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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 Bucknell College, 1898; Cornell University and the Illi-
nois University, earning the doctor's degree in 1906. Has served
six years as professor of Latin and Instructor in French and Philoso-
phy 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 re-
fined woman of rare educational attainments; a fine German stu-
dent. She earned both the Master's and Bachelor's Degrees. She
taught German and History in Selma University, 1914. Mrs. Diggs
is a native of Hinton, W. Va.