During Dr. Twanmoh's term the student body grew from 2000 to over 9000, the number of departments increased from six to twenty, and a college, a night school and a graduate school were added.
端木愷擔任校長的十四年間，是東吳復校後成長最迅速的時期，師資、設備日益完善，學生亦自二千多人增加至九千多人；系則增至廿多系，並陸續增設夜間部與研究所；且在城中區延平南路興建教育大樓，成立城區部。