▁his ▁first ▁attempt ▁at ▁the ▁entrance ▁exam , ▁but ▁after ▁a ▁year ▁of ▁ref res her ▁study ▁he ▁qualified , ▁and ▁" set ▁out ▁for ▁Cambridge , ▁Massachusetts ▁in ▁lieu ▁of ▁Cambridge , ▁England ", ▁as ▁his ▁friend ▁John ▁Paul ding ▁Brown ▁put ▁it ▁later . ▁ ▁Harvard ▁College ▁ ▁The ▁" sent iment al ▁and ▁rom antic " ▁story ▁of ▁" how ▁Mother ▁Harvard ▁sought ▁and ▁found ▁one ▁of ▁her ▁own " ▁was ▁reported ▁throughout ▁the ▁United ▁States , ▁and ▁on ▁ 2 6 Se ptember ▁ 1 9 1 1 ▁the ▁Boston ▁Trans cript ▁announced , ▁" Har vard ▁of ▁Harvard ▁Here ". ▁" He ▁had ▁the ▁time ▁of ▁his ▁life ▁getting ▁safely ▁ash ore ▁[ p ast ] ▁rep or ters ▁and ▁camera ▁artists ", ▁said ▁The ▁Cambridge ▁Trib une . ▁" App ar ently ▁the ▁one ▁thing ▁he ▁does ▁not ▁wish ▁is ▁not or iety ▁of ▁any ▁kind ." ▁How e ▁later ▁wrote ▁that ▁" it ▁seemed ▁like ▁the ▁real ization ▁of ▁a ▁fair y - t ale ... ▁Our ▁local ▁newsp apers ▁did ▁everything ▁in ▁their ▁power ▁to ▁spo il ▁him , ▁if ▁he ▁had ▁been ▁spo il able . ▁His ▁arrival ▁and ▁history ▁were ▁gl aring ly ▁chron ic led ." ▁His ▁fresh man ▁rooms ▁were ▁in ▁W eld ▁Hall . ▁ ▁He ▁was ▁a ▁good ▁student ▁if ▁not ▁brilliant , ▁and ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁" most ▁popular " ▁members ▁of ▁his ▁class ; ▁Brown ▁called ▁him ▁" a ▁little ▁different ▁from ▁the ▁boys ▁who ▁come ▁up