1 10 155 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/f655a0d90d27f2ae7c0ced2c68faa718.jpg 77ea1c54f605d777f4c249b745d3e2b9 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 29 Sun Siblings September-December 1926, 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 Alfred E. Stearns to C.Y. Sun, Tientsin, December 28, 1926 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to C.Y. Sun, Tientsin, December 28, 1926 Relation A related resource My dear Mr. Sun: Please accept my very hearty thanks for your moot generous and wonderfully beautiful Christmas present. The lacquer vases were forwarded to me by Minister Sze, with a note saying that they had been sent at your request. They are about as attractive as anything that ever came into my house and will be much admired by those who see them. To me, however, beside their intrinsic beauty with its natural appeal, there will always be the stronger attraction based on the friend and the friendly thought back of them. I have heard from or seen all of the children at various times during the Christmas holiday season. Arthur is working at his new position and wrote me only a day or two ago from Amherst, where he had gone to get a glimpse of Charlie and also in the hope of seeing Mary, too, at Springfield, where the latter is visiting one of her school friends. I had a nice letter from her only this morning, and she seems happy and well. The morning’s mail brings me also a letter from Charlie who has Just returned to Amherst after a brief visit to New York. The big city does not appeal to him at all, and he writes me that he will not again leave the college town when vacation comes. Tom came through his first term at Middlebury College with a much better record than I anticipated. He stopped off here for a couple of days at the beginning of the vacation and is now visiting Frank Lin in Cambridge where he also has a chance to see Arthur from time to time. Altogether all four of the children seem to be making pretty steady and even progress this year. An invitation to speak to the girls at Elmira College, which I accepted a few weeks ago gave me a good opportunity to see Mary and look over the situation at her college. She tells me that she finds some of her work rather difficult, but her teachers seem to think that she is going to be able to master these difficulties and handle the course satisfactorily. She seems to have made some good friends, too, and to have fitted nicely into the college life. Please accept again my thanks for your many kindnesses to me and my heartiest good wishes to you and yours for a happy, healthful, and prosperous new year. Sincerely and gratefully yours, Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource 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 28, 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 Correspondence C.Y.Sun Dr. Alfred E. Stearns https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/1db55c528800031d6abdffa0b9dbd600.jpg 4ffa392352bb0d8f237481846b25f62e 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 29 Sun Siblings September-December 1926, 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 Alfred E. Stearns to Mary Sun, Elmira College, September 25, 1926 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Mary Sun, Elmira College, September 25, 1926 Relation A related resource Dear Mary: Thank you for the contents of your recent telegram of inquiry. Under the circumstances it would probably be necessary for you to be vaccinated again and at once, for the Elmira medical requirement demands vaccination within a period of five years previous to admission. You should report the situation, therefore, at once to the college authorities and follow their instructions. As to board, I can't, of course, tell you at this distance where to go. You ought to be able to select competently for yourself. If there is a regular college dining hall for most, or a large number, of the student body, by all means board there, at least for the first term or year. When you know the situation better, you can later select something else if you prefer. Ask the Registrar or some competent teacher for advice if you are still unable to decide. Very sincerely yours, Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource 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 Correspondence Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Mary Sun https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/b48c209c6cbd50618d17f6937a3039b5.jpg 0d1499c2e817773e1b720a583355238d https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/9e5e1337c8fbfe73fda6b23f84b629bf.jpg 9501c30a0a0b05075d7113cb28213ca1 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/42a3113ab6c925d7ebbf3c556abe6a36.jpg 2e861bc9b0a04c0b57dce2cf0685563d 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 29 Sun Siblings September-December 1926, 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 Alfred E. Stearns to Arthur G. Robinson, St Louis, Missouri, September 20, 1926 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Arthur G. Robinson, St Louis, Missouri, September 20, 1926 Description An account of the resource Dear Mr. Robinson: Your letter of September 17 reached me Saturday afternoon and that of September 18 reached me this morning. In the meantime I have been wiring to Mary's friends and to the indefinite Trenton address, seeking information as to Mary's whereabouts and plans. I can't understand her action. She had my definite permission to visit her friend in Springfield and with the understanding that she was going direct from Springfield to Elmira. Naturally the discovery that she was in Trenton upset me badly, though I am assuming that she found it easier to reach Elmira by way of New York and chose that route, stopping over for the week-end with the friend in question. She had visited once before the school friends in Dover, Delaware, not far from Wilmington, but the Trenton friend is a new one, though doubtless O.K. Mary's Springfield friend wired yesterday, giving the exact address, and I have sent two messages to Mary since that address arrived, asking her to wire you the details of her plans, with the date and hour of arrival in Buffalo. I gave the New York address and hoped the message might reach you before you left or would be forwarded to you en route. On receipt of your second letter