Opportunity will be provided in the new building of the National mittee of the Y.W.CA, of on Yuenmingyuen Road to keep alive in suitable form the names of several women who in China have contributed to this movement. There is no woman whom the Association would want to honour more than Grace Cope pock, who was first Secretary of the Shanghai Chinese Y.W.C.A. and Inter for years, National General Secretary. Until her death 1922, she-exhibited genius and fore~ sight in the development of this movement of Chinese women, Her policy tended in the direction which made possible the assumption of its. leadership of the movement by Chi= nese women, The Chapel on the seventh floor is to be known as. the Coppock hopel, and for it funds. which have been accumulating since the initial gifts were made to com-her have been voted by the National Committee, The Chas pel will be on the north-weet corner of the building, in balance and di-mansions conforming to the shape of a small Chinese temple rather than showing the Western Gothic lines. Carved teakwood window, lacing and ceiling of Chinese design ave contemplat Decision too has now been reach= ed with regard to the form of the memorial to Mrs, John Barr who died last year. Her friends desir= fed that in some way consonant with her own interests and attitudes of mind her memory might be _kepo alive. The Trustees of the Fund have therefore off ind the Na. tional Committee has accepted, the furniture for the front of the chapel, in whatever form it is de= cided it shall be. The Trustees hay suggested an altar table; two chairs; hanging lamps; a lectorn—whatever there is which, shall cor respond to the Through the former generosity of
funds of the building have" been Captain Robert Della part of, the made available. In 1017 he gave sum of money to the Normal Sch of Physical Education which was then part of National Committec'a work, Subsequently this work by, negotiation of the National, Come mittee was incorporated into, the curriculum of Ginling College. former gift should be used in the few buffing, and. thus. for cod of th women of China." Hig vdaueht Hamilton Dole original gift being. in memor
Shanghai, a plaque to her will appear in the building.
'Most recently there passed away, New 'York' Mrs. John' Shaw it ple alike as "Mrs. Mothce". was the mother of Jane Ward, for several years General Secretary of the Shanghai Y.W.C.A. and who into, develope a plan for the tine ing of Chinese secretaries in the Siva Ward related to wetted States in, 1005 hee Reauh proved a bar Ca her stir Chine Eea'sews "was "received" in Georeay that she had paseed hay, Suggestions are being made thab "Mis. Mother" shall, indeed, be commemorated in this building:
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