157 10 3636 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/a61468e3e9daeeb316513670e8fdc712.jpg cf43e2d03117fdd2e2289f7916bf6744 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/3774e97dadcd63c92413b0fdb2d56c32.jpg 735828159528d2ace7dd967e244e799e 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 28 Folder 3 Tu, 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 Hon. H.K. Tu, September 13, 1926 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Hon. H.K. Tu, September 13, 1926 Description An account of the resource Typed letter sent from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to H.K. Tu. Discussed finances with K.Y. Tu over the summer. Worried over K.Y. Tu's inability to assume responsibility and treat finances in business like way. Explains K.Y. Tu was difficult while staying at the summer camp; refusing to meeting regulations. Relayed H.K. Tu's message that K.Y. Tu will return to China if progress isn't made. Explained circumstances of H.K. Tu's position. Hopes the new school year will bring progress. 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 13, 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 Relation A related resource September 13, 1936 Hon. H. K. Ta The Ministry of Navy Peking, China My dear Mr.Tu: Thank you for your letter of July 19 which reached me during the summer holiday. I have had several long talks with your boy during the summer and am very much disturbed over his seeming inability to assume responsibilities and to treat his finances in a business-like and careful way. The director of the camp where he has been this past summer told me at the end of their session that your son was the most trying boy they had in their group, because he was constantly seeking to avoid meeting the customary regulations and offering all kinds of excuses for his delinquencies. He is careless and impulsive and a bit stubborn when an effort is made to bring him to reason, and I find It next to impossible to get him to keep his expenses within reasonable limits. I have assured him, however, that, unless he could give a better account of himself in matters of this kind, I should strongly advise you to call him back to China and give up the attempt to secure the American education which you so much desire for him. I told him further of your new appointment and of the statements made in your last letter to me to the effect that it would be more necessary than ever for him to curtail expenses, but I am afraid this made little impression upon him. I dislike exceedingly to write you in such a discouraging vein, but I feel that it is only fair that you should know the exact situation and the difficulties which confront me in this particular case. I have told you son that out of over sixty cases of Chinese boys with whom I have dealt intimately within the last twenty-five years, I was forced to class him with only two other boys who had caused me serious anxiety. I begged him for your sake and for his own to change his attitude and make a real effort to cooperate with us in the endeavors that we were making wholly with a view to his own best progress and interest in the end. I can only hope that this coming year will reveal a better spirit on his part and that I may have much more favorable reports for you in the future. Very sincerely years Admiral H.K. Tu Dr. Alfred E. Stearns https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/73219913aae7813a11d1a0878bfa30ff.jpg c99ee92d7a222f8330cbc3713a7d6f9e https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/9533cddffebbc91f163c2edc6c287cdc.jpg b5baafe792c21a94f4cc6d7e0fe48f6c https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/c1af6f63e086af9d59d97dbd36a0d933.jpg e93639d73980f80ec8857bf0cb3cfd53 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 Hon. Sao K. Alfred Sze, December 20, 1926 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Hon. Sao K. Alfred Sze, December 20, 1926 Description An account of the resource Typed letter sent from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Sao K. Alfred Sze about Stearns' guardianship of Chinese students and his current wards. Explains he doesn't charge for taking care of the students unless the students live with him for an extended period of time. Provides the Sun children as an example. Promises to treat Tsai's children the same. States both children are with him and are pleasant to have. States the Tsai children will likely vacation with Dr. and Mrs. Nye. Provides updates on the Sun children, Arthur, Charlie, Tom, and Mary. Thanks Sze for sending the gift from Mr. Sun. 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 December 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 December 20, 1926 Hon. Sao K. Alfred Sze Chinese Legation Washington, D.C. My dear Mr. Sze: Thank you for your letter of December 15th, which reached my desk a day or two ago. Only a few days before I received from Admiral Tsai a most interesting and instructive letter and the chock for $2,000. to which he refers in his letter to you. This sum has already been deposited to the account of the two children, one-half to each. As to a fee for my guardianship. if such it may be called, I certainly am unwilling to accept a cent for what I consider a privilege. From the time when one of your predecessors. Sir Liang Chentung, placed several of his wards under my care, I have had the opportunity of serving in this capacity for about fifty Chinese students, and I have never charged anything for what little I have been able to do. Then the Sun children came to live in my home it became necessary for me to readjust my domestic arrangements