The members of the Alumni Club were so enthusiastic that the city councilor Kozaburo HASHIMOTO and the lawyer Shigetaro IKEDA even went to Taiwan as representatives of the club to persuade him to accept the post.
校友代表として市議会議員の橋本孝三郎、弁護士の池田繁太郎が台湾まで説得に行く熱の入れようであった。