At a special meeting of the Board of Overseers of Harvard College, held yesterday, President E. Rockwood Hoar in the chair, it was voted to concur with the President and Fellows in conferring the degree of Bachelor of Sciences, cum laude, out of course, on Pierre Cheeseman Du Bois of the class of 1865; in the appointment of George Lincoln Walton, M. D., as special clinical instructor in the disease of the nervous system; James Jackson Putnam, M. D., instructor in the diseases of the nervous system; Frederick Eugene Rice, M. D., M. R. C. V. S., instructor in anatomy and materia medica in the veterinary hospital; Edwin Farnham, M. D., lecturer on health and strength, all for 1885-86; and Winfield Scott Chaplin, A. M., Dean of the Faculty of Lawrence Scientic School. It was voted not to concur with the President and Fellows in the establishment of a professorship of American Archaeology and Ethnology.

The resignation of Mr. Alexander Agassiz as a member of the board was presented and accepted, and Col. Lee, the President of the University, and Mr. Lowell were appointed a committee to prepare and present a resolution expressing the regret of the board at his resignation.

The report of the committee on the Law School was presented by Judge Lowell and referred to the committee on reports and resolutions.