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pril. 1894 Dr. Andrew Sloan Draper. 1 Superv t . C! eland. 0 io, hools was ele d head , the title being :anged from Regent to Hit ntered upon the dutie- of hi office Septe -

And: -loan Di t e lird Pr nt of the Ur.ivei was born Tune 21, Westfoi . New York. le w: reared nd edi: ted in th of Xew Yc :. and for many yc foi :ed a large part of the poli: .1 and educational life of that ta He was a graduate he Ubany A tdemy, and received h training for the ?re:i of law in t e law school of Uni< 1 C '.lee gr Juatrig in 1871. He received the honor ry deg :e of Do r of La :rom several of the leading univers s of the For nearly a dozen year r. r his graduation in law. he practiced his profe on. He was a member of the Xew York state legislature in : Si. judge of the United States Court of Alabama Clai: in 1S84 to 1886, and State S rint : I of Public In .ion from l to 1 -. The two y ; rs pn ous to I s co: g i Universi .d h 1 ntendent of tlu- publ s IOOIS of Cleveland, Ohio. Presid it Draper had had wide exp< iei with 1 in politics and in t uc nal w rk; he had s own I lit> c nd he put this qi li: 1 1 e in ! > manaf ment of Univei He < bli I the 1 ct th I to be su fully operated needed lore buildings and ore money, nd he got both. Wc 1 rg he cil m rk in 1 the college . througl hi influi e th« Coll 1 of Law m oi the pr< ent School of Librar] ce was brought to the University; a School of Mu w tablished; I an affilial n N made with the e i