On June 6th, the "Preparatory Office of Southeast University" invited the heads of all schools to hold the inaugural meeting of Jiangsu Education Society in Shanghai. 192 1 On July 6th, the Ministry of Education approved the organizational outline of Southeast University. On August 27th, the Ministry of Education approved Guo Bingwen, president of Nangao University, as the president of Southeast University. ?

That seems to be what the school history says.