3 10 181 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/f48ff582cee9a8e577d2dc14800c994d.jpg 8d430c4cdcaff036636ac0d9e8f5479d 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 Box 27 Folder 2 Tsai, 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 Helen Tsai, October 5, 1926 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Helen Tsai, October 5, 1926 Description An account of the resource Typed letter sent from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Helen Tsai. Congratulates Helen on her first English letter. States she did well and if the situations were reverses, Stearns' first Chinese letter would not be as good. Hopes to see her at school again once the school year begins. Asks if Alfred visited last Sunday. 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 October 5, 1926 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 Manuscripts. Correspondence. Relation A related resource Miss Helen Y.K.Tsai Whittier School Merrimac, Mass. My dear Helen: Your interesting and cheerful letter reached me yesterday, and I enjoyed it thoroughly. It was very nice of you to write and I must congratulate you on doing so remarkably well on your first attempt. I am perfectly sure that, if I had had the same amount of training in Chinese that you have had in English and had attempted to write you a letter in your native tongue, I could you have begun to do as well as have done in this instance. It was good to get that little glimpse of you at your school last week, and I hope to get over again before long and have a look at you when the actual school year and school work are under way. I am sure you will like the school and will go ahead very fast in your work, for certainly you have the right kind of spirit to assure success. Did you see Alfred last Sunday? He called at my house Sunday afternoon, my cook tells me, while I was out for a short walk. I think my sister-in-law must have driven him down. As she told me sometime ago that she hoped to drive him down to Merrimac some day, I thought that very probably they had stopped in Andover on their way to see you. I certainly hope that he had a chance to visit you, for I know that this would have meant a great deal to you and to him, too. I wonder if he is still “Oberlin sick?” Wishing you very success in your work and plenty of enjoyment from the school life, and hoping to see you soon, believe me Very sincerely yours. Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Helen Tsai https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/bc27108e951ab6b398729566befd4128.jpg 7345cf51b63ff1f68acef3437055a82c 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 Box 27 Folder 2 Tsai, 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 Mr. F.L. Bateman, September 20, 1926 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Mr. F.L. Bateman, September 20, 1926 Description An account of the resource Typed letter sent from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to F.L. Bateman about Helen Tsai's missing suitcase. Explains his ward, Helen Tsai, is missing a suitcase. Believes it was lost between the Drake Hotel and the train station. Asked Bateman to search for the bag. Mentions Mr. Drake, a friend, would be willing to search the hotel for the suitcase. Describes the suitcase. 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 20, 1926 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 Manuscripts. Correspondence. Relation A related resource September 20, 1926 Mr. F.L. Bateman 7 South Dearborn St. Chicago, Ill. My dear Mr. Bateman: The two latest Chinese words to be entrusted to my care reached Andover a day or two ago, the son and daughter of Admiral Tsai of Peking, who, I believe, is a personal friend of yours. The girl, Miss Helen Tsai, as I understand she is to be known in this country, is distressed over the loss in Chicago of her suitcase, which she tells me disappeared somewhere between the Drake Hotel and the train on which she left Chicago. As nearly as I can gather from her story of conditions, the bag was probably left at the Drake Hotel or in the station In Chicago, where I think the time for boarding the train was extremely short. Anyway, the bag is missing and I am wondering whether there is any chance that you could start investigations looking to its recovery, though I am afraid that it is perhaps unlikely that such efforts will meet with success. It has occurred to me that Mr. Drake himself, a good personal friend of mine, would be eager to institute an unusually thorough search in his own hotel in case the bag was left there. I understand that the bag is brown in color with white lettering, the letters representing Miss Tsai initials. Y. K.T, I shall appreciate, as will she, may help you can give us. Very sincerely yours Dr. Alfred E. Stearns F.L. Bateman https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/8a1a30f6c9cde136c8d3283c9e7bcb1b.jpg 655f0c02ead8f571d1ab4cc14ba60bb0 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 Box 27 Folder 2 Tsai, 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 of F.L. Bateman Subject The topic of the resource Business card of F.L. Bateman Description An account of the resource Business card of F.L. Bateman, President of the Trans-Continental Freight Company, located in Chicago. