The sun., 1900-09-30
PROF. LADD'S JAPAN TRIPs
HONORS BESTOWED ON 4 YALE NAN
LFCTTRING ~ the FAR EAST.
Students, Teachers and Mobility I'm HIS AUDI
ences- Decorated by the Emperor-Hindoos
invite Him to Bombay important Results
Expected From His Tour OF the world.

ences-Decorated by the Emperor-Hindoos
invite Him to Bombay ay-Important Resuits
Expected From His Tour OF the World.
New HAVEN, Sept. 20. The return TO Yale
this week Of Prof, George Trumbul Ladd.
head of the department Of psychology and
philosophy. marked the end Of one OF the moss
remarkable tours ever made by an American
professor. Prof ladd was absent from Yals
for fifteen months. lie made n trip around
the world and during this trip delivered mors
than three hundred lectures on philosophy.
lie was entertained and honored in Japaa!
teylon, India and other Asiatic countries.
The trip was suggested by an interesting
aud remarkable invitation from the Japanese
Government TO go to Japan to lecture in the
universities there on philosophy. II was the
first invitation of the kind ever extended to an
American and the second Of its kind on records
the other invitation having been sent by the
Japanese Government to an Englishman. stars
ing with this mission To japan, Prof. Ladd oon,s
tinued his tour around the world. As the rcr
suit Of his lectures in Japan he was received
in India with enthusiasm. He was the nrst
foreigner who has ever been invited 20 SPEAK
before the famous University Of Bombayy
This university is noted for Its ironclad
conservatism as regards foreigners, and esd
pecially as regards tho Ango-SaHon race
Prof. Ladd, however. seems to have won the
regard Of the Hindoos, for they not only Inc
vlted him 10 address them in their great unf-f
versity. but also honored him by banquets
and In many other ways
Prof. Iadd left New Haven In June, 1907
His first stop was I'm Honolulu, whore he do
livered his first lecture. From lIonolulrl-hs,
went 10 Yokohama whore he was met by n
delegation from the institute Of Japan. who
escorted him to Toxic. The japanese treated
him royalty. One Of the royal mansions In
Toxic had been prepared for his reception1
and during his stav of five weeks in TOXIC
he lived there The japanese officials We'd with
one another in honoring him He delivered
two weeks course OF lectures before the lm-
perial Teachers Association and the Govern
ment sent the teachers from all the islands
Of Japan TO listen 20 thcm. After having lee
tIred to the teachers Prof. Ladd received the
remarkable invitation 10 lecture before tho
peers and peeresses OF japan. Prof. Ukata.
former Vale student, acted as interpreter.
After these lectures PROT. ladd delivered
two weeks course before the University OF
Toxic. and then lectured for week at kioto
and at Kobe. Prof Iadd's stay in Japan was
concluded by an Imperial audience. lie was
presented 10 the Emperor. who questioned
him at great length regarding American ideas
Of education, and at the conclusion of the in
teryiew decorated him with the order OF the
Rising Sun, an honor never before conferred
upon an American. Prof. ladd was then in-
vlted TO visit the Marquis Ito, the most famous
statesman Of Japan.
After this visit Prof Iadd sailed 10 Colombo.
stopping at Hong Kong and then going TO Bonn
bay, where he leCtured for three weeks at tho
university before n remarkable audience con-
sisting OF Hindoos, Parsees, Mohammedans.
Jesults and Protestants While he was in
n ,I,. fttat hnp 10
people were diving at the rate Of 100 day. This
fact did not disturb his audiences. From
Dombay he went on lecturing through India.
stopping at Japur, Ahm dabad. Delhi. Agra.
and finally at Calcutta, where he lectured Tor
three weeks At Benares the Maharajah enc
tertalned him and took him riding on an ee-
| phant prof I,add stopped at Madras and
| then started for home by way of Egypt, Greece
| Italy. Switzerland. France and England
The results OF this long journey are likely
| TO be far reaching In the first place Prof.
Iadd opened up new fields for Yale University.
| He visited places where the American idea
| OF education is new In all Of these places
| he lectured on the plan and idea Of education
| in this country Everywhere he found many
students who are de-irous of coming to Americs
for an education. and II Is safe to say that his
| trip will eventually bring To Yale many stii-
| dents from far-away countries where the Eng-
| lish language is rarely spoken. He was de-
| lighted with his trip and returned home enthu-
| sastic over the idea of doing more to open
| up these new fields for education
| This is not the first time that Prof ladd has
| gone abroad on lecture tours he one
| Of the first foreigners TO lecture in Japan and
TO stir up the enthusiasm Of the Japanese on
| the subject Of education as it Is known in this
| country. For this reason the japanese hold
| him in great esteem A. result Of this first
| trip to Japan a gceat many japanese boys have
been educated at Yale