[Illustration: R. S. Lovinggood, A. M.]

PROF. R. S. LOVINGGOOD, A. M.

Prof. R. S. Lovinggood was born in Walhalla, S. C., in 1864.
He came to Clark University, Atlanta, Ga., in 1881, and
remained in school nine years, completing the college course
and taking a course in carpentry. Immediately after
graduating, he began to publish the "Atlanta Times," a
weekly paper, which he continued for two years. He sold out
his interest in the paper, and was elected principal of a
city school in Birmingham, Ala., where he taught with great
success for three years. Here he was married to Miss Lillie
G. England, in 1894. In the fall of 1895, he was elected to
the chair of Greek and Latin at Wiley University, Marshall,
Texas, and entered upon his work with enthusiasm. His wife
died in January, 1896, leaving him a boy only ten days old.
He continued his work at Wiley University for five
consecutive years. His success was notable in this position.
He wrote a work which has received favorable mention in
several papers of high grade. The title of the work is "Why
Hic, Halc, Hoc for the Negro?"

He was married a second time on April 25, 1900, to Miss
Mattie A. Townsend of Birmingham, Ala. In the fall of 1900,
he was elected to the presidency of Samuel Houston College,
Austin, Texas. His success here has been notable. Though
this is a new school, he enrolled 205 the first year. This
is its second year, and the enrollment will doubtless reach
300.