to a considerable degree, for with the four Suns and their two friends, Quincy Sheh and Frank Lin, added to my own family, I had a pretty large group on my hands. At that time I undertook to estimate as closely as I could what the added expense of having these youngsters in my house and several of them for a time at my table amounted to, and this expense was duly apportioned among them. So far as I could tell then or have been able to estimate since, the charges covered no more than the additional expense to which I was put by their presence. At vacation periods, when my wards have often returned for their holidays, I have made similar charges when they were with ME for more than brief visits. Whoa they came for two or three days only, as frequently happened, I regularly made no charge. I am giving you these details only that you may make Admiral Tsai feel comfortable about the arrangement which I am sure he will when he understands that I am glad to treat his children exactly on the same basis as the others who have been with me heretofore and some of whom are still in my charge. In Admiral Tsai's case the task is doubly pleasant because his two children seem especially responsive and amenable to suggestion and advice. Helen is really quite a remarkable girl with a very level head on her shoulders. Her present school principal tells me that she stands out distinctly above all the rest of the girls in the school both in character and ability. Both of the children are with me for the present, or rather are staying at the Phillips Inn next door to my house, since I have no one in charge of the house this year. Helen arrived Saturday and I drove to Lowell this morning to meet her brother Alfred and bring him to Andover. They have not quite decided what to do for the rest of the vacation but will probably visit for a few days at least a Mrs. Nye in South Weymouth, who with her husband passed a number of years in China and claims an acquaintance with Admiral Tsai himself. Mrs. Nye has been very urgent in asking the children to pass their vacations with her, raid from inquiries which I have recently made among friends of mine in the same town I have every reason to believe that this is a good home for the children to enjoy. The Sun children seem to be getting on well. Arthur is at present employed by the Metropolitan Water Company of this state; Charlie is doing splendidly at Amhest College; Tom has come through his first term as a freshman at Middlebury College, Vermont, with a good record; and Mary whom I saw only two weeks ago when I was at Elmira for a Sunday appears to be in good health and spirits, though she tells me that she finds some of her work, notably Biology, especially hard. The box with the lacquer vases from Mr. Sun which you were good enough to forward reached ns safely several days ago. I noticed that one of the vases was broken but as the pieces seem to be inside I am still hopeful that the damage can be repaired. I shall write Mr. Sun of course, and thank him personally for the gift, which is deeply appreciated by me; and I will see that the two other pieces for the other members of the household are held until these travelers return. With holiday greetings and the best of wishes for the coming New Year, believe me Very sincerely yours, Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Hon. Sao-Ke Alfred Sze https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/eb174209fdd70caccf273e48b07b2bbc.jpg 565ad8b927ceab4582f7cfbf6c8d214e 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 28 Folder 1 Mary Sun, 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 Hon. Sao-Ke Alfred Sze Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Hon. Sao-Ke Alfred Sze Description An account of the resource Typed letter sent from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Hon. Sao-Ke Alfred Sze about current events in China. Discusses the "Red Army of General Feng". Mentions similar statements made by Dr. Grenfell of Labrador. Understands why Mr. Sun hasn't been able to write. 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 April 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 April 30, 1926 Hon. Sao-Ke Alfred Sze Chinese Legation Washington, D.C. Dear Mr. Sze: Thank you so much for your kind letter of April and the accompanying letter of Mr. Sun to you. This letter I have read with keen interest. What a dreadful strain your countrymen at home are passing these days. I don’t wonder that Mr.Sun finds it difficult to settle down write ordinary letters. What he writes of this "so-called Red Amy of General Feng "is immensely interesting. Only recently I heard Grenfell of Labrador who had just visited China, make almost identically the same statements about General Feng and his troops. Dr. Grenfell naturally is an impartial observer and interested only in the welfare of humanity as a whole. I do hope that the clouds out there may soon lift and peace and quiet prevail. Again my hearty thanks for the very great and sincerely appreciated help yon have given me in handling my somewhat complicated problem, and with kindest personal regards, believe me Very sincerely yours, Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Sao Ke Alfred Sze https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/0aed231e96a6fa3646b9f7442a5438a8.jpg ad99e2d2b42b2d5293fd579832a9ccb2 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 Hon. Sao-Ke Alfred Sze, January 3, 1927 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Hon. Sao-Ke Alfred Sze, January 3, 1927 Description An account of the resource Typed letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Hon. Sao-Ke Alfred Sze about receipt of money for Admiral Tsai's children. Received Mr. Pih Min-yu's letter with Sze's check of $1771.76. States half will go to Helen's account and half will go to Alfred's account. Will send statement to Admiral Tsai. 