The “Summer College” was unique because of its “onsite lectures.” Participants embarked on steamboat journeys to foreign destinations for lectures and field trips. In 1930, the “Elementary Education Promotion Association” organized the 11th “Summer College” in Taiwan. After arriving on August 5th, the participants first attended “academic lectures” at the Taihoku Specialist Medical School, covering Taiwan’s flora, fauna, history, industries, and education. The summer college faculty comprised leading academics and researchers, and the lectures included: “Climate in the Tropics” by Shiratori Katsuyoshi, a professor at the Faculty of Agriculture at the Taihoku Imperial University, “Industries in Taiwan” by Oshima Kintaro, the head of the university’s Faculty of Science and Agriculture, “History of Taiwan” by Murakami Naojiro, a professor at the Faculty of Literature and Politics, and “Education in Taiwan” by Wakatsuki Michitaka, the head of the Student Affairs Division. Whereas these four lecturers were from the Taihoku Imperial University, Horikawa Yasuichi, a professor from the Taihoku Second Normal School, lectured on “Flora and Fauna in the Tropics.”