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ices Administration, and by Luther H. Flouton, Charles J. Nora, and 

 Julius J. Dickerson, design architects of that agency. Carroll Lusk, 

 museum lighting specialist of Syracuse, N.Y., provided valuable con- 

 sultative assistance to designers of exhibition halls for the Museum of 

 History and Technology. George Weiner, with the assistance of 

 Constance Minkin, Basil Andronicos, and Edna Owens, continued the 

 editing of the curator's drafts of exhibit labels. 



DOCENT SERVICE 



The Junior League of Washington continued its outstanding 

 volunteer guided tour program for schools within the Greater Wash- 

 ington area, with the cooperation of G. Carroll Lindsay, curator of 

 the Smithsonian Museum Service, working with Mrs. Dean Cowie, 

 chairman of the Smithsonian Volunteer Committee of the Jmiior 

 League of Washington, and Mrs. E. Tillman Stirling, cochairman. At 

 the conclusion of the tour season Mrs. Cowie was succeeded as chair- 

 man by her cochairman, Mrs. Stirling. Mrs. Vernon Knight will 

 serve as cochairman of the Docent Committee for the forthcoming 

 year. 



During the 1960-61 season, tours were conducted in the Halls of 

 Everyday Life in Early America, Native Peoples of the Americas, 

 Gems and Minerals, Textiles, and Power. Tours in each of the halls 

 were scheduled twice each day, 5 days a week from October through 

 January. In February tours were offered four times daily in the Plalls 

 of Everyday Life in Early America and Native Peoples of the 

 Americas, while they were continued in the other three halls on the 

 same schedule of twice daily. Tours were conducted through April. 



A total of 579 tours were conducted, in which 16,207 children par- 

 ticipated. This represents a marked increase over last year's par- 

 ticipation. It is important to express in this report the deep gratitude 

 of all connected with the Smithsonian for the notable service to the 

 community and the Institution given by these able and dedicated 

 volunteer workers. 



In addition to Mrs. Cowie and Mrs. Stirling, the members of the 

 Docent Committee were: Mrs. George Armstrong, Mrs. A. Stuart 

 Baldwin, Mrs. William Dixon, Mrs. William Ford, Mrs. Clark Gear- 

 hart, Mrs. George Gerber, Mrs. Everett Hutchinson, Mrs. Charles 

 Kelly, Mrs. Vernon Knight, Mrs. Edward Lamont, Mrs. Ralph Lee 

 III, Mrs. Dickson Loos, Mrs. John E, Malone, Mrs. John Manfuso, 

 Mrs. Ernest May, Mrs. William McClure, Mrs. Robert McCormick, 

 Mrs. Arnold McKinnon, Mrs. Peter Macdonald, Mrs. Joseph Metcalf, 

 Mrs. William Minshall, Mrs. Minot Mulligan, Mrs. James Rasbury, 

 Mrs. Robert Rogers, Mrs. W. James Sears, Mrs. William Sloan, Mrs. 

 Walter Slowinski, Mrs. James Stallings, Mrs. Jolm Voorhees, Mrs. 

 Richard Wallis, and Mrs. Marc White. 



