BUILDINGS.

The old chapel building has been changed in its interior construction, and renovated, so that it now contains a lecture room, a room for drawing, the mathematical recitation-room, the philosophical apparatus room, the chemical lecture-room, the chemical laboratory and various work-rooms. The appropriation of $2,000, made by the legislature of last year, was not sufficient to do all that should be done, but the improvements made will greatly aid our scientific work.

The brick building, partly on the site of the old south dormitory building, is roofed, plastered, and nearly ready for the finish. This building is composed of two wings,  joined so as to form a right angle. The dormitory wing, more than 151 feet in length, fronts toward the south, giving a south room for a study-room to every student who shall occupy the building. The bedrooms in the rear of the study-rooms are of good size, and arranged for ample light and ventilation. The building will accommodate forty-eight students when all the rooms are finished.

The lecture-room wing fronts the east, and has in its basement the steam-heating apparatus, the work-room and the agricultural implement room. All of the first floor is devoted to the work of the agricultural department. Here are one lecture-room, two smaller rooms, and a large room for an agricultural museum. In the second story are two rooms for the department of language and literature, and for other departments. A third room in this story will make an admirable room for our collections in natural history, and may also be used for lectures on mineralogy and geology. The new chapel and library building, which has been delayed because of the erection of the tower, is nearly finished, and will soon be furnished. All the buildings should be connected with each other and with the walk on West Pleasant Street by concrete walks; for this purpose an appropriation of $1,000 will be required. The college grounds should be provided with additional hydrants connected with the water supply of the town of Amherst. Hose and other necessary apparatus should be at hand to protect the buildings against 1088 by fire. An appropriation of $1,000 will be required for this purpose.