 He entered Richmond College (now University of Richmond) graduating in 1905 with a Bachelor of Arts degree.For the next year, he was the principal of a public high school and, in the fall of 1906, he entered T. C. Williams Law School at Richmond College, receiving his law degree in 1908.In order to supplement his funds while attending law school, he taught Latin in Miss Ellett’s School in Richmond (now St. Catherine’s).