The following nominations have been made for the coming election of overseers of Harvard College:

1854-F. L. Ames Boston

1823-William Amory Boston

1844-Robert Codman Boston

1858-Benjamin W. Crowinshield Marblehead

1845-Charles P. Curtis Boston

1858-James C. Davis Boston

1847-William C. Endicott Salem

1846-Charles D. Homans Boston

H. H. Hunnewell Wellesley

1857-Solomon Lincoln Boston

Richard Olney Boston

1826-Andrew P. Peabody Cambridge

1858-John C. Phillips Boston

1852-Samuel M. Quincy Boston

1850-George F. Richardson Lowell

1837-Charles T. Russell Cambridge

1831-George C. Shattuck Boston

1849-Lemuel Shaw Boston

1871-Nathaniel Thayer Lancaster

1842-S. L. Thorndike Boston

1859-Albert Stickney New York

1860-Francis M. Weld New York

1870-Roger Wolcott Boston

A report of a committee from the board of overseers has just been made which recommends some modifications in the requirements for final honors, and that a special committee of the faculty be given charge of all applications for final honors and authorized to decide each application on its merits.