BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH Xxlll 
At the end of two years each of the four students had a paper 
ready for publication and Professor Whitman presented them to 
the Journal of the College of Science of the Imperial University 
for publication; the officials in charge of the journal replied that, 
as the journal was organized for the purpose of publishing the 
researches of professors, any theses of students worth publishing 
should be published under the name of the professor. This 
aroused Professor Whitman’s indignation, and he withdrew the 
papers, remarking that he would never again present papers to 
the University for publication. He then sent three of them to 
the Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science where they were 
published. Sasaki’s paper on Salamander was published after 
Whitman’s departure in the Journal of the Science College. 
This incident seems to have been the beginning of an estrange- 
ment between Whitman and the administration of the University, 
which was aggravated by the inability or unwillingness of the 
administration to accede to many of his requests for more ade- 
quate equipment for the department. The period of his appoint- 
ment having come to an end in 1881, the University requested 
him to remain, but the proposal was refused and in August, 1881, 
he left Japan without bidding formal farewell to the University. 
He published a short brochure entitled ‘“‘ Zoology in the University 
of Tokyo” shortly before he left, but that he had no intention of 
wantonly hurting Japanese susceptibilities is evident, as Professor 
Ishikawa states, from a thorough study of it. He had made a 
close study of the Japanese and he discovered and pointed out 
their most obvious weak points in an honest and essentially 
friendly fashion. ‘‘Professor Whitman loved Japan and sym- 
pathized with the Japanese. That his love and sympathy 
poured forth to the Japanese in a degree far surpassing any ever 
shown to us was marvelously evidenced at the time of the Russo- 
Japanese War” (Ishikawa). Indeed, those of us who were with 
Whitman at this time knew that he could not have suffered 
more keenly in the misfortunes or rejoiced more in the triumphs 
of his own country. This was fully realized by the Japanese 
people and the slight unpleasantness of his departure was soon 
forgiven. 
