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problems of the proposed national portrait gallery, and to the pro- 
cedure to be adopted in considering acceptance of gifts and bequests 
of art works. After discussion of the latter topic the following 
resolution was adopted : 
Resolved, That the advisory committee of the National Gallery of Art 
Commission shall consist of the full membership of the commission; that in 
carrying out the functions of the advisory committee a quorum shall consist of 
seven members, four of whom shall be artists or museum directors. 
The commission considered at some length the agencies now 
enlisted in the promotion of the prospective gallery building, with- 
out developing any plan of procedure. The activities of the Ameri- 
can Federation of Arts and the Federation of Women’s Clubs in 
appealing to the American people for support of the gallery build- 
ing project were brought to the attention of the commission and 
encouragement was found in the assurance that appreciation of art 
is growing rapidly in all sections of the country. 
The expiration of the terms as members of the commission of 
W. K. Bixby, W. H. Holmes, and Herbert L. Pratt was announced. 
The secretary was directed to cast the ballot of the commission 
recommending to the Board of Regents the reappointment of these 
members for the ensuing term of four years. It was stated that Mr. 
A. Kingsley Porter, elected to the commission in 1921, had thus far 
not attended any meeting of the commission and that, in accordance 
with section 3 of Article V of the plan of organization of the com- 
mission, his membership -automatically terminated, December 8, 
1925. To fill the vacancy thus created, the commission passed a 
resolution recommending to the Board of Regents, the appointment 
of Mr. John Russell Pope, architect. The appointment was declined 
by Mr. Pope in a letter dated January 5, 1926. 
The Regents’ plan provides for the election of officers and members 
of committees at the annual meeting, and the secretary of the com- 
mission was directed to cast the ballot of the commission for the 
reelection of the present incumbents. 
At 12 o’clock the commission adjourned and at 2 o’clock met in the 
National Gallery as the advisory committee to consider the offerings 
of art works for the year. The Libyan Sibyl, a statue in Carrara 
marble, heroic in size, by William Wetmore Story, and a marine 
painting, The Sea, by Edward Moran, were accepted by the com- 
mittee as additions to the National Gallery collections. 
CATALOGUE 
Early in the year a second and enlarged edition of the catalogue 
of the gallery collections was submitted to the Public Printer. Page 
proofs were read in November and the volume appeared in May. 
