In 1861 he entered the Lawrence Scientific School at Harvard, where again his father played an important role, and here he seems to have shone much more than in his undergraduate years.
Sa 1861 siya ipinasok ang Lawrence Siyentipiko School sa Harvard, kung saan muli ang kanyang ama nilalaro ng isang mahalagang papel na ginagampanan, at dito siya tila sa may shone marami pa kaysa sa kanyang undergraduate years.