1 10 12 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/1064a71eedc3a213a66dc116db0df11f.jpg adc53c99ccb2d4bed3c2b4bfdf8ac54a Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Stearns Folder 4055, Head of School (Stearns) Records Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Business card for Chow Shou Son Subject The topic of the resource Business card for Chow Shou Son Description An account of the resource Business card for Mr. Chow Shou Son, honorary associate commissioner for the Bank of East Asia in Hong Kong. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Chow Shou Son Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Phillips Academy Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Rights Reserved By Phillips Academy Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Correspondence Chow Shou Son Dr. Alfred E. Stearns https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/4c6c37e8c2a30b4a1ceb6feb75a1129a.jpg 3789ad9820f36ebca76a955867216f9b https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/bef142a0ac3b90e49cf8fc502d0b66bd.jpg 574d93d18e85d888a0deac7d9e8de54a Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Stearns Folder 4055, Head of School (Stearns) Records Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter from C.L. Chow (Chow Shou Son) to Mr. Stearns, July 24, 1924 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from C.L. Chow (Chow Shou Son) to Mr. Stearns, July 24, 1924 Description An account of the resource Handwritten letter from C.L. Chow (Chow Shou Son) to Mr. Stearns announcing that he will be in Andover on the 5th and 6th of August for a short visit. Hopes to meet up with Stearns in Andover but acknowledges that he may be away for summer vacation. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Chow Shou Son Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Phillips Academy Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource July 24, 1924 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Rights Reserved By Phillips Academy Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Correspondence Chow Shou Son Dr. Alfred E. Stearns https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/d952b6a30d5c9c7c01fdab8c5edc2e96.jpg 33e84ff4bd7b972f62ff6f590655f305 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Stearns Folder 4055, Head of School (Stearns) Records Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter from C.L. Chow to Dr. Stearns, August 20, 1924 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from C.L. Chow to Dr. Stearns, August 20, 1924 Description An account of the resource Handwritten letter from C.L. Chow to Dr. Stearns expressing regret in having missed seeing Dr. Stearns. Announces that he will be arriving shortly in Victoria B.C. with the next stop being Yokohama. Expresses hope that will see each other again some day. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Chow Shou Son Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Phillips Academy Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource August 20, 1924 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Rights Reserved By Phillips Academy Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Correspondence Chow Shou Son Dr. Alfred E. 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Title A name given to the resource Letter from C.L. Chow to Dr. Stearns, December 15, 1917 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from C.L. Chow to Dr. Stearns, December 15, 1917 Description An account of the resource Handwritten letter from C.L. Chow to Mr. Stearns discussing various topics including the state of his son Chang's declining health, the state of China, when he plans to visit the states again, and when he plans to invite Stearns to visit China again. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Chow Shou Son Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Phillips Academy Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource December 15, 1917 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Rights Reserved By Phillips Academy Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Correspondence Chow Shou Son Dr. Alfred E. Stearns https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/4ec5f6c1f8fa9e6c2e0a69ac4ff4d339.jpg 378116e23bf97924fe84a8c91e3a954b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Stearns Folder 4055, Head of School (Stearns) Records Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter from C.L. Chow to Dr. Stearns, May 8, 1924 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from C.L. Chow to Dr. Stearns, May 8, 1924 Description An account of the resource Handwritten letter from C.L. Chow to Dr. Stearns expressing regret that he missed seeing Dr. Stearns during his trip to America as he visited during the summer vacation and Dr. Stearns was absent. Left behind souvenirs for Dr. Stearns. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Chow Shou Son Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Phillips Academy Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource May 8, 1924 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Rights Reserved By Phillips Academy Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Correspondence Chow Shou Son Dr. Alfred E. Stearns https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/39ea3c9f43e2c9ed31856edb1975ba33.jpg 6730172a1a4b729310776c7c7dec398d https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/b5ab94b865a061f62624c8a7c88c316b.jpg 6f84ec3fece4cd7bdbade006374b380c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Stearns Folder 4055, Head of School (Stearns) Records Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter from Chow Shou Son to Dr. Stearns, November 2, 1924 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Chow Shou Son to Dr. Stearns, November 2, 1924 Description An account of the resource Typed letter from Chow Shou Son to Dr. Stearns expressing regret that he missed Dr. Stearns on his recent trip to Andover. Expresses satisfaction in seeing the progress and development made at Phillips Academy in the 43 years since his previous visit. