Furthermore, the graduates of former imperial universities, such as the influential people, who were involved in the establishment of the College of Liberal Arts at International Christian University immediately after the war, were hopeful about the possibility of passing down the advantages of the former higher schools to the principles of liberal arts colleges.
また、終戦直後に国際基督教大学(ICU)教養学部の設立にたずさわった旧帝国大学卒の有力者たちはそのリベラル・アーツ・カレッジの理念に旧制高等学校のよさを継承させられる可能性を期待した。