At a special meeting of the Board of Overseers yesterday morning it was voted to concur with the President and Fellows in the following votes:

Appointing George Howard Parker, S. D., assistant professor of zoology for five years from September 1, 1899; appointing William Coolidge Lane, A. B., and Byron Satterlee Hurlbut, A. M., members of the University Council; appointing William Sturgis Bigelow, Arthur Astor Carey and Arthur Tracy Cabot trustees of the Museum of Fine Arts for one year from January 1, 1900.

Electing William Lambert Richardson, A. M., M. D., dean of the faculty of medicine.

Establishing the Asa Gray professorship of systematic botany.

Appointing the following administrative boards for 1899-1900.

Medical School--William L. Richardson, A.M., M. D., dean; W. F. Whitney, M.D., J. C. Warren, M. D., LL.D., E. S. Wood, M. D., F. C. Shattuck, M.D., C. M. Green, M. D., Charles Harrington, M.D., Franklin Dexter, M.D., and F. B. Mallory, M. D.

Dental School--E. H. Smith, D.M.D., dean; Thomas Fillebrown, M.D., D.M.D., C. A. Brackett, D.M.D., W. B. Hills, D.M.D., E. C. Briggs, M.D., D.M.D., J. C. Stanton, M.D., D.M.D., W. P. Cooke, D.M.D., D. M. Clapp, D.M.D., and W. E. Boardman, D.M.D.

School of Veterinary Medicine--C. P. Lyman, F. R. C. V. S., dean; W. F. Whitney, M.D., A. J. Sheldon, D.V.S., F. H. Osgood, M.D., C.V.S., Langdon Frothingham, M.D.V., Allen Cleghorn, M.D., and E. W. Babson, M.D.V.