 From 1900 to 1910, he served as the superintendent of schools for Navasota, Texas.From 1910 to 1914, he was president of the College of Industrial Arts in Denton, Texas and from 1914 to 1925, he was president of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas in College Station, Texas.In 1926, he headed to Norman, Oklahoma to become president of the University of Oklahoma effective July 1 of that year.