ANNUAL rtEPOUT 



OF THB 



MASSACHUSETTS AGEICULTUEAL COLLEGE. 



To His Excellency the Governor ayid the Honorable Council: 



The last year has been, in many ways, a successful year to 

 the college. The standard of scholarship has been raised, 

 the course of study has been extended, buildings and 

 grounds have been improved, new buildings have been 

 erected, an excellent class of young men has been in 

 attendance, and good health, good cheer and a determina- 

 tion to accomplish good results, have characterized those in 

 charge of the practical work of the several departments, the 

 students and the faculty. 



BUILDINGS. 



The appropriation of $6,000, made by the last legislature 

 for the repair and improvement of North College and 

 " other buildings of the college," was very timely, and, under 

 the direction of the building committee of the trustees, O. 

 B. Hadwen, Esq., of Worcester, J. II. Demond, Esq., of 

 Northampton, President Greenough, and Hon. Daniel 

 Needham of Groton, the money has been carefully ex- 

 pended. Throughout the first three stories, with the 

 exception of two rooms p:eviously repaired, — one occu- 

 pied b}' the Christian Union, the other by one of the literary 

 societies of the college, — the entire wood-work has been 

 removed, and new wood-work substituted. This, well 



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