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12ACENTuRyOFCOLLECTINGARTOFASIADr.WyiangagradateoGinlingwhobecamepresidentothatcollegein1928traveledtoSmithin1943toreceiveanhonorardegree.4TheexchangebetweencampsesisreectedinSCMAscollectionbaChinesepaintingaterthestleoMayanandagropoancientChinesecoins5gitsromGinlingCollegethatcamein1922asexpressionsoappreciationtoitsAmericansponsor.TheearltwentiethcentralsosawthematrationotheCollegesartprogramandthevisionoritsartcollection.Intheallo1906AlredVanceChrchillwholledanewacltpositionresponsibleorteachingthehistorandinterpretationoartjoinedDwightTrontheheadotheartdepartment.ChrchillplaedanimportantroleinthedevelopmentotheartcollectionbeginningtomoveitawaromitsdominantocsonAmericanart.In1919hewasappointeddirectorotheCollegesHillerArtGallerwhichwoldofciallbecometheSmithCollegeMsemoArtin1926andtheollowingearthetrsteesaskedhimtoormalizeaplanorthedevelopmentothecollection.InresponseheathoredOrConcentrationPlanwhichprioritizedbildingdepthinmodernartthennderstoodasartromthetimeotheFrenchRevoltiontothepresentwhilealsoremainingopentoopportnitiestoacqirerepresentativeartworksromthroghotthehistoroart.ChrchillsplanwhichaspiredtotheacqisitionoworksbartistsromDavidtoCzannegidedtheormationothecollectionthatdistingishesSCMAtodawithitsstrengthinnineteenthandtwentiethcentrWesternEropeanandAmericanart.AsCharlesChethamSCMAdirectorrom1962to1988explainedtoacollectorinthe1920stheSmithCollegeMsemoArtdecidedtoconcentrateonthecollectingoWesternEropeanart....TheearliestdirectorschosenottocollectOrientalart.ThedidnotregarditasineriorbttheeltthatmoderncltrewasdirectllinkedwiththatoWesternEropeandarlessdirectllinkedtothatotheEast.OntheotherhandtherewasnopolicoexcldingworksoartromtheOrient.Thesimpleactisthatthewereneverprchased.6IndeedthesecondqarterothetwentiethcentrwasmarkedbthegrowthothecollectionalongthepathenvisionedinChrchillsconcentrationplanandndertheleadershiprom1932to1946oJereAbbott.IneachohisorteenearsasdirectorAbbottdeploedanacqisitionndestablishedinthelatenineteenthcentrtomakestrategicprchases.HesstematicallbiltthescopeandqalitothecollectionacqiringschiconicworksasMonetsTheSeineatBougivalPicassosTableGuitarandBottleSerats