SECRETARY'S REPORT 37 



EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM 



The attendance for the general, congressional, and special tours 

 and the "Picture of the Week" totaled 36,756, while the attendance 

 at the 48 auditorium lectures on Sunday afternoons was approximately 

 14,284 during the fiscal year 1952. 



Special tours, lectures, and conferences arranged for by appointment 

 were given to 213 groups and individuals. The total number of 

 people served in this manner was 5,651, an increase of 2,093 over last 

 year. These special appointments were made for such groups as 

 Department of State trainees for overseas cultural service, Germans 

 sponsored by the orientation program of the American Council of 

 Education functioning under the point-4 program of the Department 

 of State, groups from various other governmental departments, high- 

 school and college students, women's clubs, Brownies, Scouts, Sunday 

 school classes, and groups from national conventions meeting in the 

 city. This service also included the training of Junior League vol- 

 unteers who thereafter conducted tours for art students in the Wash- 

 ington high schools and a training program for members of the 

 Arlington American Association of University Women who served 

 as volunteer docents and conducted tours in the Gallery for all the 

 Arlington public-school children in grades two through six. 



The staff of the Education Office delivered 26 lantern-slide lectures 

 and four film lectures, while guest speakers delivered 17 lectures. 

 During March and April, Jacques Maritain delivered the first annual 

 series of the A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts on the theme "Cre- 

 ative Intuition in Art and Poetry." 



During the past year 124 persons borrowed 4,853 slides from the 

 lending collection, which contains more than 10,000 slides. 



Two additional 16-mm. prints of the film "The National Gallery of 

 Art" were made. Seven prints are now available for circulation. 

 The film was lent 73 times during the year. Two sets of 2-x-2"-size 

 slides, and one set of standard-size slides of the "Christmas Story in 

 Art," a mimeographed lecture illustrated by 34 slides, were available 

 for circulation. These were in constant use during the Christmas 

 season. 



The monthly Calendar of Events announcing all the Gallery activ- 

 ities, including notices of exhibitions, new publications, lectures, 

 gallery talks, tours, and concerts, was mailed to more than 4,000 

 persons. 



LIBRARY 



Books, pamphlets, periodicals, and subscriptions purchased out of 

 the fund presented to the National Gallery of Art by Paul Mellon 

 totaled 438 during the fiscal year 1952. Gifts included 285 books and 

 pamphlets, whilo 614 books, etc., were received on exchange from other 



