rss. Katharine Seelye Wallace Shanghai, Sept. 20.
Mrs, Katharine Seelye Wallace, vite of Benjamin Bruce Wallace, iviser_on international trade pol-cies (o the U.S, Tarif Commission, fied on August 17 in Washington. she was 47.
Mrs. Wallace was born at Wooster, ohio, where her father, Dr. James geelye, was for 20 years. professor Greek at the College of Wooster.
She took her A, B. at Wooster and graduated there in piano in 1910 and the organ in 1913. For two years: iter finishing college she taught La-lin in Wooster' High School and the next. three years was teacher of venal music at Tsing Hua College, built with Boxer indemnity funds near Peiping.
Returning to. the United States, nits, Wallace spent three years in the further study of music at the Insitute of Musical Art, now Julliard Institute of Music, in New York City, and with private teachers, Win!- fred' Christie and Clarence Dickinson. During this time she served iso as organist and choir director in two churches near New York.
1919 she became instructor in the School of Musie of the University of Illinois, She founded the Chorus Choir of the Congregational. Church of Urbanna, For five years, Mrs. Wallace was] organistand choir director in historic Christ Church at Alexandria, Ya, and at the same time trained the choir of the Baptist Church there. She appeared in Washington in piano recitals from time to time before several musical organizations and aught music appreciation at the, Washington. ¥.W.
In 1929 she went with her husband, whom she married in 1922, to China, where he was financial adviser to the ninister.of finance and was stationed in Shanghai and Nanking. Living in China two and one-half years, she taught English in the Mary Forum School for Girls and the Lowrie Institute for Boys.
So great was her interest in China that Mrs, Wallace asked before her death that friends who intended send Ing flowers cent: Instend, to the China civilian relief fund of the American Red Cross. Her family eon-curred in this wish.
Surviving are her husband, her mother, Mx. William J. Seelye, and a brother, Laurens Seelye, president Si, Lawrence Universty'at Canton, Mrs, D. ¥. Lin Shanghai, Sept. 26.
The death of Mrs, D. ¥. Lin (Chen Ying-mel) in Hongicong, last month came as A great shock to her many friends, Chinese and Western, through out China, Mrs. Lin was a pioneer in the eld of physical education for women. She was the first principal of the first school for physical education for women, established by the National ¥W.CA, in 1015 in Shanghai. This school Tater "became affiliated with Ginling College:
active in various cities of China, iter her marriage Mrs. Lin was ways promoting physical education her social vision was broad, and she Identified herself not only with her chosen field but also with other movements that advanced the welfare of women, She was on, the Board of Directors of ¥.W.C.A's in. Nanking, Shanghai and Canton. After the war began she devoted most of her Ume to work among refugee victims in Canton, her strenuous efforts in this service and the shock of the daily bombings of that city proved too much for her health, and her death came on August 17.
'There will be a memorial service! for Mrs, Lin at the Shanghai ¥.W.C.A. 999 Bubbling Well Road, on Sunday afternoon October 2 at 3 o'clock. 'This service will be sponsored by four organizations with "which Mrs. Lin' was closely identifed—the National ¥.W.C.A., the Shanghai Y.WC.A. the Ginling Alumnae Association, and the Ch'ing-Ching Alumnae Association Graduates of the Ginling Y.W.C-A. Physleal Education School). Mrs. Lin's friends are asked not to send flowers or scrolls, but to contribute toward a scholarship fund which will be used help girls study physical education at Ginling College. Any contribu-ions given on the doy of the memorial service will be received at the Shanghai Y, W.C.A; at other times money can be sent care of Miss Goo Ren-ying, National Y.W.C.A., 133 Yuen Ming Yuen: Road.
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