﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  SECRETARY 
  45 
  

  

  DOCENT 
  SERVICE 
  

  

  Eight 
  groups 
  were 
  given 
  docent 
  service 
  in 
  the 
  exhibition 
  galleries 
  

   (total 
  415) 
  ; 
  four 
  groups 
  were 
  given 
  instruction 
  in 
  the 
  study 
  room 
  

   (total 
  21). 
  

  

  PERSONNEL 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  with 
  great 
  sadness 
  that 
  we 
  have 
  to 
  record 
  the 
  death 
  on 
  

   December 
  29, 
  1942, 
  of 
  John 
  Ellerton 
  Lodge, 
  Director 
  of 
  the 
  Freer 
  

   Gallery 
  from 
  its 
  beginning 
  in 
  the 
  autumn 
  of 
  1920. 
  Under 
  his 
  wise 
  

   administration 
  the 
  Freer 
  collections 
  and 
  endowment 
  were 
  founded 
  

   as 
  a 
  public 
  institution 
  for 
  the 
  further 
  prosecution 
  of 
  the 
  study 
  and 
  

   the 
  acquisition 
  of 
  Oriental 
  fine 
  arts. 
  Both 
  branches 
  of 
  this 
  work 
  

   were 
  developed 
  simultaneously. 
  The 
  first 
  led 
  to 
  the 
  training 
  of 
  

   language 
  students 
  and 
  to 
  field 
  work 
  in 
  China, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  to 
  studies 
  

   within 
  the 
  collection 
  ; 
  the 
  second, 
  to 
  an 
  immense 
  and 
  very 
  significant 
  

   expansion 
  in 
  every 
  field 
  : 
  the 
  sections 
  devoted 
  to 
  Chinese 
  bronzes, 
  

   jades, 
  painting, 
  and 
  pottery 
  raised 
  to 
  higher 
  levels 
  of 
  quality; 
  the 
  

   sections 
  devoted 
  to 
  Near 
  Eastern 
  and 
  East 
  Indian 
  manuscripts, 
  

   paintings, 
  ceramics, 
  glass 
  and 
  metal 
  work 
  created 
  almost 
  in 
  entirety 
  

   upon 
  small 
  and, 
  for 
  the 
  most 
  part, 
  unimportant 
  nuclei 
  in 
  the 
  original 
  

   collection. 
  

  

  Elizabeth 
  Hill 
  Maltby, 
  librarian 
  since 
  December 
  17, 
  1935, 
  resigned 
  

   her 
  position 
  on 
  August 
  15, 
  1942. 
  On 
  the 
  same 
  day 
  Frances 
  Poncelet, 
  

   who 
  had 
  reported 
  for 
  duty 
  July 
  27, 
  was 
  appointed 
  librarian. 
  

  

  Archibald 
  G. 
  Wenley, 
  associate 
  in 
  research, 
  was 
  appointed 
  Acting 
  

   Director 
  on 
  January 
  1, 
  1943. 
  On 
  January 
  16 
  he 
  was 
  appointed 
  

   Director. 
  

  

  William 
  R. 
  B. 
  Acker, 
  language 
  assistant, 
  was 
  placed 
  on 
  furlough 
  

   December 
  31, 
  1942, 
  being 
  detached 
  for 
  service 
  with 
  the 
  Office 
  of 
  

   War 
  Information. 
  

  

  Daisy 
  Furscott 
  Bishop 
  terminated 
  her 
  long 
  service 
  at 
  the 
  Freer 
  

   Gallery 
  on 
  January 
  27, 
  1943, 
  being 
  transferred 
  to 
  the 
  library 
  of 
  the 
  

   Smithsonian 
  Institution. 
  

  

  John 
  A. 
  Pope, 
  formerly 
  Lecturer 
  on 
  Chinese 
  Art 
  at 
  Columbia 
  Uni- 
  

   versity, 
  was 
  appointed 
  associate 
  in 
  research 
  on 
  April 
  1, 
  1943. 
  

  

  Grace 
  T. 
  Whitney 
  worked 
  intermittently 
  at 
  the 
  Gallery 
  in 
  the 
  Near 
  

   East 
  section 
  between 
  October 
  22, 
  1942, 
  and 
  June 
  16, 
  1943. 
  

  

  Joseph 
  H. 
  Boswell, 
  principal 
  guard, 
  who 
  had 
  been 
  on 
  duty 
  here 
  

   since 
  September 
  1923, 
  retired 
  at 
  his 
  own 
  request 
  June 
  30, 
  1943. 
  

  

  Other 
  changes 
  in 
  personnel 
  are 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  Appointments: 
  Joseph 
  P. 
  Germuiller, 
  guard, 
  recalled 
  from 
  re- 
  

   tirement 
  August 
  1, 
  1942; 
  Charles 
  W. 
  Frost, 
  guard, 
  August 
  25, 
  1942; 
  

   Norman 
  E. 
  Baldwin, 
  guard, 
  November 
  16, 
  1942; 
  James 
  W. 
  Burns, 
  

   guard, 
  by 
  temporary 
  transfer 
  from 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  National 
  Mu- 
  

  

  