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  ANNUAL 
  REPORT 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION, 
  1922. 
  

  

  offices 
  have 
  been 
  carpeted 
  and 
  furnished, 
  oiling 
  of 
  the 
  gallery 
  floors 
  

   has 
  been 
  begun, 
  electric 
  meters 
  have 
  been 
  installed, 
  cheesecloth 
  

   screens 
  have 
  been 
  provided 
  for 
  the 
  ventilators 
  in 
  all 
  the 
  storage 
  

   rooms, 
  and 
  necessary 
  drains 
  have 
  been 
  set 
  in 
  the 
  lower 
  floor 
  at 
  

   various 
  places. 
  

  

  PERSONNEL. 
  

  

  Grace 
  Dunham 
  Guest 
  was 
  appointed 
  assistant 
  curator 
  on 
  January 
  

   1, 
  1922. 
  

  

  Ruth 
  W. 
  Helsley 
  resigned, 
  her 
  resignation 
  taking 
  effect 
  March 
  1, 
  

   1922. 
  

  

  Ruth 
  L. 
  Walker 
  was 
  appointed 
  to 
  fill 
  Mrs. 
  Helsley's 
  post 
  as 
  stenog- 
  

   rapher 
  on 
  February 
  15, 
  1922. 
  

  

  Carl 
  W. 
  Bishop 
  was 
  appointed 
  associate 
  curator 
  on 
  April 
  9, 
  1922. 
  

  

  Miss 
  Guest 
  was 
  given 
  a 
  two 
  months' 
  leave, 
  and 
  she 
  sailed 
  for 
  

   Europe 
  on 
  June 
  24, 
  1922, 
  to 
  act 
  as 
  delegate 
  from 
  the 
  Freer 
  Gallery 
  

   of 
  Art 
  to 
  the 
  double 
  centennial 
  meeting 
  of 
  the 
  Societe 
  Asiatique 
  de 
  

   Paris, 
  and 
  also 
  to 
  study 
  collections 
  of 
  oriental 
  art 
  — 
  especially 
  ce- 
  

   ramics 
  — 
  in 
  England, 
  France, 
  and 
  Germany. 
  

  

  Respectfully 
  submitted. 
  

  

  J. 
  E. 
  Lodge, 
  

   Curatory 
  Freer 
  Gallery 
  of 
  Art. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Charles 
  D. 
  Walcott, 
  

  

  Secretary, 
  Smithsonian 
  Institution. 
  

  

  