Riggs, John D. S
college president, author, was born Jan. 29, 1851, in Washington, Pa. This eminent educator has filled chairs in the leading colleges, and since 1896 has been president of the Ottawa university, Kansas. He is the author of In Latinum, a work in Latin prose composition in two volumes. RIGGS, MRS. KATE DOUGLAS (SMITH) (WIGGIN), author, poet, was born in Massachusetts. She is a popular writer of New York city, and the author of Timothy's Quest; Polly Oliver's Problem; The Birds' Christmas Carol; The Story of Patsy; A Summer in a Canon; Children's Rights; A Cathedral Courtship, and Penelope's English Experiences; The Village Watch-Tower; Marm Lisa; and Nine Love Songs and a Carol. She has also written in collaboration with her sister, Nora Archibald Smith, The Story Hour; and The Republic of Childhood.