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource F.L. Bateman 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 Manuscripts. Correspondence. F.L. Bateman https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/64545cd4b71bc57461824695b343962e.jpg 1ef1e2b93cf45e3c44566d1397e4336c 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 Box 27 Folder 2 Tsai, 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 F.L. Bateman, September 21, 1926 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to F.L. Bateman, September 21, 1926 Description An account of the resource Typed letter sent from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to F.L. Bateman about Helen Tsai's missing suitcase. States Helen has found the suitcase and to disregard the previously sent letter. 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 21, 1926 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 Manuscripts. Correspondence. Relation A related resource September 21, 1926 Mr. F.L.Bateman 7 South Dearborn St. Chicago, Ill. My dear Mr. Bateman: Within a few hours after my recent letter to you had left the office Miss Tsai notified me with great glee that her lost bag had been found. Please disregard, therefore, the contents of the earlier letter and accept my thanks for whatever contribution yon have already made to the bringing about of this successful result. Very sincerely yours. Dr. Alfred E. Stearns F.L. Bateman https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/167790028f5af366dc2e382826a3da7b.jpg eee7088e42d286338d6fc54cc789e7a4 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/7a691c87addff68b43c6a215aa87b8c4.jpg ed50e3260ae382c3f794bdcbbdc5360c https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/01e02184e362a81251942a03475e2317.jpg e075756c860ba830e32a954de5f67ae5 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 Box 27 Folder 2 Tsai, 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 F.L. Bateman to Dr. Alfred E. Stearns, September 22, 1926 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from F.L. Bateman to Dr. Alfred E. Stearns, September 22, 1926 Description An account of the resource Typed letter sent from F.L. Bateman to Dr. Alfred E. Stearns about Helen Tsai's missing suitcase. Explains the hotel searched for the missing suitcase when it first went missing. States the chauffeur only handled 8 pieces of luggages from the hotel to the train station. Asks for Helen Tsai to confirm how many pieces of luggage the group had to help determine when the suitcase was lost. Plans to continue the search. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource F.L. Bateman 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 22, 1926 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 Manuscripts. Correspondence. Relation A related resource Sept 22, 1926 Mr. Alfred E. Stearns, Principal, Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass. My dear Mr. Stearns: This will acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 20th inst. I received a wire from Miss Tsai dispatched enroute on the evening of her departure from Chicago. On the next day we instituted a very thorough search for the missing suit case. The chief porter, as well as the porter on the baggage, from their quarters in the Drake were interviewed and a search of the hotel was made and they advised me they could not locate the suit case in question. My chauffeur, who handled the baggage for the party from the Drake to the Baltimore & Ohio Station, tells me that he had eight pieces. The station master at the B&O depot at Chicago together with the Red Cap who handled the baggage from the car to the check room and from the check room later to the train, claim to have remembered having handled eight pieces. It will assist me materially, therefore, if Miss Tsai could tell you whether or not there were more than eight pieces of baggage in possession of the porter when they packed up at the Drake Hotel.If there were nine pieces it would indicate the shortage occurred in the hotel. If, however, they found that only seven pieces were received on the train by them it would indicate the missing suit case was lost somewhere between the check room and the train. We are still continuing an exhaustive research and cherish the hope that this package may yet be found. I will speak to Mr. Drake tomorrow to see what if anything further can be done at the hotel. It is needless to say that we feel very much chagrined to think that case should have occurred in of course write you promptly any further developments to report. Yours sincerely F.L.Bateman Dr. Alfred E. Stearns F.L. Bateman https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/c3c98b5c9770a11f2c52eb92e82ecc68.jpg 029d2ffba397ca1b590521a73de31079 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 Box 27 Folder 2 Tsai, 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 F.L. Bateman, September 25, 1926 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to F.L. Bateman, September 25, 1926 Description An account of the resource Typed letter sent from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to F.L. Bateman about Helen Tsai's missing suitcase. States there were 9 pieces of luggage and the missing case was brown leather. Believes the suitcase was lost at the hotel, rather than in travel. Thanks Bateman for efforts to find the suitcase. 