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Caption: Booklets - Facts for Freshmen (1914)
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I \ I S l I > FRESHMEN K 87 Physicians and Surgeons in Chicago, He showed the b nest personal interest in students and student aetiviti H< was a rigid and succe jful disciplinarian, but he at tl same time stood for what furnished students physi d and social enjoyment, lie enlarged the soeial life of the student he encouraged athletics; he cultivated a friendly relationshi] between students and Faculty; and he brought about harmony where there had been frequently dissension. President Draper managed in a large degree to put the University right before the people of the State, who in many cases had looked upon it with disfavor, or with indifference It was by his skill in 1897, when the treasurer of the institution defalcated, carrying with him nearly a half million dollars of University funds, that the University was brought through its difficulties with a minimum of loss and friction, and the State was immediately lead to fulfill its legal obligation to the Federal Government by assuming the regular payment of the interest on the endowment funds which had been stolen. Under his administration the Engineering Experiment Station was established; eleven important buildings were erected at a cost of $835,000.00; the amount appropriated for general running expenses of the institution was increased three-fold; and the attendance grew from 750 to 3.500. Among the best services which he did to the University was to organize its regulations, and to put them into written form. Dr. Draper resigned his position as President in 1004 to become the Commissioner of Education of the State of New York, a position which he held until his death in Ma) 1913. Dr. I Imund Jan< fame . the fourth President of the University i limed charge November 5. 1004. IV ident Jam* w; born May |, 1855, at Jacksonville, Illinois lie prepared for COlle( in the Model Department oi the Illinois St Normal School, Normal, lie was later a student of Northwestern University, and of Harvard College, and 1 eh 1 his Doctor's Decree fr<>in the University oi Halle, lie taught in the public hi^h hool of bvanston, Illinois, and in the hi'ch hool department of the Illinois Stat \ ual
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