The newly launched Philosophy Academy University was heavily burdened with sudden changes in society coupled with the effects of the Philosophy Academy Incident. In order to cope with the imme-diate decline in enrollment Enryō asked leaders such as the chief ab-bot of the Soto Zen school, one of the largest Buddhist orders, to certify graduates of his university as temple abbots. Enryō also took a variety of other measures aimed at encouraging admissions. How-ever, this was not enough to address the underlying problem behind the dramatic drop in student numbers. From the middle of October a new development emerged among lecturers and alumni who were worried about the situation. They wanted to reapply for teacher certification accreditation. On October twenty-first a group of thirty-four friends and supporters of the school who had heard about this submitted a petition to school pres-ident Inoue Enryō. It read, “We hope that on this occasion the Phi-losophy Academy University will reobtain accreditation for the sake of the greater educational community in Japan.” The following day, on the twenty-second, the alumni association held an extraordinary meeting. They also approved the same proposal and a petition was handed to Enryō by two representatives of the association. Further, three lecturers at the center of the movement acted on behalf of the group and submitted a signed “Letter of Counsel” dated the twenty-eighth. Following this graduates that had been negatively affected also submitted a petition related to reapplication. 146
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