﻿EEPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  SECRETARY 
  55 
  

  

  service 
  in 
  the 
  galleries. 
  On 
  November 
  19, 
  1928, 
  Mr. 
  Bishop 
  lectured 
  

   in 
  the 
  auditorium 
  on 
  The 
  Development 
  of 
  Chinese 
  Arts, 
  with 
  lan- 
  

   tern-slide 
  illustrations, 
  before 
  an 
  audience 
  composed 
  of 
  the 
  art 
  sec- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  the 
  Twentieth 
  Century 
  Club 
  and 
  the 
  department 
  of 
  fine 
  

   arts 
  of 
  the 
  District 
  Federation 
  of 
  Women's 
  Clubs. 
  

  

  FIELD 
  WORK 
  

  

  The 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  field 
  staff 
  has 
  been 
  carried 
  on 
  during 
  the 
  past 
  

   year 
  without 
  interruption, 
  in 
  this 
  country 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  in 
  China, 
  and 
  

   gratifying 
  progress 
  has 
  been 
  made 
  in 
  both. 
  

  

  The 
  labor 
  involved 
  has 
  now 
  reached 
  very 
  considerable 
  portions 
  

   and 
  is 
  steadily 
  growing 
  in 
  amount. 
  In 
  addition 
  to 
  that 
  of 
  a 
  routine 
  

   nature, 
  it 
  has 
  come 
  to 
  include 
  the 
  handling 
  of 
  a 
  large 
  correspondence 
  

   with 
  individuals 
  and 
  organizations 
  in 
  this 
  country 
  and 
  abroad, 
  the 
  

   writing 
  of 
  articles 
  and 
  the 
  delivering 
  of 
  lectures 
  designed 
  to 
  pro- 
  

   mote 
  an 
  intelligent 
  interest 
  in 
  the 
  civilizations 
  of 
  the 
  Far 
  East, 
  and 
  

   the 
  maintenance 
  of 
  a 
  cordial 
  understanding 
  with 
  the 
  Chinese 
  Gov- 
  

   ernment. 
  Negotiations 
  with 
  the 
  latter's 
  National 
  Research 
  Institute 
  

   have 
  been 
  brought 
  to 
  a 
  highly 
  satisfactory 
  conclusion 
  and 
  have 
  

   already 
  borne 
  abundant 
  fruit. 
  The 
  plan 
  inaugurated 
  by 
  the 
  Amer- 
  

   ican 
  Council 
  of 
  Learned 
  Societies 
  for 
  the 
  undertaking 
  of 
  a 
  world- 
  

   wide 
  survey 
  of 
  the 
  resources 
  at 
  present 
  available 
  for 
  the 
  prosecution 
  

   of 
  Far 
  Eastern 
  research 
  has 
  also 
  received 
  active 
  assistance 
  from 
  

   our 
  field 
  staff 
  and 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  put 
  in 
  execution 
  in 
  the 
  near 
  future. 
  

  

  Every 
  effort 
  has 
  likewise 
  been 
  made 
  to 
  bring 
  our 
  field 
  library 
  of 
  

   reference, 
  with 
  its 
  books, 
  periodicals, 
  pamphlets, 
  clippings, 
  photo- 
  

   graphs, 
  maps, 
  etc., 
  to 
  a 
  high 
  state 
  of 
  efficiency 
  and 
  usefulness. 
  The 
  

   labor 
  devoted 
  to 
  this 
  task 
  has 
  already 
  amply 
  justified 
  itself. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  C. 
  Li, 
  of 
  our 
  field 
  staff, 
  who 
  was 
  in 
  this 
  country 
  last 
  summer, 
  

   returned 
  to 
  China 
  in 
  the 
  autumn 
  by 
  way 
  of 
  Europe, 
  Egypt, 
  and 
  

   India. 
  As 
  a 
  direct 
  result 
  of 
  our 
  understanding 
  with 
  the 
  Chinese 
  

   Government 
  the 
  latter 
  extended 
  to 
  him 
  on 
  his 
  arrival 
  every 
  assist- 
  

   ance 
  in 
  the 
  planning 
  and 
  prosecution 
  of 
  important 
  archeological 
  

   excavations 
  in 
  the 
  Province 
  of 
  Honan, 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  principal 
  centers 
  

   of 
  the 
  archaic 
  Chinese 
  civilization 
  of 
  the 
  protohistoric 
  period. 
  A 
  

   full 
  report 
  of 
  his 
  finds 
  during 
  the 
  past 
  spring 
  is 
  awaited 
  with 
  inter- 
  

   est 
  and 
  should 
  throw 
  much 
  new 
  light 
  on 
  a 
  hitherto 
  dark 
  page 
  of 
  

   culture 
  history. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  highly 
  gratifying 
  to 
  note 
  that 
  political 
  conditions 
  in 
  China 
  

   have 
  undergone 
  a 
  steady 
  improvement 
  during 
  the 
  past 
  year. 
  All 
  

   present 
  indications 
  appear 
  to 
  unite 
  in 
  justifying 
  the 
  confident 
  ex- 
  

   pectation 
  that 
  our 
  work 
  in 
  the 
  field 
  will 
  be 
  carried 
  on 
  without 
  inter- 
  

   ference 
  or 
  interruption 
  of 
  any 
  kind. 
  

  

  