'The death of Mrs. D. Y. Lin (Chen Ying-mei)-in Hongkong last month came as a great shock to her' many friends, Chinese and Western, throughout China.
Mrs. Lin was a pioneer in the field of physical education for women. She was the first principal of the first school for physical education for women, established by the National Y.W.C.A. in 1915 in Shanghai. This school later became affiliated with Ginling College.
After her marriage "Mrs. Lin was active in various cities of China, always 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 Y.W.C.A's in Nanking, Shanghai and Canton. After the war began she devoted most of her time 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 1
There will be a memdfíal service for Mrs. Lin at the Shanghai Y.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 identifled—the National Y.W.C.A, the Shanghai Y.W.C.A., the Ginling Alumnae Association, and the Ch'ing-Ching Alumnae Association (Graduates of the Ginling Y.W.C.A. Physical 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 to help girls study physical education at Ginling College. Any contribu-tons given on the day 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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