At a regular meeting of the Board of Overseers on Wednesday, April 11, the following appointments made by the Corporation were confirmed, all of them to date from September 1, 1900: John Hays Gardiner, A.B., to be assistant professor of English for five years; William E. Castle, Ph.D., instructor in zoology, and William R. Spalding, instructor in music. A resolution was passed requesting the faculties of each department to state in the Catalogue the exact conditions on which the several degrees may be obtained. The following rule was adopted: "That no undergraduate should be allowed to remain in residence at the University for any year without taking at least four courses or their equivalent, the present minimum work required in each year, except upon a special vote of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences." The reports of the following departments were ordered to be printed: Indo-Iranian Languages, Medical and Dental Schools, Ancient History, Mediaeval History and Roman Law.