That was due to his becoming conscious of entrance into a school of higher grade, and he moved to Kyoryu Gakko (Kyoryu School), a preparatory school for examinees at that time and then immediately to Tsukiji Eigakko (Foreign Language School).
上級学校進学を意識したためであり、当時の受験予備校であった共立学校、すぐに築地英学校に転校。