The student protests eventually died down, and in November of that same year Fu presided for the first time over celebrations marking the anniversary of NTU's founding. In his address, he stated: "When Taiwan was under Japanese rule, this university was run for a specific purpose: to further Japan's colonial policies, and help Japan expand into Southeast Asia.
學潮過後，當年十一月，傅斯年首次主持台大校慶，在致詞時他表示，「日本時代這個大學的辦法，有他的特殊目的，就是和他的殖民政策配合的，又是他南進政策的工具。