Kojuro NAKAGAWA, who took the lead in establishing the school, said, 'From the beginning avoid pretending to be gorgeous but intend to be stable ('introduction' "35th Anniversary Memorial Thesis Literature Book"); but for the time in which the school was established it wasn't enough to prepare for everything such as a satisfactory space for school-building, so instead they rented the second and third floors of 'Seikiro (the former Yoshida-ya)' located in Sanbongi-dori, Kamigyo-ku, in order to give lectures.
設立の中心を担った中川小十郎が「初めより浮華を斥け堅実を旨とした」（「序文」『立命館三十五周年記念論文集文学編）と述べているように、設立当時は満足な校地も学舎も用意する余裕はなく、上京区三本木通にあった料亭「清輝楼（旧・吉田屋）」の二階および三階部分を間借りして講義を行っていた。