1 10 68 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/3f54c0c09f3cb3c6ce2ac13f533807d0.jpg 8873dffad534949cc31057256a1a5e3f https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/ff437e56b81ca3714656b89d4683ce9d.jpg db0634abb88826cfe3f137ac0b7424b0 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/56addca27a978785348c694a21f81eb4.jpg 5357c6042b0616cb57c1cf208bed60a3 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/2bc6a04116c6c4b95e029ed2ff699900.jpg 91484c5ea6c32aa770b70490b181e027 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 1920-1924, 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 Academic record of Arthur Sun at Tsing Hua College, Peking, September 1918 to June 1920 Subject The topic of the resource Academic record of Arthur Sun at Tsing Hua College, Peking, September 1918 to June 1920 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 1918 to June 1920 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 academic record Arthur Sun https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/db07052a3aad0dbb9e870c604af7622b.jpg 932ec5a4b1dd0d8d12f8c8ed2f8d2229 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/0162f0fb6c25a4ac4cef1dc4024ddd64.jpg 5ba19031667711437b3ef82f9fc7ae81 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 1920-1924, 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 Alfred Sze, Chinese Legation, Washington, D.C. , December 12, 1923 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Alfred Sze, Chinese Legation, Washington, D.C. , December 12, 1923 Relation A related resource December 12, 1923 Dr. Alfred Sze Chinese Legation Washington, D. C. Dear Dr. Sze: Mary Sun has shown me your letter with its very kind and attractive invitation to her and her two brothers to pass the holidays with you in Washington. I am heartily in sympathy with the plan, but am writing merely to inquire about one or two details which involve possible complications here. I hope you will be perfectly frank with me in your answers. It has been my custom for a number of years to have all of the Chinese students in this vicinity including the several of my own household, at our home for Christmas Day. Other boys who happen to be left over in town are regularly invited in for the Christmas tree and attendant celebration. In making my plans this year I merely wish to know what to count on. You refer in your letter to Mary and her two brothers, and I assume that you mean the two younger boys, Charlie and Thomas, who are still here in school and living in my house. The oldest brother, Arthur, who is a student at Boston Tech, is planning to pass the holidays with us and I am wondering; whether this is understood, for I think the other children are a bit embarrassed at the idea of accepting the invitation and leaving their oldest brother behind. Quincy Sheh, now at Bowdoin College, has also written that he will be our guest for the holidays, and as he came, and has been ever since in intimate contact, with the Suns, I am sure that he, too, might wish to change his plans if he knew of their contemplated absence. I am wondering whether visit perhaps just after Christmas Day would answer the purpose just as well. I do not wish to press this point at all, for I am anxious to do only what will prove just and most enjoyable for the children themselves, and I am sure that the Washington visit, whatever the dates involved, will be a most profitable one to them and one which they should certainly make. If it can be made, however, without depriving them of the chance to enjoy a part of the vacation here with their friends, I am inclined to think that it will be a little more acceptable all around, though as I intimated above, I would not for the world offer a suggestion, oven, that does not fit in fully with your plans and me wholly with your wishes. Trusting that you will be as frank in your reply as I have been in my inquiries, believe me with personal regards. 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 12, 1923 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 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/85dcf5979d711bf3156772374a1dfddf.jpg fa4fa22fd50a72937bf399f7a79b6f7b 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 1920-1924, 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 Alfred Sze, Chinese Legation, Washington, D.C. December 19, 1923 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Alfred Sze, Chinese Legation, Washington, D.C. December 19, 1923 Relation A related resource My dear Dr. Sze: Thank you for your prompt and more than satisfactory reply to my letter of recent date. I am making plans for the Suns to leave for Washington the day after Christmas and I hope that the oldest brother, now in Cambridge, and Quincey Sheh, who is due back from Bowdoin shortly, will join the party. Of course I can't speak for them finally until I have learned their decision. With holiday greetings, believe me 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 19, 1923 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 Sao Ke Alfred Sze https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/b2fc7408e2c9b881d61cb23eb050752b.jpg d983880b599f884d1681d2df93624a23 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 1920-1924, 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 Sun, Cambridge, Mass., December 17, 1921 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Arthur Sun, Cambridge, Mass., December 17, 1921 Relation A related resource Dear Arthur: I have been delayed in answering your letter of November 10, owing to my absence from town. Thank you for the letter