The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-11
DR.. SHOSUKE SA7O
TOMAKE ADDRESS
He Comes to University of vir-
ginia With Message From
Japan.
Especial to Tho Times Dispatch

Especial to Tho Times Dispatch.l
Charlottesville. Va. January 1o.-The
January College Hour at tho Univer-
sity OF Virginia will be held at noon
on Monday. The orator will be DR..
Shosuke Sato. dean OF the Agricultural
College Of Tohoku University, Japan.
He is the second Japanese scholar to
visit this country on the American
Japanese exchange professorship foun-
dation. Dr.. Sato's address on Mon
day will inaugurate his serios of leo
lures at tho university.
DR.. Sato left Japan early in Decem-
ber. During his stay In the United
States he will visit besides the Uni
versity of Virginia, the University of
North Carolina. the University of MI
nois. the University of Minnesota. John
Hopkins University, Brown University
and Columbia University.
The object of his visit is TO spread
in the United States wider knowledge
of the institutions. the public opinion
and tho culture of Japan for the pur-
pose of promoting friendship and good
Will between tho people of the two ma
tons. the Carnegie Endowment for
international Peace and a committee of
prmoinent Japanese citizens have COM
pleted arrang ements by which O dis
tinSushed scholar scientist or man
of affairs is sent from Japan to the
United states every other year. and
distinguished representative of Amer
Jean scholarship or of public life is
sent TO Japan in the alternative years.
Dr. lna8o Nitobe visited the United
States In the academic year 19l1-'12
rs the first representative OF this. ex-
change.
He spent about six weeks at each OF
-
sity of Virginia, the University OF I'LL
nois, the University Of Minnesota,
Brown University. Johns Hopkins Uni
versity and Columbia University. He
delivered formal lectures on the fol-
lowing subjects: Tho East and the
West" The Land or Geographical.
Features The Past in It's Significance
for the Present. "Raco and Racial
Traits" Morals and Moral Ideals"
Religious Beliefs" Economic Condi-
tons" and American Japanese Rela-
tons"
In tho academic year 1913. DR..
Hamilton Wright Mabie visited Japan
as tho representative of the United
States. DR.. Mabe delivered many leo
lures on the American spirit. ideals and
character. The main purpose OF his
work wac to interpret the American
as he is and as his origin and history
exhibit him. In addition to tho formal
lectures delivered by DR.. Mabie before
universities and representative bodies
of Japanese, he was able to do much
effective work through the large num-
Der OF receptions and entertainments
10 which he was invited. Tho Emperor
and Empress of Japan gavc him an
audience at the Imperial Castle.
Who's Who In Japan" has tho fol-
lowing biographical data about DIR.
Sato:
'Shosuke Sato: Nogakuhakuehi, Phi.
D., professor and dean of the Agricul-
tural College of the Tohoku University;
horn tho llth m. of the 3rd " of Ansei
IS56). Hanamaki Iwate prefecture;
LIST S. OF Shozo Sato, n samurai OF
lwate; m. Io, y, y. to Baron kuniue
lnada- Educ: graduated from the Sap
poro Agricultural College. 1850; fur
Their studied agricultural economy ut
Johns Hopkins University and in Cor
many, 1SS21SSG. On his returning
home, was appointed professor at his
alma mater. 1856; then It's DEAN 1894;
haa received the degree of Nogakuha-
Sushi Decoration: Sd Order of Merit
Address: No. !, Naihocho, Sapporo,
Hokkaido."