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 January 3, 1927 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 January 3, 1927 Hon. Sao-Ke Alfred Sze Chinese Legation Washington, D. C. My dear Dr. Sze: I am in receipt of Mr. Pih Min-yu’ s letter of December 27 enclosing on year behalf check for $1771.76 representing the balance of the fund left in your hands by Admiral Tsai and to be credited to the accounts of his children now in my charge. I am crediting the amount in question one half to Alfred Tsai and one half to hie sister Helen Tsai and will retain the statement submitted to enclose with my own semi-annual statement to Admiral Tsai. Wishing you a truly happy and prosperous New Year, believe me Very sincerely yours. Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Hon. Sao-Ke Alfred Sze https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/9233b6b67e9239bbfba280a496500e44.jpg c13086fe5b06d92747acc5902a337b2f https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/1fcd903cff0cfcc7f8fc096508fae6ae.jpg dec0fa65d1c13ad09d6b69af5b6442fc 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 Hon. Sao-Ke Alfred Sze, July 12, 1926 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Hon. Sao-Ke Alfred Sze, July 12, 1926 Description An account of the resource Typed letter sent from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Hon. Sao-Ke Alfred Sze about arrangements for the Tsai children. Promises to do everything he can for the Tsai children. Explains finding homes for early Chinese that influence American life and education are rare. Relies on smaller home-schools to prepare Chinese students. Asks if it necessary to enroll children in same school as co-ed schools are hard to find. Has 2 small home school in mind, which aren't in the same town, but are close by. Will also try to keep school expense reasonable. Asks about the requirements by the Department of Labor in regards to approved schools. Explains Andover was not on this list until the previous year, but took Chinese students many years before. 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 July 12, 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 Hon. Sao-Ke Alfred Sze Chinese Legation Washington, D.C. My dear Dr. Sze: On my return to Andover Saturday, I found on my desk your two telegrams relating to the children of Admiral Tsai and wired you at once: “Wil be glad to do what I can for children of Admiral Tsai.” This morning’s mail brings me your letter of July 7 with further details, and I am writing simply to say that I shall be ready to do everything in my power to carry out Admiral Tsai’s wishes, though I am not sure that I am wholly competent to handle effectively the problems of Chinese girls. Under the circumstances, though, you may count on me for whatever help you feel I am competent to offer. A word as to the schools and surroundings to be selected for the first year. As you probably know, it is almost impossible to find the type of homes today which welcomed the early Chinese to this country and which figured so influentially in their American life and education. Where there are such homes, the domestic problems have so completely changed as to make it very difficult to add to the size of the family circles without upsetting the kitchen, if you can understand what I mean. For the past ten or fifteen years I have found it increasingly difficult to make arrangements of this kind for boys who needed just this kind of a start, and in consequence I have had to turn to smaller schools of the home school variety. Such a course, it seems to me, would have to be adopted in the present instance, though here again there are some obstacles, as you have intimated in your letter to Admiral Tsai. May I ask one or two definite questions. Would you consider it necessary for the two visitors to be enrolled in the same school or even in the same town? C-educational schools, in this part of the country at least, which can be unreservedly endorsed are very hard to find. Further separate schools for the girl and the boy, if they are to be in the same town, must again limit radically the range of the selection. Under the circumstances, I should be disposed to recommend two small home schools, not necessarily in the same town but not too far apart, permitting at least occasional visits back and forth. Do you think I am right in assuming that such an arrangement would, under the circumstances, meet best the necessities of the case? Here again the question of expense naturally enters in, but I will try, of course, to select schools where the expenses would be kept as reasonable as possible and which would at the same time be regarded as first-class. As you doubtless know, a good many of these schools, especially for girls, today charge from $1200 to $1500 for the regular tuition alone. I am not quite sure about the steps that must be taken with the Department of Labor in regard to securing so-called approved schools. It is my impression that in the past these Chinese students have some directly to me, giving Phillips Academy as the school which they propose to enter and then when not quite ready for our work entering temporarily other schools recommended by me but not necessarily on the approved list of the Department of Labor. As a matter of fact, Phillips Academy was never on this approved list until last year