he was then sent to phillips exeter academy in new hampshire from 1913 to 1914. his family's money may have been a part his being let into the high-end private school. he was only seventeen, but he was let in as a student the same level of a sophomore. while in new england, hawks went to the movie houses in boston. in 1914, hawks went back to glendora and graduated from pasadena high school that year.