this morning, l with your sister's address, I wired Mary at once, again using the Trenton address, asking her to telegraph your sister the hour of her expected arrival in Buffalo, Syracuse, or Binghamton. I had to make this message a bit indefinite, as I did not know which route would be likely to prove the natural one from Trenton. The earlier assumption was that Mary was to go direct from Springfield, though Buffalo would seemingly be the objective. My fear is that this message may have arrived too late and that Mary may now be in Elmira. Naturally this action of Mary and seeming disregard of my interest and authority have distressed me greatly. It is an attitude that was apparently strongly encouraged when Mary was at Abbot Academy last year, furnishing one of the reasons why I was glad to sever that connection when I did, though I would have been willing to have put up with even this disturbing factor if it had not been necessary to make the change for scholastic reasons. Under the circumstance I am forwarding your letter to Mary, as I think you have not put the matter a bit too strongly. A wire received from Mary last Saturday reads: "Impossible to keep Mr. Robinson's plan if you wish me to be loyal to you. Letter explains." No letter of explanation has come, and what in the world Mary means by loyalty to me in the matter is beyond my comprehension. I answered that message more vigorously than ever and told her that I must insist on the full acceptance of your plan, which had her father's approval as well as my own. If I could possibly leave my duties here at this time, I should jump on the train for Elmira myself and try to straighten out the tangle. As it is I can only hope that if your sister misses Mary en route to college, she will be generous enough to make an early trip there and use her good influences to put into operation the plan on which we had agreed. As to your expenses, by all means send me a statement. I am sure that it is only right and certainly in accordance with Mr. Sun's own wishes that you should be reimbursed for all the extra cash, to say nothing of time, you have invested in this problem. I don't believe that even Mr. Sun realizes the anxious thought and time that some of us give to these interesting visitors from the Orient, but I know that it has always been his wish that every extra expense which their presence has caused should be promptly met in this way. I, too, had assumed that Mary quite understood that she was to consult me and follow my wishes before making her definite plans for a room at Elmira. Before talking with you, I had assumed, of course that she would go through rhe usual process and take a dormitory room, for it seemed to me that, in view of her five years experience in this country she would be competent to do this and without detriment to her work and standing. Frankly, my summer was about the most upset one I have ever gone through, and in view of the necessity of getting my daughter and Miss Clemons off for Europe, coupled with the critical illness of my wife, whose death for a number of weeks was regarded as only a matter of days, I am afraid that my mind did not center to the extent it should have done on Mary's particular problem. Further, I am sure that we can yet straighten matters out, and I have become sufficiently accustomed to Mary's protests against plans that did not fit in completely with her own wishes not to be unduly disturbed by that factor. I shall continue to keep you posted as to Mary's movements and progress, at least so far as Mary herself is willing to post me. Very sincerely yours, Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource 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 Correspondence Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Mary Sun https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/2635be9ea60245ffd3f541afd785f0d7.jpg 3d8e8c9db2d0ca477fb88d77271c43e8 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 29 Sun Siblings September-December 1926, 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 Arthur Sun, Cambridge, Mass., to Alfred E. Stearns, October 25, 1926 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Arthur Sun, Cambridge, Mass., to Alfred E. Stearns, October 25, 1926 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Arthur Sun 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 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 Correspondence Arthur Sun Dr. Alfred E. Stearns https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/f905cc4c04aeed8c32bd028e55a7682f.jpg 1d6ec8c4e01a254a70ec5d8fc287d28b 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 29 Sun Siblings September-December 1926, 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 John R. Freeman, Providence, Rhode Island, to Alfred E. Stearns, October 14, 1926 (regarding Arthur Sun) Subject The topic of the resource Letter from John R. Freeman, Providence, Rhode Island, to Alfred E. Stearns, October 14, 1926 (regarding Arthur Sun) Relation A related resource Dear Mr. Stearns: I am exceedingly glad that you wrote me about Mr. Arthur Sun. His father is a very remarkable man. When I found Arthur was a student at Technology I told Dr. Stratton about him, who sent out into the class room for him to come to the President’s office. I think the young man was somewhat astonished at the summons. I had not previously known that you were looking after the education of Mr. C. Y. Sun’s four children. I am glad to find them in such capable hands. The father impressed me as one of the finest characters that I met during my stay in China. Yours sincerely, JRF/AM Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource John R. Freeman 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 14, 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 Correspondence Arthur Sun Dr. Alfred E. Stearns John R. Freeman https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/e084cfe06dedbfe5b3ed8818e19ce274.jpg 5ec22b9be5cd20cc66312f5c1efedd43 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 29 Sun Siblings September-December 1926, 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 Mary Sun to Alfred E. Stearns, November 5, 1926 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Mary Sun to Alfred E. Stearns, November 5, 1926 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Mary Sun 