Overseers' Meeting.

At an adjourned meeting of the Harvard Overseers, held Wednesday afternoon, the following appointments of the faculty were confirmed: William Albert Keener, LL.D., Story professor of law; Frederick Cheever Shaftuck, M. D., professor of clinical medicine; John Orne Green, M. D., clinical professor of otology; Clarence John Blake, M. B., professor of otology; Frederick Irving Knight, M. D., clinical professor of laryngology; William Henry Baker, M. D., professor of gynaecology. The board voted to concur with the president and fellows in reappointing George Dunning Moore, Ph. D., proctor for 1888-9; and in appointing Morris Hicky Morgan, Ph. D., tutor in Greek for three years from Sept. 1, 1888.

The following votes of the faculty were passed in concurrence:-

Voted, 1. That the committee on the regulation of athletics sports shall hereafter be constituted as follows: Of three graduates of the college, of three members of the college faculty, these six members to be appointed by the corporation, and of three undergraduates, who shall be chosen during the first week of the college year by the majority vote of the following students: The president of the senior, junior and sophomore classes and the representatives from each of the following athletic organizations: The boat club, cricket club, and the athletic, base-ball, football, lacrosse and tennis associations, who shall be called together for the purpose of making this choice by the president of the university.

Voted 2. This committee shall hold office for one year, beginning at the opening of the academic year.

Voted, 3. To re-affirm and adopt the following regulations on athletic sports 1. No match games, races or athletic exhibitions shall take place in Cambridge, except after the last recitation hour on Saturday, or after 4 p. m. 2. No college club or athletic association shall play or compete with professionals. 3. No person shall assume the functions of trainer or instructor in athletics upon the grounds or within the buildings of the college without authority in writing from the committee. 4. No student shall enter as a competitor in any athletic sport, or join as an active member any college athletic club, including base-ball, football, cricket, lacrosse and rowing associations, without a previous examination by the director of the gymnasium and his permission so to do. 5. All match games, outside of Cambridge, shall be played upon Saturdays or holidays.

The following, which was the main subject of debate in the board, was non-concurred in and rejected:

"That this committee shall have full power over all matters relating to athletics and athletic contests, subject to such general regulations as the college faculty may from time to time adopt. It shall present two written reports each year to the faculty."

The board, however, reaffirmed its vote passed May 9 in relation to the power of the committee on athletics as follows: "That the committee should have entire supervision and control of all athletic exercises within and without the precincts of the university, subject to the authority of the faculty, except as otherwise provided by the board."