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Chow Shou Son Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Phillips Academy Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource November 2, 1924 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Rights Reserved By Phillips Academy Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Correspondence Relation A related resource Hongkong, 2nd November, 1924 My dear Stearns: I have much pleasure in acknowledging receipt of your letters of the 9th August from Pittsburg N.H. and of the 29th September from Andover. I should have replied to you earlier, but since my return from abroad, I had to get my backworks up to date, hence the delay. I was indeed sorry to have missed seeing you, it was a bad time of the year, during summer vacation, to visit anybody or anywhere, but I had no choice. When one has a large travelling programme on hand and has a limited time to carry it cut. It was impossible to have everything fit in nicely. It was a pleasure but more of disappointment to me in my recent visit to Andover, because you were not there, I saw only two old friends, Mrs. Curdy and Prof. Eaton, but fortunately, I met Prof. Graham who did his best to make my short visit as pleasant as possible. He has kindly sent me his book. “It happened at Andover”, I am writing a short not to thank him. What a wonderful change has taken place in the old town: but many of the old land marks are still there which I had no difficulty in recognising, I would have enjoyed the visit ever so much if I had the opportunity to see the boys in their recitations and in a game of football or baseball. I went to see my old boarding house which was kept by Mrs. Hammond and was told that the family had moved away or they were all dead. I could not locate the exact spot and asked a lady at that neighborhood if she knew the Hammond family. She informed me that her family has been living there for 35 years, but they have never heard of the Hammonds. After 43 years of absence from a place one must expect many many changes. Having visited the places of interests and reviewed many pleasant old memories. I felt very lonely and depressed so I left Andover by the midnight train for Boston where I stopped over one day and then started my homeward journey via Montreal and Vancouver. As you have rightly said “Let us hope that some further chance will yet be given us to meet again and renew the old friendship” I had a very enjoyable trip to England, and Europe. As I was one of the commissioners representing the Hongkong Section of the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley and was travelling together with an ex-Chinese Prime Minister from Peking, I had the opportunity to meet many high class people and to see lots of interesting things. My boy Yih Chang is now in Tientsin and is doing very well in business, but he has not yet succeeded in getting rid of his old compliant Asthma. I have told him that he ought to write to you. In closing this letter I should like to add that it was a great satisfaction to me to note the progress and development of the old school in recent years. With kind regards Yours Sincerely Chow Shou Son Dr. Alfred E. Stearns https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/db465a8099f084eae2ce0b122511fd71.jpg eae11c280fa255a71d0d51cbad107988 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Stearns Folder 4055, Head of School (Stearns) Records Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to C.L. Chow, August 9, 1924 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to C.L. Chow, August 9, 1924 Description An account of the resource Typed letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to C.L. Chow acknowledging the receipt of his recent letter and that he will be out of town during his planned visit to Andover. Wishes to know more of Chow's plans and whether or not he can possibly take a detour to visit him in New Hampshire. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Phillips Academy Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource August 9, 1924 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Rights Reserved By Phillips Academy Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Correspondence Relation A related resource Home Camp, Pittsburg, N.H. August 9, 1924 Mr. C.L.Chow New York City, My dear Mr. Chow, Your telegram and your letter which followed were both forwarded to me from my Andover office. Needless to say I was much excited when they were received and I learned that you were in this country and planning a visit to Andover and your old school. I left Andover the first of July for my summer vacation in this northern wilderness. It is a long journey, and I seldom find it possible to make the trip to Andover again until I pack up for good about the first of September and return for the new years work. I can’t bear to think of the possibility of missing you altogether, but as your letter did not tell me how long you are to be in this part of the world I am still hoping that our paths may be made to cross before you return to China. Indeed if you could see your way to make the long journey up into northern New Hampshire a warm and very friendly welcome would be awaiting you at Home Camp. Perhaps that is too much to hope, but I do most earnestly desire to see before the American visit ends. Please write me more fully about your plans and let me know if there is the slightest chance that you can get up here for a little visit. If that is out of the question I surely must see you in Andover in September if you are still in the country. You have been often in my thoughts during recent years. Either a year or two years ago someone sent me a newspaper clipping announcing your