Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Fucheng Seetoo, c/o S.S. Kwan, Boston, May 11, 1915
Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Fucheng Seetoo, c/o S.S. Kwan, Boston, May 11, 1915
Alfred E. Stearns
Phillips Academy
May 11, 1915
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My dear Seetoo:
Thank you for your most delightful letter which you were good enough to send me from San Francisco. I can’t tell you how much I enjoyed it, and how deeply I appreciate the good will which prompted it. If I have been of any service to you whatever during your stay in America I am sincerely grateful. It certainly is a pleasure to be able to do anything for boys who entertain such high ideals as you do, and who have striven so earnestly and well to make the best of their lives and the opportunities offered them. I wish for you continued success and prosperity on your return to your own country. I trust that you may be able to contribute much towards the solution of the hard problems which now seem to confront your nation.
Whenever you feel disposed to write me I shall be delighted to hear from you, and to learn at first hand how things are going in China, and what your own prospects are for the future.
With all best wishes, believe me,
Very sincerely yours,
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Letter form Fucheng Seetoo, San Francisco, to Alfred E. Stearns, May 4, 1915
Letter form Fucheng Seetoo, San Francisco, to Alfred E. Stearns, May 4, 1915
Fucheng Seetoo
Phillips Academy
May 4, 1915
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Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Fucheng Seetoo, Boston April 24, 1915
Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Fucheng Seetoo, Boston April 24, 1915
Alfred E. Stearns
Phillips Academy
April 24, 1915
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My dear Seetoo:
Thank you for your good letter. So you are once more turning towards home. I wish I were going with you on the trip for another view of your interesting country. I imagine, though, that conditions there must be a bit strained at present in view of the Japanese tangle. We are counting on some of you fellows in whose ability and judgment we have such high confidence to aid greatly in the final just settlement of this and other troubles which confront your country today. Be sure to let me hear from you now and then, for I shall always be deeply interested in you and your progress.
I enclose a statement which I hope will prove of value to you. If at any time I can render further aid to you don’t hesitate to call on me freely.
With all best wishes, believe me,
Very sincerely yours,
Principal.
Enclosure.
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Letter form Alfred E. Stearns to Fucheng Seetoo, Mount Hermon School, July 3, 1907
Letter form Alfred E. Stearns to Fucheng Seetoo, Mount Hermon School, July 3, 1907
Alfred E. Stearns
Phillips Academy
July 3, 1907
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My dear Seetoo,
Thanks for your good letter advising me of your arrival at Mt. Hermon. I hope that you will have a most enjoyable and profitable summer there where I know the surrounding are unusually fine and attractive. When you come down for the Conference in August I hope to be able to advise you definitely as to your arrangement here for next year.
With the best of wishes to you, believe me
Very sincerely yours,
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Letter form Alfred E. Stearns to Henry F. Cutler, Mount Hermon School June 28, 1907
Letter form Alfred E. Stearns to Henry F. Cutler, Mount Hermon School June 28, 1907
Alfred E. Stearns
Phillips Academy
June 28, 1907
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My dear Mr. Cutler:-
Fucheng Seetoo, of whom you inquire, has been a student here during the past year. He is one of the boys brought over from China by Dr. Tenney, and is an excellent fellow. So far as I know him, his character is above reproach, and he gives promise of becoming a really brilliant scholar. Seetoo was here with plenty of funds at his disposal. Recently his father lost all his property in a typhoon which devastated the Chinese coast, and the boy is now very much reduced in his circumstances and obliged to cast in his lot with boys of limited means. He plans to return to us next fall as a scholarship student, and in view of the splendid record he has made this year, we are very glad to receive him on that basis. Like most of these Chinese boys, Seetoo is anxious to make his vacations count, and hence seeks the advantages offered at Northfield for the summer months. I am sure that you will find him a most reliable and attractive boy.
Sincerely yours,
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Letter from Fucheng Seetoo, Mount Hermon School, to Alfred E. Stearns, July 1, 1907
Letter from Fucheng Seetoo, Mount Hermon School, to Alfred E. Stearns, July 1, 1907
Fucheng Seetoo
Phillips Academy
July 1, 1907
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Request from Henry F. Cutler, Mount Hermon School, to Alfred E. Stearns, June 25, 1907 for information about Fucheng Seetoo's academic standing
Request from Henry F. Cutler, Mount Hermon School, to Alfred E. Stearns, June 25, 1907 for information about Fucheng Seetoo's academic standing
Henry F. Cutler
Phillips Academy
June 25, 1907
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Note with contact information for H.T. Shen at MIT (regarding scholarship for Fucheng Seetoo to MIT)
Note with contact information for H.T. Shen at MIT (regarding scholarship for Fucheng Seetoo to MIT)
H.T. Shen
Phillips Academy
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Letter to Alfred E. Stearns to H.T. Shen, MIT, Boston, March 30, 1908 (regarding scholarship for Fucheng Seetoo to MIT)
Letter to Alfred E. Stearns to H.T. Shen, MIT, Boston March 30, 1908 (regarding scholarship for Fucheng Seetoo to MIT)
Alfred E. Stearns
Phillips Academy
March 30, 1908
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My dear Sir:
Mr. Fucheng Seetoo, of Shanghai, China at present a student here in Phillips Academy has asked me to write you a word in his behalf. As I understand, Mr. Seetoo hopes to secure governmental assistance in the further pursuit of his American education. I trust that he will be successful in this, for in my judgment he is most worthy of assistance of this kind.
Mr. Seetoo came to us in the fall of 1906. He did good work in his studies from the start, improving very noticeably as he went on. This year his school work has been even better than before, and some of this teachers consider him one of the brightest of the Chinese boys we have had here, if not one of the brightest minds they have come in contact with in the class-room. Besides being actually very bright as a student, Mr. Seetoo has always been faithful and persevering in his work, and most amenable to our regulations and any suggestions that have been made.
Near the close of the last school year the boy's father lost his money, and it was a question whether the boy himself would be able to continue his studies here. Our Faculty felt so strongly that he ought not to give up his education and this ability and prospects were unusual, that [illegible]
If you can see your way to make the financial problem easier for this boy, I am sure that he will amply repay any confidence placed in him, or any funds invested by the government in his behalf. If I can at any time furnish you more detailed information, I shall be very glad to hear from you.
Very truly yours,
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Letter from H.T. Shen, MIT, Boston, to Alfred E. Stearns April 5, 1908 (regarding scholarship for Fucheng Seetoo to MIT)
Letter from H.T. Shen, MIT, Boston, to Alfred E. Stearns April 5, 1908 (regarding scholarship for Fucheng Seetoo to MIT
Alfred E. Stearns
Phillips Academy
April 5, 1908
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