and for returning the bills with the explanation of the charges. I haven't looked up Dr. Abbott's account but will do so at once. Certainly if you visited him only twice, the charge should be very slight. I have just returned from New York where I started Charlie on this new job which will carry him as far as India in any case and perhaps still farther. Tsai is out once more and rapidly getting his full strength and vigor back again. Charlie and Tom are progressing, the former more rapidly than the latter; indeed I am wondering whether Tom is not perhaps a bit out of his depth and whether he should not have another year of preparation before attempting the Academy work. I should like to talk this over with you sometime, for I am not quite sure whether the boys should be separated or not. I don't want to hold Charlie back nor, on the other hand, do I want to do anything that would tend to discourage Tom. I noticed in the paper that Mr. Liang was in Washington, and soon after received a letter direct from him. I hope he will find an opportunity to run up here before he leaves. Please tell me where to address your sister, for we would love to have her visit us in Andover while she is here. Mr. Liang should be addressed, I suppose, in care of the Chinese Legation in Washington. A few days ago I sent you a bundle of newspapers and later received word that this same bundle had been held up at the Cambridge Post Office for lack of sufficient address. I sent on the street number at once, which perhaps had been left off of the original address by accident. If you have not received the papers by this time, I think it would pay you to inquire for them at the Post Office. With sincerest good wishes and kindest regards from all, believe me always 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 17, 1921 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/1b482c264819776031f31dd9ab611316.jpg 288ef5a365aab9a528eaf14cf9f34bf8 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/d88d57f2b3412254fdbbe8f90e938249.jpg 21e9257ab00fa784296da6410cd9354e 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 1920-1924, 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 Edward H. Chandler, Twentieth Century Club, Boston, September 9, 1920 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Edward H. Chandler, Twentieth Century Club, Boston, September 9, 1920 Relation A related resource My dear Mr. Chandler: On my return to Andover from my summer vacation I find your letter of August 23rd. My desk also contains numerous letters, from Chinese friends and others, relating to the arrival in Andover in the near future of the group of Chinese boys and girls who are to be placed in my charge. Mr. M.T. Liang had already written me that one or two boys were to come in this way; but I have only just become aware that the group was to be so considerably enlarged. You may assure your nephew that these boys and girls from the other side of the world will receive my most careful thought and attention. For years I have dealt with Chinese students, nearly a hundred of them at one time or another having been temporary wards or semi-wards of mine, and no individual task connected with my work here at Andover has proved more satisfying or inspiring than this one. Under the circumstances I am ready to assume this new and still larger responsibility with real pleasure, fully as I realize the added burdens and anxiety that the task must impose. It is my present intention to look after the younger members of this group by keeping them, for the first few weeks of their stay at least, under my own roof; but I think arrangements can be worked out that will prove satisfactory. It will doubtless be necessary to allow some of the boys to eat at one of the school boarding houses or at the school dining hall in order that the domestic problem may not become too complicated. The young girl, however, I feel sure can be taken into my own family circle and treated exactly as a member of the family. In any case the parents and friends of these boys and girls may rest assured that the youngsters will have every care and consideration that one who is sincerely interested in their welfare can give them. 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 9, 1920 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 Edward H. Chandler https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/b56d8b715e35b8b42229f8a59f9e4658.jpg 5e3b468e0536a4447ce4f11ab1a462d9 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/afa120c592f185b8c5b4647beb0e8afd.jpg 44b3eef75520363907cef4cd57108aa5 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 1920-1924, 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 Henry Smith Leiper, American Board Mission, Tientsin, September 9, 1920 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Henry Smith Leiper, American Board Mission, Tientsin, September 9, 1920 Relation A related resource My dear Mr. Leiper: Yours is, I believe, the fifth letter that I have dictated this morning to either parents or friends of the group of Chinese students who are expected to arrive in Andover in a couple of weeks. The party to which you refer in your letter has evidently grown a bit since you wrote; though I am still not quite sure whether five or seven will be the final number. I feel confident that I understand fully just what the parents desire for their children; and you may rest assured that I shall not betray the trust and confidence which they have so generously placed in me. I have been more than touched by it all, and tremble a bit as I realize the responsibility