arrival in America and giving what purported to be the substance of an interview with you. It was then about a week before the annual base ball game with Exteter and I at once reserved a ticket to that historic game for you and sought in every way to locate you. I telegraphed to the legation in Washington and got into touch with numerous Chinese friends, but no one could give me the slightest information as to your whereabouts. Finally I can me to the conclusion that the whole newspaper story must have been a myth. Anyway I heard nothing more of you or your whereabouts until your recent message reached me. And my disappointments was very great. Do write me of your plans. If you can possibily see your way to run up here for a visit I shall be delighted and will send you promptly fully insrtuctions as how the trip may best be made. With warm personal regard and the old time good will, believe me, Very sincerely yours. Chow Shou Son Dr. Alfred E. Stearns https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/58806f7c20699055255912dbd87f88db.jpg 4493d95f19c93c27db8aaa4267f0b65f https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/d17a1193fd1187f885cf14f11c354bfa.jpg a5bd66090a4bca48f97d4b63176d84e2 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/df2b66c91770810e4e321ebb7a2d9aba.jpg b6d4adfa28213c3312a35e1c7fbf98ae Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Stearns Folder 4055, Head of School (Stearns) Records Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to C.L. Chow, February 7, 1918 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to C.L. Chow, February 7, 1918 Description An account of the resource Typed letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to C.L. Chow expressing condolences over the death of a mutual friend, his sympathies on the youthful brashness of his son, his desire to revisit China at some point in the future, etc. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Phillips Academy Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource February 7, 1918 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Rights Reserved By Phillips Academy Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Correspondence Relation A related resource 7 February, 1918 Mr. C.L.Chow 45 C Robinson Road Hong Kong My dear Mr. Chow: Your most interesting letter of December 15th has been duly received and read with the deepest interest. Needless to say we all share your sorrow in the loss of our good old friend Liang Chen Tung. I had heard that he had been ill; but I had not heard, nor had any of his American friends apparently until your letter brought the news, that death had finally claimed him. His many and good friends in Andover share the common sorrow and feel the void that his loss occasions. Personally I valued his friendship highly; and I shall never forget those delightful days I spent as his guest with him in the Chinese Legation at Washington a number of years ago. His visits to Andover too were always most welcome and we were invariably cheered and encountered by his generous expressions of loyalty and good will. What his loss must mean to you, his most close and intimate friend, I well know; and my sympathy thereafter goes out to you in fullest measure. I wish that you would express to his wife, if the opportunity offers, my deep sympathy with here in her bereavement. It is disappointing indeed to learn that Chang has not yet awakened to the seriousness of life and its responsibilities, or has heard and answered the clear call of duty and privilege. He is still young, as you say, and fortunately many a man has awakened before it is too late to the error and absolute foolishness of his ways, when only selfish interests and passing pleasures have been consulted, and by a frank admission of his faults and a definite determination to make good has won for himself before life closed an enviable place in the world’s affection and esteem. I hope and believe that this will yet be true of Chang; though it will always be a source of the deepest regret to me that during the time I had a chance to to exert an influence upon him I appear to have failed so completely to instil within him ideals of life and conduct. Please tell him, if you feel it wise to do so, that I still have confidence in him, chiefly because of his inheritance, and that I shall never be satisfied until I learn that he is making good in the finest sense of word. The days that I passed in China are still a most delightful memory to me; and I love to let my mind dwell upon it whenever the opportunity offers. I try to make myself believe, and often say, that if I live long enough I mean to repeat the experiment and enjoy once more the fascination of your ancient and Oriental land. I must’t wait too long I realize, for after all the greatest attraction lies in the warm welcome of old friends out there whose cordiality and kindness I can never forget, surpassing as it did my highest expectation. Especially am I indebted to you, and I shall never forget how you looked me up in Shanghai that time and took pains to make me realize that I was by no means, as I then believed myself to me, a stranger in a strange land. That act of kindness on your part did more than anything else to enhance the value and pleasure of my visit to China. What you say of your Chinese civilization echoes the feeling that I have long held. I have often said that I believed we gained more here by the presence of Chinese boys and what they did for our American students than they gained from us. The qualities of your civilization which have enabled it to endure through all these passing centuries are qualities which are sadly lacking in the average American youth. Reverence, respect, obedience to the law and the strength and importance of family and how ties in my judgement are the essentials which must lie at the basis, as they do in the case of China, of any civilization which is permanently to