﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  SECRETARY 
  43 
  

  

  Gest, 
  John 
  E. 
  Lodge, 
  Charles 
  Moore, 
  James 
  Parmelee, 
  E. 
  C. 
  Tarbell, 
  

   W. 
  H. 
  Holmes, 
  and 
  C. 
  G. 
  Abbot, 
  secretary 
  of 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  Insti- 
  

   tution. 
  In 
  the 
  absence 
  of 
  the 
  chairman 
  of 
  the 
  commission, 
  Mr. 
  Gari 
  

   Melchers, 
  Mr. 
  Charles 
  Moore 
  was 
  elected 
  temporary 
  chairman. 
  

  

  The 
  minutes 
  of 
  the 
  previous 
  annual 
  meeting 
  were 
  read 
  and 
  ap- 
  

   proved, 
  followed 
  by 
  the 
  reading 
  and 
  approval 
  of 
  the 
  secretary's 
  

   report 
  on 
  the 
  activities 
  of 
  the 
  gallery 
  for 
  the 
  year. 
  

  

  The 
  committee 
  on 
  resolutions 
  on 
  the 
  death 
  of 
  Dr. 
  Charles 
  Doo- 
  

   little 
  Walcott, 
  Secretary 
  of 
  the 
  Institution, 
  appointed 
  at 
  the 
  annual 
  

   meeting 
  of 
  December 
  6, 
  1927, 
  presented 
  the 
  following, 
  which 
  was 
  

   adopted 
  : 
  

  

  Whereas 
  the 
  National 
  Gallery 
  of 
  Art 
  Commission 
  of 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  Insti- 
  

   tution, 
  having 
  learned 
  of 
  the 
  death 
  on 
  February 
  9, 
  1927, 
  of 
  Dr. 
  Charles 
  D. 
  

   Walcott, 
  Secretary 
  of 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  Institution 
  and 
  ex 
  officio 
  a 
  member 
  of 
  

   this 
  commission, 
  has 
  adopted 
  the 
  following 
  resolution 
  : 
  

  

  Resolved, 
  That 
  we 
  hi 
  re 
  record 
  our 
  profound 
  sorrow 
  at 
  the 
  passing 
  of 
  this 
  

   distinguished 
  man 
  of 
  science, 
  whose 
  achievements 
  as 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  the 
  Smith- 
  

   sonian 
  Institution 
  exiianded 
  its 
  renown 
  and 
  added 
  greatly 
  to 
  the 
  sum 
  of 
  human 
  

   knowledge 
  ; 
  but 
  particularly 
  are 
  we 
  desirous 
  of 
  expressing 
  our 
  sense 
  of 
  the 
  

   loss 
  of 
  one 
  who 
  was 
  also 
  keenly 
  alive 
  to 
  the 
  importance 
  of 
  developing 
  the 
  art 
  

   side 
  of 
  the 
  Institution's 
  activities, 
  and 
  to 
  whose 
  foresight 
  is 
  due 
  the 
  establish- 
  

   ment 
  of 
  this 
  commission 
  as 
  a 
  means 
  of 
  insuring 
  a 
  high 
  standard 
  of 
  excellence 
  

   for 
  the 
  art 
  works 
  acquired 
  by 
  the 
  National 
  Gallery 
  of 
  Art. 
  

  

  Resolved, 
  That 
  these 
  resolutions 
  be 
  incorporated 
  in 
  the 
  present 
  annual 
  report 
  

   of 
  the 
  commission 
  to 
  the 
  Board 
  of 
  Regents 
  and 
  that 
  a 
  copy 
  of 
  them 
  be 
  trans- 
  

   mitted 
  by 
  the 
  Secretary 
  of 
  the 
  commission 
  to 
  the 
  family 
  of 
  Doctor 
  Walcott. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  C. 
  G. 
  Abbot, 
  

   De. 
  W. 
  H. 
  Holmes, 
  

  

  Committee. 
  

  

  The 
  chairman 
  asked 
  Mr, 
  Lodge 
  in 
  regard 
  to 
  the 
  relationship 
  of 
  

   the 
  Freer 
  Gallery 
  to 
  the 
  National 
  Gallery, 
  and 
  Mr. 
  Lodge 
  explained 
  

   that, 
  as 
  he 
  understood 
  it, 
  Mr. 
  Freer 
  had 
  desired 
  that 
  his 
  gift 
  should 
  

   be 
  regarded 
  as 
  a 
  branch 
  of 
  the 
  National 
  Gallery, 
  to 
  be 
  separately 
  

   provided 
  for 
  and 
  installed. 
  

  

  The 
  chairman 
  called 
  attention 
  to 
  a 
  project 
  advocated 
  by 
  persons 
  

   interested 
  in 
  the 
  promotion 
  of 
  American 
  art, 
  which 
  project 
  favors 
  

   the 
  establishment 
  of 
  a 
  fund 
  to 
  be 
  devoted 
  to 
  the 
  aid 
  of 
  young, 
  prom- 
  

   ising 
  artists. 
  The 
  suggestion 
  was 
  favorably 
  commented 
  upon 
  and 
  

   the 
  feasibility 
  of 
  securing 
  support 
  of 
  the 
  undertaking 
  was 
  discussed 
  

   at 
  some 
  length. 
  The 
  chairman 
  was 
  authorized 
  to 
  take 
  the 
  matter 
  up 
  

   with 
  such 
  persons 
  and 
  institutions 
  as 
  he 
  might 
  find 
  sympathetic. 
  

  

  THE 
  HENRY 
  WARD 
  RANGER 
  FUND 
  

  

  The 
  paintings 
  purchased 
  during 
  the 
  j^ear 
  by 
  the 
  council 
  of 
  the 
  

   National 
  Academy 
  of 
  Design 
  as 
  provided 
  by 
  the 
  Henry 
  Ward 
  Ranger 
  

  

  