[5] She established a practice of "new faculty seminars", where Willard teachers gave talks about their area of expertise for a gathering of their colleagues.

[4][12] "If Miss Tyng seems most frequently to ride her muse on inconsequential journeying," commented a reviewer in 1947, "what she has to say is consistently pleasant and occasionally wisely observant.

"[13] She took a leave of absence from Willard Day School in 1951, for health reasons,[2] and she died in 1952, at the age of 47, in St. Johnsbury, Vermont.

[18][19] The Vermont Historical Society holds a small collection of her papers, including correspondence, journals, clippings, rejection letters, and manuscripts of unpublished works.

[4] Composer Clara Lyle Boone (Lyle de Bohun), who was a member of the Friends of Willard Day School,[20] was inspired by Tyng to write her "Motive and Chorale for Chamber Orchestra", saying "Although we never met, her educational concepts deeply impressed me, and her dedicated life was the major stimulus for the creation of the piece.