Meeting of Harvard Overseers.

An adjourned meeting of the Overseers was held at the office in Boston on Wednesday morning. Hon. Leverett Saltonstall presided at the meeting. The elections of George L. Goodale, M. D., as Fisher professor of natural history; of Benjamin Osgood Pierce, Ph. D., on Hollis professor of mathematics and natural philosophy; of John Trowbridge, S. D., as Rumford professor, were confirmed. A communication was received from Hon. Theodore Lyman, presenting his resignation as a member of the board, was read and the resignation was accepted. Minority and majority reports were received from the committee on athletics and were laid on the table. The committee upon the resolution of the alumni of Lawrence Scientific School that "in the government of a university all branches of the university should be represented," sent in its' report through Mr. Walcott. The report was laid on the table. Oliver F. Wadsworth, George R. Briggs and W. C. Cabot resigned their positions as members of the committee on mathematics, physics and chemistry, and the committee on examinations was requested to take steps to fill the vacancies. The meeting then adjourned until May 2.