1. The North College is well-nigh unfit for occupancy. Repairs have been made from time to time, but, owing to the fact that the building was hastily and cheaply built, and has been subjected to constant wear for some fifteen years, it needs a thorough renovation. The estimated cost of the repairs and necessary improvements is $5,000. Unless this building is put in good condition, it will be impossible to accommodate the next class that enters.

2. A house on the grounds, to be occupied by the president and his family, is an admitted necessity. President Chadbourne selected a site, and the trustees were planning to build, at the time of his death. At the time of the appointment of President Greenough, it was agreed to provide a house upon the grounds. A balance in the treasury of the college justified the trustees in beginning the house in August. As the funds of the college did not allow us to finish the building, nothing has been done upon it since the early days of November, when the first coat of plastering was put on. It did not seem wise to stop the work at an earlier stage. The amount expended upon the house is about $2,000. The amount needed to pay outstanding bills, and to complete the house and the grading, will be $6,000. It will be more economical for the State to complete this house than to continue the allowance for house-rent agreed to be paid to the president until it is finished. The main reason, however, for completing the house, is that the services of the president, when living on the grounds, will be of far more vague to the college than they can be while he is obliged to live at a distance of a mile from the college.

3. The room now used as a chapel for morning and Sabbath services is a part of the chemical building. The increased work in the chemical department of the college demands that the whole building shall at once be occupied by that department. In fact, much of the work incident to the Experiment Station is now accomplished with difficulty, because of the lack of room in the chemical building. Our present chapel room must be given up to the chemical department. Where, then, shall the students assemble for morning service, for lectures and for Sabbath services? The only way of meeting this question is by the erection of a chapel. When this building is erected, provision should be made for a library. We have noticed elsewhere the gifts of Leander Wetherell, Esq., and others to the library. We have no suitable room in which to put these books. Hon. Marshall P. Wilder has agreed to place a set of books, which cost him upwards of $500, in the library, as his gift. These books would be of great practical value-to the college; but we cannot transfer them to Amherst until the State shall provide a suitable place.

During the month of December, in response to the solicitations of the President, several thousands of dollars were pledged, as a permanent fund for A library. Most of this was pledged by certain gentlemen now on the board of trustees of the college. If allowed, we would gladly give the names of those who have thus provided a permanent library and. Three thousand dollars have been collected, but all of the remainder cannot be collected, nor the income used, unless a suitable place is provided for keeping the books the alumni of the college are also moving to secure an alumni fund for the library. It is seldom that one of our state institutions has received such gifts as are now proffered. Whether these gifts shall be available depends upon the action of the present legislature.

In the accompanying reports some of the needed appliances by which the work of the several departments of the college can be made more effective, are specifically noted.