Waihangahia tētahi putanga matatini ake o tēnei rerenga kōrero I haere ia ki te Whare Wānanga o Alaska, kātahi ki te Whare Wānanga o California o Te Hangarau i Pasadena, California mai i te tau 1927 ki te tau 1930, i puta ki te B.S. i roto i te Physical Chemistry.
Ko te tikanga, ko te putanga matatini ake o te rerenga korero ko "I haere ia ki te Whare Wananga o Alaska, a ka whiwhi i te BS i te California Institute of Technology i Pasadena, California i nga tau 1920, i reira ko ia te hoa noho o L. Sprague de Camp".