Fu once summed up their efforts at Beida in an interesting way: "Chiang was not up to the level of Tsai Yuan-pei in terms of scholarship, but he was better at administration.
關於他們對北大付出的心力，傅斯年曾有個趣談。他說：「蔣夢麟先生學問不如蔡孑民先生，辦事卻比蔡先生高明。