Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Horne akanyoresa paLondon School of Economics muna October 1925, uko vadzidzisi vake vaisanganisira Hugh Dalton naStephen Leacock; akanga asingagutsikani nenguva yake payunivhesiti uye akadana Leacock "mumwe wevadzidzisi vanonetesa zvikuru wandakaona". Mukati mokuramwa basa kukuru
muna 1926 vazvipiri vakakumbirwa kunyoresa paSangano reKugadziriswa kweZvigadzirwa kuti vatore mabasa anokosha; Horne akabatana, uye akapedza mazuva maviri achityaira bhazi reLondon kusati kwaitwa kuramwa basa. 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.