The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-10-11
ONLY WHITE MEN ADMITTED
lPuysICTlNs AND SURGEONS VINO WILL
NOT RECETJE 4 PORTO Rft4N
A. u,rbo.n Rejected by the Faculty Be-
c,u., his skin 4. Not White-Inteiigcncc
and udurntion not Considered Exciu-
.,x. Policy of a Fnmou. VI Medicai Institution.


.lans and Surgeons was opened last week.
Among the applicants for admission was II
Young man named Barbosa. from Porto Rico.
Of good education and promising talents. but |
of mixed extraction and dark skin. He was |
sent to New York about year ago to study
medicine under DR.. Henna OF l06 East Twenty
fourth street and since then has been acquiring
the Language. In the carly part OF last month
he applied for admission ns student IN the
College Of Physicians and Surgeons at four'h
avenuc and Twenty-third street The question
of his matriculation was referred 10y the clerk
of the college to the Secretary Of the Faculty
DIR. John q. Curtis. and by him was referred to
tho Faculty presided over Ivy DIR. AlonzO Clark
This body Mt meeting on Thursday. the ith
inst. decided not to admit Mr.. Barbosa. not on
account Of any personal objection to him. but
because his skin not white; ana 1t passed u
resolution that no colored students shall here
after be- admitted to the college. DIR. Curtis no
tinsd Mr. Barhosa's prercptor. DR. llcnnn. OF
this Determination in a letter that said. sub
stan,ialy: The college declines to receive
etudonls OF color"
Dr. John q. Curtis was seen in reference t.
this repetition. i'm his residence in West Fortl'th
street. H. said that it was true that the college
hal taken such action in regard to Mr. BarbO-
sa's Application. The college lac said. de-
cne- e., receive students of color. A. q matter
pi lul'N II nus SOUGHT 10 ulrcvuLu~N ti'ii NI-
plcaii,n- for admission"
"H " about white mcn2'
"Whtc men are matri u'atod rs matter Of
cours,. unless Some objection TO their character
lsknown."
when requested 10 state the various stops that
hal boon taken IN the matter of Mr.. HarhOsn.
pr. Curtis said that when the application was
referred to hiin. he did not feel at liberty either
b. accept or roget him. us ia the cas OF other
applicants. THE application" he continued.
went before the faculty because thrrc VS. ~
precedent for uc.ltlu- % rolnrol student 10
was comsilrrrd i'm ni, ting, and the faculty d'-
cidcd 10 pursn" the old policy OF d.s'ourasIns
-" what ioycq NOM by the oll policy y Dis,
rouraslngY Suppos' tlut cpl'r"d applicant
pressed his app alton. wlai tAcnY
"wel tho college would decline 70 r''oivo
You thcn wrote Mr. Barho@af"
qid wr9e hs pr~etor, -, tn}t 5i'c e'
Upen what grounds Is ID policy of dts-
d1 not isc. authorized To- an4wcr that quos-
Is it on qo.oun, of o,2e.t,u- taoi have over
b.en ulr.l' hy -tulrid-,'
must in J net nf- w'r.'
Ar. th' in .u.y IN 'tn -'in ou 'h.s uu'-tion ~
"Tlot.t,o. / must a, Ane :, answer,
faculty oamrtot u - ru'mtignt
IT, ihc letter s,nt to lr. llrnna. ~ Curi-
.,id hr Informed him t''ai i was nj ia pnr-u-
Agsgi & nsira IT, 'gns ,1s, IN IN, ,rin n ie9 a. al''
fourth -tr-.t. II Is. iiNr Mr. Bnrhosn. native
q rorl' r. 70; hut he - i,i!' ,iehi.hgired s,n-
grvt.d worry much tiHt th"rf had boon any
trpn3."; nni WyI som wlui ~, ,7iu,iinrJ 10y
o. P.N> .iaus nnl Surg 'ef IS. nnl j. on pl"a- mt
torn,~ wl the profess 'is amy trr'lnr' ,'-l-
tlt.d a llftls about ~ "rf ug Very irr'y. N'N-
prthel'- N" "nt mot gus tn give inir nn~W =,
10 mI.d uu -l.oAs. Hos tut he % liry"d
Il thor. Anl r.t tn.u unu. ..-iry interference.
Oh the Part pf thIri i"r~ IA who wn. mot con-