hɪz tˈiːtʃɚz kənsˈɪdɚd hˌɪm tˈuː jˈʌŋ tʊ ɐtˈɛnd jˌuːnɪvˈɜːsᵻɾi ænd dᵻlˈeɪd hɪz ˈɛntɹəns tə skˈɑːlɚʃˌɪp kˌɑːmpətˈɪʃənz ʌntˈɪl nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd twˈɛnti wˈʌn, wˌɛn hiː ɹᵻsˈiːvd ɐ skˈɑːlɚʃˌɪp tə bˌælɪˈɑːl kˈɑːlɪdʒ, ˈɑːksfɚd.
His teachers considered him too young to attend university and delayed his entrance to scholarship competitions until 1921, when he received a scholarship to Balliol College, Oxford.