NANBARA was also a graduate of Ichiko (The First Higher School), and he later attested that during the three years at the former higher schools he slacked off, and the materials taught at school were merely repackaging of materials taught at former middle school, and therefore he had no attachment to education in former higher schools.
南原も一高出身であったが、旧制高校の3年間はあそんでばかりで、学習内容は旧制中学のものを手直しした程度のものだったとそれほど旧制高校の教育に執着をもっていなかったことをのちに証言している。