Excerpt from The Cap and Gown, 1895, Vol. 2 In the fall of 1888 Mr. John D. Rockefeller, whose attention had been called to the matter by Dr. G. W. Northrup and others, sought opportunities of conference with Prof. William R. Harper, of Yale University, regarding it, and finally entered into communication with Rev. F. T. Gates, Secretary of the American Baptist Education Society. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.