The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1907-09-27
A YOUNG ma.
tive FILIPINO
.MatriculateS a Kentucky Uni
versity as a Student.
First Member of His Race Ever
Admitted to a College In
A. This State.

mitted as a student to Kentucky col
lege matriculated the past week at
Kentucky University. His name is
Basilio Tuentos Osayos, and he comes
from the village of Dao Antique Panay
Island which is one of the larger of
th1 Philippine group. He is % years
Of~dge and has been In the United
States about three years, coming to
Lexington from San Diego, California
where he attended the public schools
for time. He is accompanied by
his former teachers, John Christopher
son and Richard Hebron, both of
San Diego, who have also come to
Lexington 10 attend Kentucky Univer-
sity.
The three have taken apartments at
246 Rand avenue and the two young
Californians are quite devoted to their
dusky young protege from Uncle Sans
far eastern insular possessions. Osa-
yos has matriculated in the prepara-
tory department of the University
and his companions in the sopho-
more class. --- -
Owing to the dark complexion of
Osayos which gives him the appear
ance of being a negro and the fact
that the Day law prohibits negroes
in Kentucky from attending the
! same school as white students attend
was feared that some objections
would be raised in regard to admitting
him to the University.
DR.. r. b. Mccartney, acting Presi-
dent of the institution was thoroughly
conceived from official documents sent
him from the government department
of insular affairs at Washington
which gave a full description of the
racial antecedents and characteristic
Yof the Filipinos that there was not
drop of Negro blood in Osayo's veins
and he was promptly admitted on the
same equality as the institution has
in past years admitted native students
from Japan, China, Australia and
other countries of the Far East.
In this connection it will be of in
terest to know that Kentucky Univer-
sity has cosmopolitan student body
this year, there having already been
matriculated at that institution be-
sides the Filipino, two Japs, one Sy-
rian, one Dane, one New Zealander,
six Canadians and twenty-Odd Austral-
ians.
Osayos, the Filipino student, has an
representative who called upon him
Saturday at his apartments found him
very communicative. At first sight
he would be taken for brown-skinned
"darkey," but closer inspection OF
his features will soon satisfy the in
telligent observer that he Is not
member of the negro race. Although
as dark-skinned as the average Negro
he has none of the features OF the
Ethiopian race, but looks more like
a Hindo. He has not the thick lips
of the negro, and his straight black
hair, regular features and animated
expression Danish the suspicion that
he has negro blood in his veins. He
speaks in broken English, but distinct
Nv enough to be understood with little
troubles.
y Osayos was one of a number OF Fill
pinos brought over by the government
to the United States after peace had
H. I,Ia dc ln hnf..
ers with the view of testing them In
comparison with the Japs and Chi
nese on the Pacific Coast. After work
ing for aw.ile at San Diego, and get
lling a smattering OF United States,
= as foreigners sometimes call our IAN
guage, he began to thirst for an edu-
cation and secured permission to en-
ter the public schools of San Diego
He attended the public schools there
one year, Mr.. Christopherson, one oil
his companions being his teacher. he
made commendable progress, attend
ing school and working in the family OF
n physician for his living expenses
Christopherson became very much at
tached to his dusky pupil and when NJ
decided to come to Lexington to en-
ter the University Osayos showed sucf
decided inclination to accompany MI
benefactor that 1t was arranged 1oi
hiurto come also. He is quite happy
with his two companions and notwith
standing his dusky complexion the
three occupy the same room and nc
discrimination is made against osa'
yos on account of his color.
Mr.. Christopherson, his guardian re
lates a rather amusing incident winch
occurred day or two after the young
FiNpino reached Lexington and winch
illastrates the race prejudice In the
South. Osayos needed hair cut anc
accompanied by his white companions
came down town in quest OF parper-
shop. Notwithstanding his protesta
{ lions that he was a Filipino, OsayoS