 Wheeler began studying for a Master of Arts degree in classical studies , which he attained in 1912 . During this period , he also gained employment as the personal secretary of the UCL Provost Gregory Foster , although he later criticised Foster for transforming the university from " a college in the truly academic sense [ into ] a <unk> <unk> as little like a college as a <unk> is like a man " . It was also at this time of life that he met and began a relationship with Tessa <unk> , a student then studying history at UCL , when they were both serving on the committee of the University College Literary Society . 
