Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-08-15
GENERALLY PICKED MEN AND
EXCEPTIONAL STUDENTS.
TAKE PRACTICAL WORK
Nearly All Are Post-Graduates With
Major in Agriculture, Political Sci.
ence or Commerce-Japanese and
American Universities Compared
and Sontrasted

aging ABOUT SIX ANNUALLY. lney uSu'
ally pursue studies in the departments
of political science, commerce or ayr.
culture, and being generally picked
men do exceptionally good work. al.
though the Japanese have much diff
Guilty with the English language thsy
are well prepared, as rule, have a
large capacity for work and are able
TO concentrate their mental energy.
Nearly all of them take post graduate
work and seem to comprehend the
methods of critical investigation.
Some are sent to this country by the
Japanese government, bur others come
of their own initiative and some even
work their way through college by
waiting on table or doing other work.
When they have finished their course
here, most of the Japanese become
business men, usually representing
big Japanese firms in foreign coun-
tries, although some take up literature
as a profession, enter the public en-
ploy or return to the island kingdom
and become professors in japanese
universities. All seem to show much
interest in and admiration for Ameri
can customs.
The work of the college of agricu,-
ture and the writings of Professors
Ely and Reinsch in political science
have made the University of Wiscon-
sin prominent among the American
schools well known in Japan Among
the text books which have been trans
lated into Japanese and used in the
schools of Japan are Ely's History of
French and German Socialism and
Ely's Taxation, American student
series
The works of Professor Reinsch are
also highly esteemed in Japan, for he
has written with understanding and
appreciation of oriental politics.
Following are the Japanese regis
tered at the university last semester,
and their Japan address and major
courses:
Sadatake Yuchi, animal husbandry,
from Sappro, Japan.
Shinkichi Suzuki, agricultural chem
istry, from Toxic.
Genkwan Shibata, commercial
course, from Tayama.
Kinici Sato, commercial course.
Milwaukee.
Yosaburo Yoshida. political econ
omy, Omi.
Masao Matruoka, political science,
Hachinoke.
Naojiro Inowe, chemistry, Kobe.
Keikichi Yoshisaka, chemistry,
Kobe.
All except two are post graduates.
Among the Japanese who have stud
led at Wisconsin many have taken
the M. A. and Phi. D. degrees and have
since risen to prominence are the
following:
M. shizowa, who took his Phi. d. at
the University of Wisconsin and is
now professor of political economy
in Waseda university, one Of the lead
ing schools of Japan.
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work on The Political Ideas of Japan
and OF articles in the North American
Review. Mr.. Kawakomi has married
an Illinois girl, adopted literature as a
profession and resides at Seattle.
G. Ishikowa, who took his masters
degree in economics here, married a
Canadian girl and is engaged in bust
ness in Hamburg, Germany.
Mono Yamamoto took his M. A. last
June and has been appointed assist
ant professor in the Yamaguchi com.
mercial college. one of the government
higher educational institutions of ia
pan.
Although a few of the japanese
have graduated from high schools and
colleges in the United States, most
OF them come from two of the private
universities in Toxic. In Japan edu-
cation in the lower grades is compul-
sorry and the system of grammar and
high schools is nearly the same as in
The United States. But higher edu-
cation is largely centralized in Toxic.
Besides many private college there
are also three national universities.
one at Toxic, one at Sendai and an.
other situated in Kyoto. The Toxic
schools are well manned and have
some European and American profess
o's. The late Lafadio Hearn was
one Of the most prominent OF these
and was so well liked that the liberal
party tried to have a title OF nobility
conferred upon him. The national
universities are the only ones in Asia
that do research work on large
scale and students from India. China.
Siam, Corea and from all over the
orient 20 there to study. II is said
that more than $4,000 foreigners study
in the colleges Of Toxic.
There are many differences between
education at Madison and at Toxic.
In the first place only male students
are admitted although there are a