During the past few months considerable progress has been made in improving the grounds and buildings belonging to the University. The most conspicuous advance is in the construction of the President's new house, which is situated on Quincy street between the house that President Lowell now occupies and Emerson Hall. Ground was broken on the new site last fall, and the work which remains to be done is being rushed in order that the building will be ready for occupancy as soon as possible. At present the earliest possibility of this will be at Christmas.

The Wolcott Gibbs Memorial Laboratory, one of the proposed six new chemical buildings, is also nearing completion. This laboratory is being constructed on Frisbie place, and was commenced last fall. The interior walls have already been plastered and what remains to be done will be finished within two months.

Foundations have been laid for the Coolidge Memorial Laboratory, another of the proposed chemical buildings, which will be situated directly to the east of the Wolcott Gibbs Laboratory. Work on the Coolidge building began six weeks ago, but was delayed because the plans for a heating system had not been completed. As yet, plans for the upper structure of the building are not definite, and no date for the completion of the building can be given.

Four of the old elm trees in the Yard were cut down during the summer. Everything possible is being done to preserve those trees which are still alive. A number of them were trimmed during the summer and the deadwood is now being removed from the remaining trees. The dead trees and decayed wood was found to afford breeding places for such pests as the bark beetle and the leopard moth and so the utmost care has been exercised in removing as much of this as possible.