The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-26
A NOTABLE LECTURE TOUR.
Pref Lada. of Yale. Returns From
Abroad.


NEW HAVEN, Sept 25.-Prof George
Trumbull Laid. head of the department of
psychology and philosophy at Yale Uni
versity. has just returned from a remark
able Iecturirg trip He has been around
the world and has lectured in Japan. Cey-
Ion, and India. and as a side issue TO his
lecture tour has visited many of the most
famous of the Old World and Asiatie
places. The trip lasted fifteen months.
and during that time Prof Ladd has given
fully 300 lectures.
His chief purpose was to give the series
of lectures on philosophy and education,
which he had been officially invited by the
Japanese Government to deliver, and
which was the first of the kind ever given
by an American professor in the Empire.
Prof. Ladd. however, iectured at num-
Der of other places unoficiaIly, and was
the first foreigner who was ever invited
to speak before the University of Bombay.
The trip of Prof. Ladd was In many
respects important. One of its special
aims was to spread among the eduea-
tionalists of India and Japan an idea
o. American university WoTk. anu
not improbable that as result. students
from both countries will come to Amer
lea to complete their education. To
;heoIogians. one Of the principal points
of interest of the trip will be the fact
that Prof Laid in his Indian lectures
dwelt particularly on the superiority OF
the Christian religion and at the same
time argued for closer relation between
the great religions of the world. To
secure greater corporation beween edu-
cationalists of all countries was also
an object of Prof. Ladds "trip, and in
this he received support among the
university men of both countries.
Starting from this city June "a, 1859,
Prof and Mrs. Ladd went to San Fran
cisco and thence to Honolulu, where
they were the guests OF Judge Freer, an
old Yale graduate. At Yokohama Prof.
Laid was met by delegation of teach
ers from the institutes to which he
was to lecture and escorted to Tokyo,
where he remained for five weeks. living
in the mansion set aside for his use by
the university. He gave a two weeks
course before the imperial Teachers
Association of japan or psychology and
pedagogy, the Government releasing
teachers from all over the islands to
attend the lectures.
He also lectured before the schools for
peers and peeresses. President Isugi, of
the Imperial University and member of
the House of Peers, presided and had
three parliamentary reporters on hand to
take down the lectures. Prof Ukata. an
old Yale student, acted as interpreter to
the audience. and the lectures have since
been published in book form. Prof. Ladd
followed this course with a two weeks
series of lectures before the University of
Tokyo on Theoretical Psychology. or the
Philosophy of the Mind" A weeks lee
ture trip to Kioto followed and at Kobe
While in Japan Prof. Ladd was invited
to an imperial audience and found the
Japanese Emperor a most cultured and
able man. He-was also decorated by the
imperial Government. and was the guest
of Marquis Ito, the famous Japanese
statesman.
From Japan Prof Ladd sailed 20 Co
iombo. stopping at Hongkong, and Their
to Bombay, where he gave a three weeks
series Of lectures before the University
of Bombay. his audience being a mixture
of Hindoos. Parsees, Mohammedans, Jesu
its, and Protestant missionaries. In Bonn
bay, from November to December last
year, when Prof. Ladd was there, the
death rate from plagae and famine was
rapidly increasing. 1t was $50 a day at
that time, and later became 400 a day.
Inc 1aie professor travelled o,uuu miles
through india taking in Jaipur. Armada
bad, Delhi, Agra, and Calcutta in most of
which places he lectured. and at the latter
city lectured for three weeks.
At Benares the maharajah entertained
him and gave him an elephant ride on the
finest of the princely herd. At Madras
Prof Ladd also lectured. Reaching CO.
lombo again on March S, Prof. Ladd re-
turned to this country by way of Egypt,
Greece, and Italy. stopping at Paris to
take part in the international psychology
icaI congress as one of the delegates from
the American society with Prof. James of
Harvard. completing a trip that is unique
in the history OF American universities.
and that will result in undoubtedly con-
siderable gain for the colleges of this
country.