Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Horne akanyoresa paLondon School of Economics muna October 1925, apo vadzidzisi vake vaisanganisira Hugh Dalton naStephen Leacock; akanga asina kugutsikana nenguva yake payunivhesiti uye akadana Leacock "mumwe wevadzidzisi vanofinha zvikuru wandakaona". Mukati
kuramwa mabasa kwakaitwa muna 1926 vanhu vakazvipira vakakumbirwa kunyoresa paOrganisation for the Maintenance of Supplies kuti vatore mabasa anokosha; Horne akabatana, uye akapedza mazuva maviri achityaira bhazi reLondon kuramwa basa kusati kwadzimwa. Kupfurikidza nepesvedzero uye rupo rwamwari wake, Austin Pilkington wemhuri yekugadzira magirazi yePilkington yeSt Helens, akakwanisa kunyoresa pa Magdalene College, Cambridge muna Gumiguru 1926. Akazvipira kumativi emitambo oupenyu uye akamiririra koreji pa rugby, uye muchikwata chevakwikwidzi pamwe chete neakazowana menduru yegoridhe yeOlympic Ishe Burghley. Akatambawo tenesi kuyunivhesiti, achibatsirana naBunny Austin. Akatsauswa namano ake emitambo, akaregeredza fundo dzake uye akatumirwa pasi muna December 1927.