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Dear Sir:&#13;
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At the request of your father, from whom I have just received a letter, I am mailing you a copy of our catalogue in the back of which you will find an application form. Your father tells me that you are to enter this school in September in order to complete your preparation for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. We shall be glad to welcome you; and I trust that you will feel perfectly free to call on me for any information or help needed to enable you to complete in as satisfactory a way as possible your plans for admission. Your application and the school testimonial should be sent in at once, since our list for the coming year is already practically full.&#13;
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Mr. K. Y. Wong&#13;
Lincheng Mines&#13;
Lincheng&#13;
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&#13;
My dear Sir:&#13;
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Allow me to acknowledge receipt of your letter of June 15th. I am pleased to note that your nephew probably enter the Academy in the fall; and I am sending him at the address you have given a copy of our catalogue and a note advising him of my desire to aid him in every possible way in completing his arrangements for admission to the school.&#13;
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We are enjoying thoroughly and profiting distinctly by the presence of these Chinese boys in our student body. The friendship I have formed with many of them, including the friendship with the late Dir Liang Chentung to whom you refer, led me several years ago, when the Trustees allowed me a year of absence from school duties, to seek the East and to spend some two most enjoyable months in your native country. This experience has only served to deepen my interest in the Chinese boys who come to us; and I am glad indeed that we are going to be able to include your nephew in that number.&#13;
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Sincerely yours. &#13;
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                <text>September&#13;
Twentieth&#13;
1918&#13;
&#13;
Mr Kwong Yung Kwang&#13;
Lincheng Mines&#13;
Lincheng, Chihli Province &#13;
North China.&#13;
&#13;
My dear Sir:&#13;
&#13;
Your interesting letter of July 27th is before me. Only this morning your boy has been here in my office talking over his schedule of work, and mapping out his plans for the school year. I have always taken, as you probably know, a keen interest in the Chinese boys  who have come to us and among whom I now count many warm friends. We have several find Chinese boys in the school at the present time, so that Alfred will not feel lonely, I am confident. We shall do everything in our power to make his stay at Andover pleasant and profitable in the highest degree and I can assure you that while here he will come under strong and helpful Christian influence.&#13;
&#13;
If at any time you have occasion to make suggestions that will aid us in dealing with your boy and his problems in the most satisfactory way. Please do not hesitate to let me hear from you. I desire to cooperate with you to the fullest extent in everything that may serve the best interests of your son. &#13;
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Very sincerely yours,&#13;
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December &#13;
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Miss Lottie M. Reed&#13;
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&#13;
My dear Miss Reed:&#13;
&#13;
I am enclosing herewith report of Alfred’s work for the past term. As you will note, the record is one of practically complete failure. This does not mean that the boy has not tried; for he has unquestionably done the best he knew how, but he is also unquestionably not fitted at this time to meet the requirements of this particular school.&#13;
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After experience with nearly a hundred Chinese boys in recent years I am convinced that in this particular case the only satisfactory solution of our problem is to place Kwong in a small school for the balance of the current year. Under such conditions he should emphasize especially his work in English; though it may be possible for him to take some other subject in the way of foundation work. At the end of that time I shall expect him to be qualified to resume his connection with this school, and with the expectation of meeting our requirements in a satisfactory way. He would gain time in the end by such a course and would be spared that inevitable discouragement which must result from continued failure to secure results from well-meant effort.&#13;
&#13;
I am sure you will appreciate the spirit in which this recommendation is made. If I can in any way assist you in arranging for the boy’s further work at this time, please do not hesitate to let me know. We shall lose him with real regret. His spirit has been of the finest, and I personally shall be keenly disappointed if he is not able to return to us at some later date and complete the work of this school.&#13;
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Miss Lottie M. Reed&#13;
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My dear Miss Reed:&#13;
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Allow me to acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 22nd inst. I find on looking up the matter in the Treasurer’s office that there is a rebate of $26.00 due Kwong on his room rent. In accordance with your instructions I am enclosing herewith a check for the above amount made payable to Miss Agnes Kwong,&#13;
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I, too, am sorry that we were not able to give the boy just what he needs at present. I trust, however, that he will make good progress in the Springfield High School and that at some future time we shall be able to welcome him back to Andover prepared to make a record that will be satisfactory to all concerned. Please extend to him my best wishes.&#13;
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Miss Lottie N. Reed&#13;
44 Spruce St &#13;
Springfield, Mass.&#13;
&#13;
My dear Miss Reed:&#13;
&#13;
I have your letter of February 26th, and am enclosing herewith a statement of Alfred Kwong’s account and a cheek for $283.97, the balance remaining in my hands ; and the check has been made out to Agnes Kwong, as requested.&#13;
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The policy of the school, as stated in our catalogue, is to make no remissions on tuition charges where boys drop out during the school year. The tuition is paid in instalments, however, so that those who issue before the second instalment is due are not charged for the full amount for the year. In exceptional cases, I am allowed by the Trustees to make special remissions, so that the boys concerned are not actually charged for a longer period than they were formally connected with the school. It seems to me only fair to grant this exception in Kwong’s case; for neither he nor we could tell in advance just who well fitted he was to meet our requirements here. Under the circumstances, therefore, I have asked our Treasurer to send you a check representing the balance remaining over the charge for the time of the boy’s actual connection with the school.&#13;
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I trust that Alfred is getting on well in the new environment; and I only wish that we might look forward to the opportunity of welcoming him back here at some later date. We have had many similar cases in recent years, and in the majority of these cases the boys involved have returned to us and completed their careers with real credit. &#13;
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Miss Lottie M. Reed&#13;
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&#13;
Mr dear Miss Reed:&#13;
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I have your note of November 3rd, and have talked over Kwong’s situation with the various and the class officer concerned to see if a proper readjustment can be made in the boy’s schedule. Some changes, I understand, have already been put into operation.&#13;
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&#13;
Miss Lottie M. Read&#13;
44 Spruce St.&#13;
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My dear Miss Read:&#13;
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Allow me to acknowledge receipt of your letter of October 11th enclosing check for $500. to be credited to the account of young Kwong. I will do my best to see that the young man keeps his expenses within reasonable limits. Please advise me if all the boy’s expenses, including school as well as outside accounts, are to be paid out of this fund. It will be pretty difficult to include everything within the five- hundred-dollar range.&#13;
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Very sincerely yours.&#13;
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Eighteenth &#13;
1918&#13;
Miss Lottie M. Reed&#13;
44 Spruce St&#13;
Springfield, Mass.&#13;
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My dear Miss Reed:&#13;
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Let me thank you for your letter relating to the work of Alfred Kwong who is just entering this school. I will hand your letter to the boy’s class officer; and I am sure that if your suggestions prove practicable, they will be carried out. As a matter of fact, however, there is not one boy in twenty who has had a full year of Algebra before coming to us who has covered anything like the full amount of work which our classes cover here in a year. If, however, we find that Kwong can do the advanced work, we shall certainly be only too ready and glad to give it to him. &#13;
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Very sincerely yours.&#13;
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