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 25, 1926 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 Manuscripts. Correspondence. Relation A related resource September 25, 1926 Mr. F.L. Bateman 7th South Dearborn St. My dear Bateman: I greatly appreciate yaw letter of September 27 and the pains you have taken to try to locate Miss Tsai’s missing suitcase. On receipt of your letter I conferred Miss Tsai at once, and she is mots emphatic in stating that there were nine pieces of baggage altogether,that belonged to the party staying at the Drake, she lists them as follows: Her brother Alfred: two nieces, one travelling bag and one suitcase Mr. Lieu: two pieces, one a bag and one a suitcase Miss Joan (I forget the last name): two pieces, one bag and one suitcase Helen herself: three pieces, two bags and one suitcase She tells me that the suitcase was brown leather. Miss Tsai is very emphatic in her conviction that there were nine rather than eight pieces involved, and this would tend to show, as suggested by you, that the less mast have occurred at the hotel rather than at the station or en route. For this reason I am still hopeful that the missing article may be found. Miss Tsai adds that the check-up on the t rain showed eight pieces and not seven. Again my thanks for your friendly and painstaking effort in behalf of this interesting youngster, who evidently is less concerned ever the loss than her father is probably likely to be when he seeks to repair it. Very sincerely yours, Dr. Alfred E. Stearns F.L. Bateman https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/51f8f42509f965d8948749d1daf96dc5.jpg 3252662908adf5f47d899d5e860a22c9 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 Box 27 Folder 2 Tsai, 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 F.L. Bateman to Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Subject The topic of the resource Letter from F.L. Bateman to Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Description An account of the resource Typed letter sent from F.L. Bateman to Dr. Alfred E. Stearns about Helen Tsai's missing suitcase. Explains confusion over the search suitcase. States a letter sent September 21st indicated the suitcase was found, but a letter sent September 25th indicated it was still loss. States a letter from the Chinese Legation confirmed 9 pieces of baggage and the case was lost at the Drake Hotel. States the Hotel will continue to look for the suitcase. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource F.L. Bateman 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 30, 1926 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 Manuscripts. Correspondence. Relation A related resource Mr. Alfred E. Stearns, Principal, Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass. My dear Dr. Stearns: I want to acknowledge receipt of both your letters of September 21st and 25th concerning the loss of a suit case belonging to Miss Tsai. I am a little bit confused because in your letter of September 21st you indicate the missing bag had been found but in your later letter of September 25th you reverse this information, although I infer that your original advice was based on incorrect information and that the suit case is still missing. I dropped the matter upon receipt of your letter of the 21st and am today arranging to have the Drake Hotel institute a detailed search and will report to you just as soon as I obtain results. We will of course confine our efforts to a search at the Drake Hotel under the circumstances, for your letter of September 25th is supplemented by one of the same date from the Chinese Legation at Washington indicating that the party had nine pieces of baggage, which is rather conclusive evidence that the suit case disappeared at the Drake Hotel. Yours very sincerely Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Dr. Alfred E. Stearns F.L. Bateman https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/e614992369fb15545fc0c09661992180.jpg f962c3cef33fec9e3b1aceb97c93de8c 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 Box 27 Folder 2 Tsai, 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 Mr. F.L. Bateman, October 5, 1926 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Mr. F.L. Bateman, October 5, 1926 Description An account of the resource Typed letter sent from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Mr. F.L. Bateman about Helen's missing suitcase. Apologizes for the confusion over the suitcase. Explains a misunderstanding led Helen and Stearns to believe the suitcase was found, when it had not. Hopes the suitcase may still be found in the hotel. 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 October 5, 1926 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 Manuscripts. Correspondence. Relation A related resource October 5, 1926 Mr. F.L. Bateman My dear Mr.Bateman, I have just received your letter of September 30 and regret the confusion I caused you by my seemingly contradictory messages regarding that lost suitcase. Shortly after my first letter was written, Helen was convinced from a message that came to her from some of her friends that the lost case had been found and would shortly appear. Whether I overvalued her enthusiasm or she had misunderstood the message, I can’t say, for my questionings did not bring any too convincing replied. I gathered, though, that the case had been located and so I sent you the message, desiring to save you from further and unnecessary trouble. The letter which followed under date of September 25 was based on a later interview with Helen, in which I discovered that her earlier optimism had not been justified and that the missing article was still to be heard from. I regret that I did not make this clear in my letter, for on referring to the correspondence I can easily see how confused the situation must necessarily have appeared to you. From the latest reports I judge that the suitcase is still to be heard from, and I am only hoping very much that it may yet be discovered within the walls of the hotel. Very sincerely yours. Dr. Alfred E. Stearns F.L. Bateman https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/f2fbba42d4108e1535c92ec615796ff5.jpg eca93a60da7877917455ff178d472f47 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/7a3a550aec3a0fac80af53d6e9f61a17.jpg 