An annual bequest of $2,000 offered by Mr. Samuel Sachs, of New York, has been accepted by the Corporation to establish to "Sachs Research Fellowship in Fine Arts." After July 1, 1916, this fellowship is to be awarded annually to any American, man or woman, of proved ability, whether student or instructor, for the purpose of enabling him to pursue in any part of the world advanced studies in the history, principles, or methods of the Fine Arts.

In the list of receipts announced by the Treasurer, the following gifts appeared: a sum of $51,500 from the Estate of J. Arthur Beebe on account of his residuary bequest to Harvard College in trust to use the income thereof for the general purposes of the University; the sum of $50,000 additional from the estate of Mrs. William F. Matchett on account of her residuary bequest, the income of which is to be used for the general purposes of the College.

The following scholarships have been awarded for 1916-17: Henry Weidemann Locke Scholarship to W. D. Canan; Hilton Scholarship to T. R. Jones; Joseph Eveleth Scholarships to J. J. Connolly and to W. C. Sadler. The following appointments as assistants were made: In Classics, Thomas Lewis Kennedy; in Zoology, Leslie Clarence Dunn 1G., Dwight Elmer Minnich 3G., James Montrose Duncan Olmsted 1G.; as Austin Teaching Fellows; in Botany, Fred Campbell Meier 1G., Oran Levi Raber 2G.; in Zoology, Selig Hecht 2G., Alfred Clarence Redfield 3G., Arthur Calvin Walton 1G.; as instructors: in French, Neil Cole Arvin 3G., Hyme Loss 2G., Lester Burton Struthers 5G.; in Romance Languages, Leslie Parker Brown 2G., Sturgis Elleno Leavitt 3G., George Luther Lincoln '96, Charles Harold Livingston 4G., Eugene Fred Parker '09, Robert Everett Rockwood 3G.; in Spanish, Guillernao Rivera '09; in Mathematics, James Wallace Hopkins 2G., Ralph Keffer, Tracy Augustus Pierce; in Municipal Government, Alfred Chester Hanford 1G. Allan Reuben Campbell '99 was appointed Lecturer on New York Practice.