entered Atlanta University where he remained two years in
preparation for Yale University, but, instead, entered
Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio, in 1871, and was graduated
from the Department of Philosophy and the Arts with the
degree of A. B. in 1875. He spent a part of the following
year in Oberlin Theological Seminary in special study of the
Semitic languages and Hellenistic Greek.

In 1877 Professor Scarborough was elected as head of the
Classical Department in Wilberforce University. In 1881 he
published through A. S. Barnes & Co. (New York) a Greek text
book---"First Lessons in Greek"--the first and only Greek
book ever written by a Negro. This book was widely used by
both the white and colored schools of the country,
especially in the North. Professor Scarborough has also
written a treatise entitled "The Birds of Aristophanes--a
Theory of Interpretation"--aside from numerous tracts and
pamphlets, covering a variety of subjects--classical,
archaeological, sociological and racial. He has written many
papers for various societies to which he belongs. In 1891 he
was transferred to the chair of Hellenistic Greek, Payne
Theological Seminary. In 1897 he was again re-elected as
Professor of Latin and Greek in the University and
Vice-President of the same.

He has contributed largely to the press of the country,
including the leading magazines. He is one of the editors of
the A. M. E. Sunday-school publications, having filled that
position for a number of years. He is a member of a number
of associations: American Philological, American Dialect,
American Social Science, Archaeological Institute of
America, American Spelling Reform, American Folk-Lore,
American Modern Language, American Political and Social
Science, the Egyptian Exploration Fund Association and the
American Negro Academy, of which he is First Vice-President.
He has several times been one of the orators at the Lincoln
League banquet of the State of Ohio. At a conference held by
the leaders of the race in the city of Columbus, Ohio, he
was elected President of the Afro-American State League
designed to further the interests of the Negro throughout
the country. Professor Scarborough has traveled extensively
in Europe. He was a delegate to the Ecumenical Method