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1885, Feb. 4. South dormitory destroyed by fire. 



1885, June 11. Resolve allowing $45,000 for rebuilding 



south dormitory, erecting a tower on the 

 chapel building, and purchasing scientific 

 apparatus. 



1885, June 11. Resolve allowing $6,000 for the erection of 



a laboratory for the Massachusetts Ex- 

 periment Station. 



1885, June 19. Act making the annual report of the col- 



lege, and the annual report of the experi- 

 ment station, public documents. 



1885, Nov. 29. Death of ex-president French. 



1885. Resignation of Professor H. E. Stockbridge. 



1885. Charles Wellington elected associate pro- 



fessor of chemistry. 



1885. George E. Sage, U. S. A., detailed for 



duty as professor of military science and 

 tactics. 



1885. President's house completed. 



1886, March 9. Death of ex- president Clark. 



1886, April 16. Resolve making perpetual the allowance of 



$10,000 annually, granted July 5, 1883. 



1886. Completion of south dormitory, chapel and 



library building, and laboratory of Mas- 

 sachusetts Experiment Station. 



1886. Henry James Clark Natural History prize 



given. 



1886. Resolve allowing $7,500 for repairs and 



needs of the college. 



1886. Gift by Hon. Marshall P. Wilder of several 



hundred volumes to the college library. 