which the trust involves. Of one thing these parents may rest assured, and that is that their children will have as constant and thoughtful care from me as would my own. At present I am hoping to be able to provide accommodations for several of the group in my own home. It will probably be necessary to allow the boys to board at the school dining hall or outside the house, in order that the strain on the kitchen may not become too great. The young girl, however, I think I think I can include as a regular member of my family circle; that, at least, is my present intention. On this basis she would be able to go as a day scholar to Abbot Academy, or perhaps even better, for a year at least, attend our local high school where my daughter is at present enrolled, and where I believe, with such help as she would undoubtedly secure from my housekeeper, who has devoted her life to the teaching of children, she would gain as much in the way of American education as could reasonably be expected at the present time. From an experience of fifteen or twenty years with Chinese students, I have come to appreciate pretty fully what those parents and youngsters desire; and I know the depth of that desire through the knowledge of the immense sacrifice involved in sending those dear ones to the far corners of the world to secure those things which are believed to be necessary for this high accomplishment. They shall have the best I can give them in interest and affection; more than this I cannot well promise to do. With deep appreciation of your thoughtfulness in sending me such full information in regard to those travelers, and with warm personal regards and sincere good wishes, 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 September 9, 1920 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 Henry Smith Leiper https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/35a17b8d34abaeec1746f5775cf7bdb5.jpg a14d8781b40f7b80ba8517c5d751a455 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 1920-1924, 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 Hsu Shian Lin (father of Frank Lin), Japanese Concession, Tientsin, December 27, 1922 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Hsu Shian Lin (father of Frank Lin), Japanese Concession, Tientsin December 27, 1922 Relation A related resource My dear Mr. Lin: Let me acknowledge the receipt of your kind letter of November 18. Frank and Arthur Sun have both return to us for the holidays and are members of the group at the house who have now become almost a part of my family. The other Suns and Quincey Sheh are with us, of course, and Chien Chang has come on from Troy, New York, to join the group. So you see we have quite a Chinese atmosphere about the house at this time. The boys, I feel sure, have enjoyed this Christmas season together, just as I have certainly enjoyed their presence. Frank apparently finds his work at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology pretty hard; but he tells me that he expects it to come easier for him from now on, and I hope that this will prove to be the case. He seems in pretty good health and in the best of spirits and the holiday rest and chance for wholesome out-of-door life and recreation will no doubt put him in the best of condition for the work of his winter term. You may be sure that, even though the boy has gone to another institution to continue his studies, I think he feels, as I earnestly wish him to feel, that he can always find in my home the real American home of his own where he will be gladly welcomed and counted almost as one of the family circle. Wishing you the compliments of the season and a happy and prosperous New Year, believe me always 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 27, 1922 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 Frank Lin Hsu Shian Lin https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/ce17a36f3fad9a704d9ef0c5a55c7c03.jpg 8183b6e1fbbea7b87818354a3c518ea7 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 1920-1924, 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 Isabel Gulick, Navy Yard, Boston, November 27, 1923 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Isabel Gulick, Navy Yard, Boston, November 27, 1923 Relation A related resource My dear Mrs. Gulick: I have your interesting letter of recent date. Mary Sun, of whom you inquire, is still a member of my household and a day pupil at Abbot Academy in this town. I hope very much that you will run out here some day and see her. Her school duties keep her pretty busy most of the week, but Sundays give her an opportunity to stay at home and see her friends. She is generally free, too, on Wednesday afternoons and could probably arrange for other times if such proved more convenient for you. My home is at 6 Chapel Avenue, just on the edge of the school grounds. 