Index card containing information on a rebate for Yang from Phillips Academy
Index card containing information on a rebate for Yang from Phillips Academy. Rebate is totalled out to $111.00
Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to John H. Manning, September 15, 1924
Typed letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to John H. Manning thanking Manning for his note concerning Yang. Hopes that Yang will prove a good Andover student and inquires whether or not Manning would be willing to house the boy should a room for him not be available.
15 September 1924 Mr. John H. Manning, Porter Road Andover, Mass. Dear Mr.Manning: Thank you for your note about Yang. Evidently we are to have two new orientals this year, which will keep the delegation fairly even. I hope that your protégé will justify your ambitions for him and prove a good Andover boy and later a good Andover product. Mr. Lynde can tell better than I what the prospects are for fitting him in, though if you are willing to take care of him temporarily, in case a room has not already been assigned, I see no reason why we should not at least give the lad a tryout. Hoping to get something more than a passing glimpse of you in the near future, and assuring you that I am in the best of shape to hammer your shoulders at the next Andover-Exeter game, believe always, Sincerely yours,
Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to T.Y. Chen
Typed letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to T.Y. Chen informing Chen that his ward, T.K. Yang, is not ready for the coursework of Phillips Academy due to his limited ability in English. Recommends to Chen that Yang take a year to study at a smaller school where he'll be able to focus more thoroughly on his English ability.
October 31, 1924 Mr. T.Y.Chen C/o P.F.Woo 527 Center Ave. E. Pittsburgh, Pa. My dear Chen: Your ward, Mr. T.K.Yang, has shown conclusively that he is not ready for the work of this school. The boy’s present knowledge of English and his ability to use it are so limited that it is practically impossible for him to understand even what is going on in the classes he attends. His case is identical with that of many a Chinese boy we have had here in past years, and in all cases we have recommended the same course; namely, a year in some small school here the stress can be laid on English and the maximum amount of personal attention can be given the boy in his work. This is very clearly what Mr.Yang needs at this time, for it is simply a waste of his time and money to go on here at present under his existing handicap. If I can aid you in any way in finding such a school as I have in mind, I shall be glad to do so. Of course I hope that, when the boy has become fully prepared to most our requirements, he will be able to return and with an assurance of making a real success of his work. Very sincerely yours,
Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to T.Y. Chen, January 21, 1925
Typed letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to T.Y. Chen enclosing a check for the balance due him on rebate, and apologizing for the check's delay.
My dear Mr. Chen: Thank you for calling my attention to the status of Mr. Yang’s account with Phillips Academy. I had supposed that the Treasurer had already sent you the rebate agreed upon, but find that his office had been waiting further instructions from me. I am enclosing the check herewith to cover the balance due you and again apologize for the delay. Wishing you every success in your new position, believe me Very sincerely yours,
Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to T.Y. Chen, November 22, 1924
Typed letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to T.Y. Chen informing Chen that his ward, Mr. Yang, has been sent to the Stearns School, a small school 40 miles from Andover, in order to help strengthen his English before returning to Phillips Academy.
My dear Mr. Chen: Thank you for your frank letter of November 15. I have talked with my brother at Mont Vernon and find that he has room to take Mr. Yang for the balance of the year and that he will be glad to do so. Consequently I have arranged with Mr. Yang to leave tomorrow for Mont Vernon and I hope and believe he will receive for the balance of the year just the kind of training that he especially needs. Mr. Yang’s actual expense here will amount to approximately $120.00, which will include his board, tuition, etc., as well as for the actually time he has been with us. My brother advises me that he will make his charge on the same basis, to begin when the boy makes his contact with the new school. Mont Vernon is about forty miles from Andover. It is a small home school of some thirty or thirty-five boys who live in dormitory houses in charge of resident instructors. The boys are well taken care of and lead a healthy and wholesome life. The several Chinese boys who have ben there in the past, and who have later come to us, have given good accounts of themselves, which strengthens my belief that Mr. Yang will find just the kind of influences and instruction there that he especially needs at this time. Very sincerely yours,
Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to T.Y. Chen, December 12, 1924
Typed letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to T.Y. Chen hoping that Chen found everything satisfactory at Mon Vernon and that Mr. Yang will secure there the kind of training he seems especially to need.
