At the meeting of the Overseers of Harvard College, held on February 28, it was voted to appoint Ernesto Queseda Professor of Latin-American History and Economics for the year 1916-1917. Professor Queseda is not unfamiliar with conditions in the United States, having been in this country several times for extended periods, and has spent the past year in studying conditions in this country.

Professor Queseda has been Professor of Sociology and Economics at the Universidad Nacionale de Buenos Aires, and Professor of Political Economy at the Universidad Nacionale de la Plaia, also of Buenos Aires.

Professor Queseda knows economic conditions in South America extremely well, as he has travelled widely, and done a great deal of original investigation. He is especially interested in the historical and sociological side of Economics.

Seven Sabbaticals Granted.

Leave of absence during 1916-17 has been granted to seven members of the faculty, for a half or a whole year, as follows: Frederick J. Turner, Professor of History, whole year; Kuno Francke, Professor of German Culture, whole year; Walter F. Dearborn, Assistant Professor of Education, first half-year; Paul H. Hanus, Professor of History and Education, second half-year; Henry W. Holmes, Assistant Professor of Education, second half-year; Ephraim Emerton, Professor of History, second half-year; Barrett Wendell, Professor of English, first or second half-year, to be decided later.