DRAPER, Andrew Wan, American lawyer and educator : b.. Westford, N. Y., 21 June 1/348; d. Albany, N. Y:, 27 April 1913. He attended the public schools of Albany until 1863, when he won a prize scholarship in the Albany Acadertiy, Upon graduating in 1866 he became instructor there, and principal of a graded school, through, the next four years. During these years he had been reading law, and, after graduating frotri the Albany Law School and the School of Law of Union University, he was admitted #o the bar In 1871, and practised in Albany till 1887, In 1881 he was elected to the legislature, and for several years was actively dr igt wed ial tio I i tics. In 1884 he was appointed by. President Arthur one of the judges of the United. States Court of Alabama Claims, serving until thd duties of that court• were conclude& ' It is, however, for his long and distinct service to the administration of American :edit cation that Dr. Draper is best kno*n arid appre; dated. From 1W8,81 and again from 1290-92 he was a member of the board of education in Albany; when in the legislature in.1881. he wad a member of the committee On public education? In 1882 he became one of the board.of thelState Normal School in Albany; in 1886 and again in 1889 was elected, by the legislature, State ;loner intendent of public instruction. Prcini • 18819-91 he was president of the National Association of School Superintendents; in 1892-94 superintend ent of public schools of Cleveland, Ohio; in the latter year resigned this position to become president of the University! of Illinois, acting in that capacity for 10 years; in 1902 was appointed by President Roosevelt a member of the United States Board of Indian Commissioners; in 1903 was elected president of the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, and on 9 March 1904 was chosen commissioner of education of the State of New York. He was chairman of the Department of Education of the International Congress Saint Lottli 1904 and was awarded the grand prize of fhe exposition for the preparation of educational exhibits from Illinois and New York. Dr.
Draper wrote largely on historical and educa tional matters and in 1905, beside contributing many articles himself to the work, became editoe of the educational department of the
pedia Americana.' (See article Eaucariox). A large bronze memorial tablet to Dr. Draper was unveiled at the 53d convocation of the Uni versity of the State of New York in the State Education Building in Albany on 18 Oct 1917. Among his numerous publications are 'How to Improve the Country Schools) (1:4:7) ; 'Powers and Obligations of Teachers' (1887) • 'School Administration in Large Cities) (1888) ; 'The Indian Problem in the State of New York) (1888);
of the New York Common School System); 'Legal Status of the Public Schools' (1890) • 'The. Authority of the State in Education' (1840) ; Teaching Profession' (1890)•'American Schools and American Citi zenship' (1891) ; 'The Spirit of the Teacher' ; 'Science in the Elementary Schools' 'The Pilgrims and Their Share in the National Life' ; 'American Universities and the National Life); 'The Illinois Life and the Presidency of Lin coln'; Rescue of Cuba) • 'Bankers and the ommunity Life); 'John Marshall and the March of the
'Memorial of President McKinley) ; (Coeducation in
Personal Equation in the Medical Profession' Recovery of the ' Law) • 'The University's Return to the State); (The Element of Inspiration in the Schools); 'Educational Tendencies, Desirable and Other wise); 'University Questions concerning the Common Schools);