Nanking, Jan, 19.
A memorial service for the late Dt. V. K. Ting, the noted geologist and Secretary-General of the Academia Sinica, was hold here yesterday. at the auditorium of the National Central University, under the auspices of the Academia Sinica. Over 600" oeiais "and educators were percent. including Gen, Chiang Kal-Shek, Dr, Tsai Yuan-pel, President Jor ne Academia Sinica, presided.
In a eulogy, Dr. Tsai said that the ale Dr. Ting was not only a geotogtst, but also an anthropologist ant historian of note. He had made numerous contributions to learning. and his death was a loss which the country could ill alford—Kuo Min.
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