrat or Ki Hajar Dewantara students is full of dynamics. He prefers to be active in politics, rather than studying at the Bumiputra Doctor School, STOVIA. Therefore, he wasted the opportunity to become a doctor. His scholarships were revoked and did not pass.

Soewardi also racked his brain to survive. He returned home. Career as a Kimia expert at the pharmacy he chose. However, that career had to be dashed. Because Soewardi made a fatal mistake. He made the wrong medicines for patients.

Soewardi grew up as a radical young man. His soul is often volatile when he sees a Dutchman trying to perpetuate discrimination against the bumiputras. Not infrequently Soewardi was angry and the fight was inevitable. Winning is not a problem for Soewardi, from the Netherlands, did not underestimate his people.

It was like Soewardi never goes out. Especially when he got a scholarship to go to STOVIA. Soewardi used those college days to hone his mind. At STOVIA too, he began to actively engage in politics. His mind is wide open. Soewardi was also considered one of the figures of the national movement.

However, Soewardi is not a person who can silence discrimination. He often violates the written prohibitions that apply in STOVIA. Moreover, a prohibition against discrimination such as not being allowed to celebrate Eid al-Fitr on STOVIA.

Soewardi is the opposite. He celebrated Lebaran Day with joy. Soewardi sounded firecrackers in STOVIA's aisle. As a result, he was punished. Later, Soewardi's activities in the world of politics had to be paid a lot.

Soewardi's lectures are not right. He was noted to be absent frequently. Everything because Soewardi emphasized more matters of struggle than school. His scholarship was revoked. Then, Soewardi's desire to become a doctor had to run aground.

Even at this school he did not graduate, only lived it for five years. Due to the reason that he was sick for four months, he did not advance to class for political reasons, his scholarship was revoked. The withdrawal of the scholarship occurred after a meeting Soewardi read the poem by Multatuli, who described the heroism of Ali Putri Sentot Prawirodirdjo, warlord Prince Diponegoro.

The next day, he was summoned by the Director of STOVIA, and scolded severely on charges of raising the spirit of rebellion against the Dutch colonial government. For both reasons. Soewardi left STOVIA," said Yudi Latif in the book Educational Empowerment (2020).

Soewardi doesn't take much of a headache in breaking up in the middle of the road. He is more concerned with trying to continue his life while perpetuating the struggle. Returning to Yogyakarta is an option. He chose to work to survive as a chemical at the Rathkamp Pharmacy, Yogyakarta.

He considers the option of working as a chemical expert to be the most reasonable. Because Soewardi can have plenty of time for movement. He felt he could balance between work and struggle. He also did both jobs with pleasure.

In fact, what Soewardi thought did not go smoothly. The matter of dividing time is the most difficult thing. His activeness in politics makes Soewardi often lack sleep. Moreover, Soewardi often writes articles until midnight.

Like it or not, his work as a chemicalist at the pharmacy became disrupted. Soewardi's most fatal mistake was the mistake of making medicine for pharmacy patients. The pharmacy head who knew the mistake did not remain silent. Soewardi was fired because of it.

The dismissal was for Soewardi to finally move to Bandung and meet again with his comrades in arms Ernest Douwes Dekker and Tjipto Mangoenkoesoemo. Later, the three of them will be widely known as the Three Serangkai.

A fluctuating attitude and uncertain feelings then influenced Soewardi. He moved from Kalibagor Sugar Factory, Banyumas, as a chemical expert, to Rathkamp Pharmacy, Yogyakarta. Soewardi also took lessons related to his job, and intended to become a pharmacist who is an expert in medicine medicine.

However, his activities were in response to various newspapers, especially De Express, which took too much time, so the Head of Pharmacy also felt that he had to fire him. In addition, there are more important reasons that I feel I will not regret. Soewardi once made the wrong medicine. We can all imagine what will happen if the drug that is expected to cure the sick causes a disaster in a family," said Irna HN Hadi Soewito in Soewardi Soerjaningrat's book in Assistance (2019).