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 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 Correspondence Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Mary Sun https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/a88e9c37ef23925670385b093e4d8eee.jpg 7059c9f4a8099a8b616052a25a9d4db3 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/3cc5f70d4d3ea4fded2d010c07da7e73.jpg c1299b66938ae587825c34bc89070ea2 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 29 Sun Siblings September-December 1926, 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 Maude (Mrs. Walter E.) Perry, Springfield, Mass., to Alfred E. Stearns, November 29, 1926 (regarding Mary Sun) Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Maude (Mrs. Walter E.) Perry, Springfield, Mass., to Alfred E. Stearns, November 29, 1926 (regarding Mary Sun) Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Maude (Mrs. Walter E.) Perry 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 29, 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 Correspondence Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Mary Sun Maude (Mrs. Walter E.) Perry https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/6f4943759c7983281b2e17f4e613b3c8.jpg cf317637f97838ad40d1be3e08e1e88b 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 29 Sun Siblings September-December 1926, 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 Mrs. Eli Pitman, Elmira, New York, to Alfred E. Stearns, September 21, 1926 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Mrs. Eli Pitman, Elmira, New York, to Alfred E. Stearns, September 21, 1926 Relation A related resource My dear Dr. Stearns: About two weeks ago Mr. R.W. Harbison came to see me about a home for Mary Sun, who is entering college here this fall. He was in town trying to find a Christian home for her and at the suggestion of Mr. Reed, our Y.M.C.A Secretary, came to see me. I really have my life quite full, but having a daughter in China, and having had some of the Chinese girls in our home on furlough, my heart went out to Mary consented to her coming. I was to hear from Dr. Harbison as soon as he could communicate with you. It was a bit longer than I thought it would be before I heard from him, so I called up the College to see if Mary had registered and the Registrar said that she had, and that she was assigned to the Broughton Cottage. I told her of Mr. Harbison's desire for a Christian home for Mary and she said that they had heard nothing from you about it and that all arrangements had been made for her at the Cottage, so I said nothing more. Then, a day or two after, Mr. Harbison's letter came, Mr. Pittman’s Secretary was here at the time and she offered to go over to the College and get the information Mr. Harbison wished, and said that she could tell them about our home as I perhaps would not wish to. She has known us for twenty-five years. I let her go and the Registrar said that nothing could be done now but that she would talk to President Lent about it. She sent back Mr. Harbison's letter the next day with a note which I sent on to Mr. Harbison. Yesterday a telephone message came from Mr. Harbison while I was at Church, a friend receiving the message. He said that he had heard nothing from me but that he still wished her to come and wished that I would write you and his sister in Cortland. They gave me none of the information Mr. Harbison desired. I think I must now leave the matter in your hands for they seem already to think at the College that I am interfering. Very sincerely yours, Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Mrs. Eli Pitman 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 Correspondence Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Mrs. Eli Pitman https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/cdcaaa7270d0d749048d38118d1cd1c3.jpg 5c1fd7fbad0687f5621fceb09cd2518d 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 29 Sun Siblings September-December 1926, 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 Alfred E. Stearns to Burton Flagg, Treasurer, Abbot Academy, Andover, Mass., December 28, 1926 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Burton Flagg, Treasurer, Abbot Academy, Andover, Mass., December 28, 1926 Relation A related resource Dear Mr. Flagg: Many thanks for your letter enclosing check for $239.00, representing rebate on account of board for the unused portion of the second semester period of the past school year on behalf of my ward, Mary Sun. Very sincerely yours, Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource 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 28, 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 Correspondence Burton Flagg Dr. Alfred E. Stearns https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/58a033b109dce27ba7c91c881d869d07.jpg 040c216117ac9e4110956a788e919247 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 29 Sun Siblings September-December 1926, 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 Alfred E. Stearns to Charles Sun, Amherst, Mass., December 22, 1926 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Charles Sun, Amherst, Mass., December 22, 1926 Relation A related resource My dear Charlie: Thanks for your letter and Merry Christens and a Happy New Year. Yes, I had read about that big fire in Amherst, and it reminded me of the night many years ago when, as a small boy, I watched a similar fire which destroyed the whole of that Main Street block from the Amherst House down to and including the Hunt’s Block where the bank is now located. I can imagine what a fire the old Amherst House must have made, but I hope that the now building that rises on its sight will add a little more to the beauty of the town than did that somewhat ungainly structure. I am sending your Chinese candy to the Amherst address. Tom is here for a day or two on his way to Boston to visit Frank, and Mary by this time is no doubt in Springfield. I hope you can all get together before the vacation is over. With best wishes for a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, believe me always Faithfully yours, Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource 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 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 Correspondence Charles Sun Dr. Alfred E. Stearns