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 November 27, 1923 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 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/637b89ba3da02f766829d3894e5defcd.jpg d08ca51899fb227205cd36f651c9675e https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/52812c924400956dacfc6b22476c23e5.jpg 3b4ef1f8608769cb6860436a653404b9 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 1920-1924, 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 M.T. Liang, Tientsin, June 24, 1921 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to M.T. Liang, Tientsin, June 24, 1921 Relation A related resource My dear Mr. Liang: Your fine and generous letter of May 21st has just reached me. As we are just closing the school year and making our plans for the summer I am in the midst of an unusual rush and will only attempt to acknowledge the receipt of your missive and send you a brief word of appreciation and good will. I find it quite a problem to make satisfactory arrangements for the summer for all the Chinese boys entrusted to my care. It seems best to let them all go to summer camp, but not too many in one place. The two younger Sun boys will go to my own camp at Connecticut Lake, and probably one other of their countrymen will be in the party. Arthur Sun, Quincey Sheh and Frank Lin will be placed in other and good camps which are in the control of men who are my personal friends, and who would take special interest in the boys in consequence. Only yesterday I slipped down to the Town Hall in the afternoon to attend the public exercises in connection with the graduation of upper grade of the Grammar School. Charles, Thomas and Mary were members of the class and they were anxious to have me present, as I was indeed to be there. Each pupil was called in turn to the stage to receive his or her diploma, and friends and partisans expressed their approval by the usual hand clapping. What interested me chiefly was to find that those three children from the Far East received greater applause than did any of the American classmates, a clear indication that they had won their way into the hearts and affections of their friends and play mates over here. I am not surprised, for it would be hard to find three nicer youngsters than these, and when I attempt to express an opinion of Mary I really can't find words to do her justice. I doubt whether I have ever met a child with a sunnier, sweeter and evener disposition than that girl possesses. Before the summer is over I hope to send you some further word of our whereabouts and doings. How I wish you might be with me to enjoy the mountain air and glorious scenery of my summer home up in northern New Hampshire. Accept please my heartiest good wishes for the days ahead, and kindly remember me to any old and inquiring friends of mine whom you may happen to run across from time to time in your part of the world. I always remember with deep appreciation and pleasure the friendly good will of Mr. Chow, good will which must have been tested pretty severely when I attempted so unsuccessfully to do something worth while — for his somewhat rebellious son. 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 June 24, 1921 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 M.T. Liang https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/ecbfcb515221a49fe8ac42830cdc645c.jpg 7c743374d901ef15eec7b7e02f7b22a4 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/059aaf0bc128a185dac7422a830e9718.jpg ff2c1758cc1a59cb86607208cc95463c 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 1920-1924, 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 M.T. Liang, Tientsin, September 9, 1920 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to M.T. Liang, Tientsin, September 9, 1920 Relation A related resource My dear Mr. Liang: On my return to Andover this week from my summer vacation I find your letter and several other communications relating to the advent in the near future of the group of students from China who are to be placed in my charge. I can't begin to express to you how deeply I have been touched by this evidence of confidence and good will on the part of yourself and your friends in China. The significance of the responsibility now placed upon me I fully realize; but I welcome, and most gladly, this new opportunity for increased service, and especially when that service and be rendered for those who are so universally appreciative and responsible as I have always found the Chinese students to be. I can only assure you that to the best of my ability I shall endeavor to carry out the expressed wishes of yourself and the parents of these boys and girls and that in health and sickness as well they will have my most careful attention and will be given every care that I am accustomed to give my own children. These are busy days just now, as school is to open next week; and I can only send you a brief note at this time. Later on I will write you more fully as to the arrangements which have been decided upon and as to how things seem to be working out for all concerned. On the arrival of the group in Andover I shall be ready to take care of them. Temporarily at least I may find it necessary to house all of those who are to remain here in my own home, since accommodations on Andover hill at the present time are taxed to the utmost limit. Indeed I am inclined to think that I shall decide to keep the youngest member with me throughout the year; though it may be necessary to allow two of the boys to take their meals at the school dining hall, owing to the difficulty of handling the domestic problem in a private home when the family circle becomes too large. Miss Clemsons is delighted at the thought of being able to be of service in this way; and as she has always devoted her life to the care of young children, a work in which she has been eminently successful, you may count on the best of oversight and interest on her part. Again let me assure you of my deep appreciation of this renewed evidence of the confidence and trust which my Chinese friends are willing to place in me. I can only hope that I may be able to prove myself worthy of it all. Believe me, with warmest personal regards, Always most 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 9, 1920 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 M.T. Liang