endure. Scientific inventions and material achievements have undoubtedly turned the heads of the West, and I sometimes think that the good Lord has sent the present calamity on the world to teach us a lasting lesson and bring us back to humility and reasonable sense. How I would welcome the chance to sit down with you and talk over to our hearts content some of the great questions and problems which these unusual days are forcing upon us. We must study and think and plan as we have never done before, and in a far humbler spirit too, if we are eventually to bring order out of the present chaos; and it is a problem that will concern every race as well as every nation, for that time has passed when individuals, or nations, or races can set themselves up in self-satisfied isolation. We must learn from one another; we must profit by one another’s mistakes; we must help one another when the opportunity offers; and we must work for one common goal, the real brotherhood of man and the uplifting of humanity everywhere. Again let me thank you for your fine letter. May I express the hope that I won’t have to wait quite so long this time before I hear from you again. I can’t tell how welcome your letters are and how much satisfaction, and pleasure they bring me. With my very kindest regards to your good self, to Chang. and to any other inquiring friends in your part of the world, believe me always Very sincerely yours, Chow Shou Son Dr. Alfred E. Stearns https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/c5a62719d2a8e9a6c53265b0d61a8636.jpg 31256bb56384262edaed24eff38001a5 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Stearns Folder 4055, Head of School (Stearns) Records Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Chow Shou Son, September 29, 1924 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Chow Shou Son, September 29, 1924 Description An account of the resource Typed letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Chow Shou Son expressing regret that he missed Mr. Chow on his recent visit to Andover and wishing the continuance of their friendship. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Phillips Academy Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource September 29, 1924 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Rights Reserved By Phillips Academy Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Correspondence Relation A related resource 29 September 1924. Honorable Chow Shou Son, Bank of East Asia Hongkong, China. My dear Mr. Chow: I can never begin to express to you the depth and sincerity of my regret over our failure to make connections during your recent American visit. I don't know of anyone whom I would have been gladder to see than your good self, and the missing of that chance that you almost gave me this past summer will remain long in my memory and trouble me. I do hope that you enjoyed the Andover visit and shared something of the feelings that we have here of satisfaction over the progress and development of the old school in recent years. I imagine, that you found it a bit difficult at times to place yourself amid these new surroundings. That at least is the experience of most of the old fellows who drift back here after they have been away from us for a few years. May I take this opportunity also to thank you most heartily for that little token of friendship and good will which you left behind and in the form of sleeve links and pin. I have already worn them,and always with special thought of the donor, but above all I value the friendly thought lying behind the gift itself. May the years ahead of you still be many and full of continued achievement and happiness, Let us hope that some further chance will yet he given us to meet again and renew the old friendship. What that friendship meant to me during my visit to China a few years ago can never be fully expressed Very sincerely yours. Chow Shou Son Dr. Alfred E. Stearns https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/45901e96e201a33f50de5a59ef7a75ec.jpg da542f73b89c9404c3e68f04a1ff9c8c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Stearns Folder 4055, Head of School (Stearns) Records Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Shou Son Chow, December 29, 1924 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Shou Son Chow, December 29, 1924 Description An account of the resource Typed letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Shou Son Chow asking to send his friendliest greetings and good wishes to Yih Chang when he next sees or writes him. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Phillips Academy Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource December 29, 1924 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Rights Reserved By Phillips Academy Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Correspondence Relation A related resource December 29, 1924 Mr. Chow, Shou Son Bank of East Asia Hongkong, China My dear Mr. Chow: My hearty thanks for your good letter of November 2 and my warmest and friendliest greetings for the new year. We are just in the midst of our ow holiday season here, and, as usual, the Chinese boys in town gathered with me at the annual tree. There were only three of them this year, however, an un usually small delegation. Please give my friendliest greetings and good wishes to Yih Chang when you next see or write to him. From time to time the boys have told me of his progress, and I have rejoiced to know that he has been so steadily overcoming the old weaknesses which troubled us both so much in times past. It takes a lot of patience to steer these youngsters through the uncertain days of youth into strong and self-controlled manhood, but there is a lot of comfort in the thought that the majority of them, after all, find themselves and reward our efforts in the end. Ever sincerely yours, Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Shou Son Chow