The graduates who reminisced over the former higher schools proclaimed the positive aspects of the former higher schools by holding Nihon Ryokasai (song festival held by the dormitory students) and by founding 'Association to Advance the Educational Revolution in Japan' even after the war.
旧制高等学校をなつかしむ卒業生は戦後においても日本寮歌祭をひらいたり、「日本の教育改革を進める会」を結成したりして旧制高等学校の長所をうったえた。