The second was to decide how the university would be structured 1. It would promote and disseminate Eastern philosophy, 2. It would become a non-profit foundation. 3. In the future, should one of the graduates be particularly On January eighth 1906 a notice was posted at the university an-nouncing the retirement of President Inoue Enryō. As many were surprised by the suddenness of the announcement, Enryō gathered the faculty and students in the auditorium and explained his reasons. His four “Reasons for Retirement,” illness, business, society, and family, were also published in journals. In February, at the suggestion of the school’s alumni, the teaching staff and students decided to contribute money to create a monu-ment to commemorate the spirit of the founder for future genera-tions. The amount of donations exceeded expectations so the school also decided to erect a bronze statue and commission an oil painting. On June twenty-eighth, two months after the entrance ceremony in April, the new name for the school that had been chosen by Enryō, “Toyo University,” was officially approved. The Philosophy Academy had been labeled by the Ministry of Education as a school teaching “dangerous ideas”—a reputation that had persisted. It is likely that Enryō wanted to wipe away any connection with the incident and which was the main purpose of the school’s founding. outstanding, they could succeed as president. In any other case the president should be chosen from among lecturers from outside the university. 152
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