Afterward, he taught a country school for a year, and then went to Acadia College in Nova Scotia to complete his course.
One of Mr.Schurman's fellow-students in Acadia says that he was remarkable chiefly for taking every prize to which he was eligible.

In his senior year, he learned of a scholarship in the University of London offered for competition by the students of Canadian colleges.
The scholarship paid five hundred dollars a year for three years.

The young student in Acadia was ambitious to continue his studies in England, and saw in this offer his opportunity.

He tried the examination and won the prize, in competition with the brightest students in the larger Canadian colleges.
During the three years in the University of London, Mr.Schurman became deeply interested in the study of philosophy, and decided that he had found in it his life-work.

He was eager to go to Germany to study under the great leaders of philosophic thought.