My dear Mr. Chen: Thank you for your very friendly and much appreciated which I find on my desk this morning on my return from a western trip I do hope that you found everything satisfactory at Mont Vernon and that Mr. Yang will secure there during the rest of the school year just the kind of training that he seems especially to need at this time. Very sincerely yours,
Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to T.Y. Chen, November 10, 1924
Typed letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to T.Y. Chen recommending the Stearns School for the further isntruction of Chen's ward, Mr. Yang. The Stearns School's small size will prove suitable to Yang's educational needs.
My dear Dr. Stearns: Thank you for your letter of November 6th. I understand perfectly your anxiety and the difficulty of your problem, but I am still hopeful that we an make the road easy for both you and Mr. Yang and aid you in handling the situation in a way that shall bring about the best results for all concerned. It is very difficult at this time of year to find suitable schools for boys who need such special attention as your ward evidently requires. My brother has a small school in Mont Vernon, New Hampshire, known as the Stearns School, to which a good many of our boys requiring special attention have gone from time to time to return to us later and finish out their courses with credit. Among these fellows have been several foreigners including a few Chinese. I believe therefore that the problem could be handled perhaps as well by him as by any school known to me though I shall be glad to look further if you deem it wise. Possibly Dummer Academy at South Byfield would handle the case satisfactorily. There is also a school up in northern New Hampshire known as the New Hampton Institute where I imagine the expense would be considerably less, and where I have reason to think that good effective work would be done. So far as the financial obligations are concerned let me assure you that we shall make no charges beyond the actual time of the boy’s connection with the school. This is not our customary practice, but we are always glad to make exceptions of this kind in the cases of foreigners who naturally would not be expected to be able to decide so easily in advance their fitness or unfitness to meet the school standards. In view of this arrangement there need to be no pecuniary loss involved in the shift of schools at this time. Please let me hear from you if I can be of further help in the matter. Believe me Very sincerely yours,
Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to T.Y. Chen, October 1, 1924
Typed letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to T.Y. Chen assuring Chen not to worry about the bills, as the school is willing to make accommodations owing to the political disturbances interfering with the smooth interchanges of communications between China and America.
1 October 1924 Mr. T.Y.Chen, Kinlock Mine, Parnassus, Pa. My dear Mr. Chen: Thank you for your letter of September 28th. Don’t worry about the bills. We shall, of course, be ready and glad to make all due allowances for the political disturbances which are inferring with the smooth interchanges of communications between China and America. Very sincerely yours.
Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to T.Y. Chen, September 17, 1924
Typed letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to T.Y. Chen informing Chen on the upcoming academic prospects of Mr. Yang. Mr. Manning, with whom Mr. Yang has been working, believes that Yang will have trouble at the start of the term but shoud make good in time.
September 17, 1924 Mr, T. Y. Chen C/o P. P. Woo 527 Center Ave, E. Pittsburg, Pa. My dear Mr, Chen: I have read with great interest your letter about your friend Mr. Yang who is entering Phillips Academy this fall. Mr.Manning, with whom the boy has been working, tells me that he thinks the lad will have pretty hard sledding with us at the start but believes that he will make good in time, if he is once granted, the opportunity; and we are going to give him his chance, therefore, and are very hopeful that he will not find the work here beyond his reach. Trusting that we may have good reports for yea and wishing you every success in your own chosen field of work, believe me Very sincerely yours,
Handwritten letter from John H. Manning describing the courses taken by Tai Kai Yang at Phillips Academy, his limited ability in English, and the studying Yang has done with Manning over the summer.