He started preparation to solve various issues in order to raise the status of this school to become a 'university' (university under the prewar education system) in accordance with the imperial edict of the university system enacted around that time, and finally raised to university status in June 1922, while he continued to stay on as the university president until he died in April, 1929, establishing the foundation of Takushoku University.
そして当時発令された大学令に基づく「大学（旧制大学）」に昇格すべく各般の整備に取りかかり、大正11年（1922年）6月、大学昇格を成し遂げるなど亡くなる昭和4年（1929年）4月まで学長として拓殖大学の礎を築いた。