219be0d175889b6e2accb598566b85d5 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 Box 27 Folder 2 Tsai, 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 Admiral Tsai Ting-Kan, October 6, 1926 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Admiral Tsai Ting-Kan, October 6, 1926 Description An account of the resource Typed letter sent from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Admiral Tsai Ting-Kan about becoming the Tsai children's guardian during their time in America. Explains he been a guardian for 25 years to 60-70 Chinese boys. States his experience with girls is limited and Mary Sun was his first female ward. States the children will spend a year at home-school environment, with focus on English. Explains Alfred Tsai is at The Stearns School in Mont Vernon, New Hampshire. Explains Helen Tsai is at Whittier School in Merrimac Massachusetts. Apologizes for not finding schools in the same town, though they are close by. 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 October 6, 1926 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 Manuscripts. Correspondence. Relation A related resource Admiral Tsai, Ting-Kan 9 Ma Ta Jen Huting, East City Peking, China My dear Mr. Tsai: At the request of your minister to this country, Dr. Sao-Ke Alfred Sze, I have welcomed the opportunity to act as American guardian for your two children while they are studying in this country. My experience with girls has been limited, thought I have served in this capacity during the past twenty-five years for some sixty or seventy Chinese boys. Mary Sun of Tientsin, who is my ward at the present time, is the only Chinese girl I have hitherto had the opportunity to direct. However, with Mrs.Sze’s generous help I shall be ready and glad to do what I can to aid Helen in making the most of her American experience. Both the children came to Andover, at my request, about two weeks ago. Up to that time I knew nothing of their previous school work or what kind of work would be required for the current school year. After talking with them, I was clear that they heeded, as so many of our Chinese students have required, a year each in a small school that we term the home school style, where special stress would be laid on the English language, both spoken and written. It seemed evident that they would be wholly unable to carry the ordinary work of a large school without this foundation. Consequently, plans were made for them on this basis and I trust you will approve. Alfred has been placed at my brother’s school in Mont Vernon, New Hampshire, a home school of some thirty or thirty-five boys where the family atmosphere that prevails will undoubtedly help make the year a happy and profitable one for him. Several of our Chinese boys have started in this same school and have then come to us for the higher work and well qualified to meet the higher tests. I feel sure that this will prove true in Alfred’s case, for he seems exceptionally eager to learn and to make the most of the opportunities you have offered him here. Helen has been placed in another home school of about twenty-five girls, known as the Whittier School and located at Merrimac, Massachusetts, a small town about fifteen miles from Andover. The atmosphere of this school is particularly wholesome, Mrs. Russell, the principal, being one of the old-fashioned wholesome New England type, a woman of culture and refinement and real Christian character. She had some experience with Mary Sun last year and so is fully prepared to provide for the wants of this newcomer. I am sorry that I could not arrange schools for the two children in the same town, but it seemed out of the question to do this and at the same time provide for each the special type of school needed at the moment. However, they are not far away from each other or from me, and I feel confident that we shall be able to arrange occasional meetings which will tend to dispel tendencies to loneliness. Further, I am sure that both of the children are so naturally adaptable and of such unnaturally friendly and responsive deposition that they will readily and happily fit into the new surroundings with enjoyment and profit. I know that I shall thoroughly enjoy the privilege of guiding and helping your children during their American life. Certainly in all my experience I have never met two who were at the outset more friendly and responsive than they have shown themselves to be. They are altogether delightful and I hope most earnestly that in their careers here they may realize your highest ambitions and hopes for them; Please feel perfectly free to criticize , suggest or advise me in any way that will help me to carry out to the best advantage your wishes for them. Very sincerely yours. Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Tsai Ting Kan https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/aa21b6c1dc6fb1474a37fba6ac99773e.jpg 9b39c13261c4025b949e46d80c8400bf 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 Box 27 Folder 2 Tsai, 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 W.C. Russell to Dr. Stearns Subject The topic of the resource Letter from W.C. Russell to Dr. Stearns Description An account of the resource Handwritten letter sent from W.C. Russell to Dr. Alfred E. Stearns about Helen Tsai's account. States Mrs. Russell has expended money for Helen, based on the receipts. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource W.C. Russell 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 October 6, 1926 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 Manuscripts. Correspondence. Dr. Alfred E. Stearns W.C. Russell