426 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Immediate Needs of the College. 



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 presi- 

 dent and his familj', 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 ap- 

 pointment 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 Au- 

 gust. 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 value 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 Sab- 

 bath services is 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, be- 

 cause 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 



