Although Umeko, Alice Bacon, and their friends worked for free at the beginning, it is said that the school experienced a shortfall of funds due to the increased number of students and teachers as well as the cost to purchase the land and buildings in order to expand the school.
梅子やアリス・ベーコンらの友人ははじめ無報酬で奉仕していたものの、学生や教師の増加、拡張のための土地・建物の購入費など経営は厳しかったと言われる。