﻿EEPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  SECKETARY 
  55 
  

  

  After 
  discussion 
  of 
  numerous 
  topics 
  of 
  interest, 
  the 
  annual 
  elections 
  

   were 
  held 
  as 
  provided 
  by 
  the 
  regents' 
  " 
  plan." 
  The 
  present 
  officers 
  

   of 
  the 
  commission 
  were 
  reelected, 
  as 
  were 
  also 
  the 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  

   executive 
  committee. 
  The 
  three 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  commission 
  whose 
  

   terms 
  expire 
  with 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  the 
  present 
  year 
  — 
  Gari 
  Melchers, 
  Her- 
  

   bert 
  Adams, 
  and 
  Charles 
  Moore 
  — 
  were 
  recommended 
  to 
  the 
  Board 
  of 
  

   Regents 
  for 
  reelection 
  for 
  the 
  ensuing 
  term 
  of 
  four 
  years. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  resolution 
  provides 
  for 
  filling 
  the 
  vacancy 
  occurring 
  

   in 
  the 
  membership 
  of 
  the 
  commission, 
  due 
  to 
  the 
  declination 
  of 
  John 
  

   Russell 
  Pope 
  : 
  

  

  Resolved, 
  That 
  the 
  National 
  Gallery 
  Commission 
  hereby 
  recommends 
  to 
  the 
  

   Board 
  of 
  Regents 
  the 
  election 
  of 
  Clarence 
  C. 
  Zantzinger, 
  architect, 
  of 
  Philadel- 
  

   phia, 
  to 
  fill 
  the 
  vacancy 
  in 
  the 
  membership 
  of 
  the 
  commission, 
  caused 
  by 
  the 
  

   declination 
  of 
  Mr. 
  John 
  Russell 
  Pope. 
  

  

  Resolved 
  further, 
  That 
  in 
  tlie 
  event 
  of 
  the 
  declination 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Zantzinger, 
  the 
  

   vacancy 
  be 
  filled 
  by 
  the 
  election 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Charles 
  Borie, 
  architect, 
  of 
  Philadelphia. 
  

  

  At 
  12 
  o'clock 
  the 
  commission 
  adjourned 
  and 
  proceeded 
  to 
  the 
  

   gallery 
  to 
  consider, 
  as 
  the 
  advisory 
  committee 
  of 
  the 
  gallery, 
  the 
  

   acceptance 
  of 
  the 
  art 
  works 
  offered 
  during 
  the 
  year. 
  The 
  result 
  is 
  

   as 
  follows: 
  Acceptance 
  for 
  the 
  national 
  portrait 
  collection 
  of 
  the 
  

   21 
  World 
  War 
  portrait 
  sketches 
  by 
  John 
  C. 
  Johansen, 
  name 
  of 
  donor 
  

   withheld; 
  acceptance 
  of 
  the 
  portrait 
  of 
  Rear 
  Admiral 
  Robley 
  D. 
  

   Evans 
  by 
  August 
  Franzen, 
  N. 
  A., 
  for 
  the 
  same 
  collection, 
  offered 
  by 
  

   Horatio 
  S. 
  Rubens; 
  acceptance 
  of 
  a 
  marble 
  bust 
  of 
  Proserpine 
  by 
  

   Hiram 
  Powers, 
  offered 
  by 
  Mrs. 
  George 
  Cabot 
  Lodge 
  ; 
  acceptance 
  of 
  16 
  

   portraits 
  in 
  red 
  chalk 
  by 
  John 
  Elliott, 
  of 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  Lafayette 
  

   Escadrille 
  and 
  a 
  few 
  others 
  of 
  the 
  American 
  men 
  who 
  fought 
  in 
  the 
  

   World 
  War, 
  offered 
  by 
  Mrs. 
  John 
  Elliott 
  as 
  a 
  memorial 
  to 
  her 
  hus- 
  

   band 
  ; 
  and 
  tentative 
  acceptance 
  for 
  the 
  gallery 
  of 
  the 
  collection 
  of 
  10 
  

   paintings 
  offered, 
  to 
  be 
  known 
  as 
  the 
  " 
  George 
  Buclianan 
  Coale 
  

   Collection, 
  Baltimore, 
  Md., 
  1819-1887," 
  the 
  final 
  assignment 
  of 
  these 
  

   works 
  for 
  record 
  (to 
  the 
  Institution 
  or 
  to 
  the 
  gallery) 
  to 
  be 
  left 
  to 
  

   the 
  discretion 
  of 
  the 
  director 
  of 
  the 
  gallery. 
  

  

  SPECIAL 
  EXHIBITIONS 
  HELD 
  IN 
  THE 
  GALLERY 
  

  

  The 
  Herbert 
  Waldron 
  Faulkner 
  Exhibition. 
  — 
  A 
  collection 
  of 
  oil 
  

   paintings 
  of 
  Venice 
  from 
  Dawn 
  to 
  Dusk, 
  36 
  in 
  number, 
  with 
  18 
  

   panel 
  sketches, 
  by 
  Herbert 
  Waldron 
  Faulkner, 
  was 
  installed 
  on 
  

   screens 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  room 
  of 
  the 
  gallery 
  November 
  29 
  to 
  December 
  

   12, 
  1926. 
  

  

  The 
  John 
  Ross 
  Key 
  Memorial 
  Exhibition. 
  — 
  A 
  collection 
  of 
  49 
  oil 
  

   paintings 
  and 
  14 
  drawings 
  in 
  pen 
  and 
  pencil, 
  by 
  John 
  Ross 
  Key 
  

   (1837-1920) 
  was 
  exhibited 
  as 
  a 
  memorial 
  to 
  the 
  artist 
  by 
  his 
  widow, 
  

   Ellenore 
  Dutcher 
  Key, 
  in 
  the 
  central 
  room 
  of 
  the 
  gallery 
  from 
  

  

  