REV. JAMES R. L. DIGGS.

Rev. James R. L. Diggs, A. M. Ph. D., Pastor of Trinity Baptist
Church and President of Clayton-Williams Academy, was educated at
Wayland Seminary, Washington, D. C., and completed advanced
courses at Bucknel! College, 1898; Cornell University and the Illinois
University, earning the doctor's degree in 1906. Has served six years
as professor of Latin and Instructor in French and Philosophy in
Virginia Union University, and five years as President of State
University, Ky., and Virginia Seminary, and was Dean of Selma
University from 1911-1914.

Prof. Diggs married Miss Alberta M. Pack, a cultured and refined
woman of rare educational attainments; a fine German student. She
earned both the Master's and Bachelor's Degrees. She taught Ger-
man and History in Selma University, 1914. Mrs. Diggs is a native
of Hinton, W. Va.