Download or read book The Wellesley Prelude, Vol. 1 written by Wellesley College and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-10-30 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Wellesley Prelude, Vol. 1: February 8, 1890 Some eight months ago, Mr. J. D'. Rockefeller of New York organized the 'project of a university in Chicago. He at once communicated with the American Baptist Educational society to the effect that he would donate as a nucleus for a college endowment fund under the' conditions that the money should not be used for purchasing a site-0r erecting buildings, but that the income should be used to defray current ex penses. He also stipulated that additional should be raised for general purposes. Mr. Marshall Field has given ten acres of land for the site Of the university. The money necessary is being rapidly raised, and it is thought i that the buildings will soon be erected. 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.