Editing Louis Leakey (section)

=== Attendance at Cambridge ===
In Britain, the Leakey children attended primary school; in Africa, they had a tutor. The family spent [[World War I]] in Africa. When the sea lanes opened again in 1919, they returned to Boscombe, and Louis was sent to [[Weymouth College (Public School)|Weymouth College]], a private boys' school, when he was 16 years old. He did not do well and, in about three years, complained of hazing and rules that he considered an infringement on his freedom. Advised by one teacher to seek employment in a bank, he secured help from an English teacher in applying to [[St John's College, Cambridge]]. He received a scholarship for his high scores on the entrance exams.

Louis matriculated at the [[University of Cambridge]], his father's alma mater, in 1922, intending to become a missionary to British East Africa.

He frequently told a story about his final exams. When he had arrived in Britain, he had notified the registrar that he was fluent in [[Swahili language|Swahili]]. When he came to his finals, he asked to be examined in this language, and the authorities agreed. Then one day, he received two letters. One instructed him to report at a certain time and place for a ''[[Oral exam|viva voce]]'' examination in Swahili. The other asked if, at the same time and place, he would examine a candidate in Swahili.{{Citation needed|date=June 2022}}