when, through the question of the return of one of our boys resident in Jerusalem, the matter was called to my attention and the necessary official requirements met. So far as I can recall this particular factor has never come up in connection with some sixty or seventy Chinese boys who have come to Andover during my connection with the school. Very probably the requirements are more exacting today than they have been in the past. In any case, I am anxious to do nothing that shall leave any possibility of embarrassment lately to either Admiral Tsai or his children. Very sincerely yours Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Sao Ke Alfred Sze https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/e741d0d0c858762b10f14226c92988a0.jpg 8cf4681872c4eda72287abba8bddbc42 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/6c1fb213010db95b7d33f17c8ca7061f.jpg 2ee384bdb63551a4b65221634025d28a 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 28 Folder 1 Mary Sun, 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 Hon. Sao-Ke Alfred Sze, March 10, 1926 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Hon. Sao-Ke Alfred Sze, March 10, 1926 Description An account of the resource Typed letter sent from Alfred E. Stearns to Sao-Ke Alfred Sze. Worries about Mary's present depression. States Mary says she happy and adjusting to the new school. Believes the Szes will get a better understanding during Mary's visit. Questions whether the chose course of action in regards to Mary's education was the best. States there has been pressure from Abbot Academy and Mary's friends for her to return. 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 March 10, 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 Relation A related resource March 10, 1926 My dear Mr.Sze: Thank you for your letter of March 8 received this morning. I am heartily in sympathy with the proposed visit of Mary Sun with you is Washington during the coming spring recess. Just so soon as I learn when the date of the recess is to be. I shall be glad to advise you. What you tell of Mary’s present depression because of her surroundings is distressing, especially as 1 have been given by Mary herself to understand that she has come to feel much happier about things and is ready to make the most of conditions. 1 confess, however, that I have never been able to feel sure of Mary’s deepest feelings, which she has a faculty of holding to herself so that I may be completely wrong in this instance. Anyway, I am sure that you can get a fairer picture than I of just what is going on inside of Mary’s mind and will be able, therefore, to advise intelligently as to what should be done, if anything, to better the situation for all concerned. Frankly, the seeming necessity for this last move in Mary’s case has distressed me greatly. I have worried over it constantly because there seemed to be so much at stake and no clear way of deciding conclusively the wisest course to pursue. In view of my earlier and detailed letter to Mr. Sun, which prompted his cablegram to me and the definite instructions which that cable brought, I could not see how I could act otherwise them I did, even though my own personal judgement as to what was wisest did not wholly concur. I know that there has been tremendous pressure from those connected with Abbot Academy and Mary’s friends there to find a way to get Mary back to that school and to enable her to complete her year there, This, naturally, has tended to intensify Mary’s feelings of distress over the change and has made the path increasingly difficult for us all. I admit that the whole thing has furnished me one of the most perplexing problems I hare ever encountered with the scores of Chinese students with whom 1 have been privileged to deal during the last twenty-five years. With kindest personal regards, believe me Very sincerely yours Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Mary Sun Sao Ke Alfred Sze https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/61ee83ac45c9b0f861a3432a665a3f8e.jpg bcded386772c0c90fb73497e4fd4d5e6 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/098cd520d3f481c3e7a0de4e7978d6ef.jpg da37a4354c01181c077f8a3fa9cb905c 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 28 Folder 1 Mary Sun, 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 Hon. Sao-Ke Alfred Sze, March 3, 1926 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Hon. Sao-Ke Alfred Sze, March 3, 1926 Description An account of the resource Typed letter sent from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Sao-Ke Alfred Sze. States he cabled Mr. Sun not to worry about Mary's message. Asked Mr. Sun to wait for his letter which details the situation. Tells Mr. Sze he has heard from Mary several times, who appears to be happier each time. Doubts the decision to send Mary to college. Will keep an eye on her reports. Willing to let Mary spend spring vacation in Washington. Wonders if the interuption is a good idea. 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 March 3, 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 Relation A related resource March 2, 1926 Hon.Sao-Ke Alfred Sze Chinese Legation Washington D.C. My dear Mr.Sze: I have duly received year letters of February 23 and 28. Since my letter to you I took the liberty of cabling Mr. Sun suggesting that he be not overworried by the receipt of Mary's message which I feared might have cabled to him,and which I further feared might unduly distress him. I asked him to await the receipt of my letter, a letter which I dictated with care and in which I went very fully and in detail into all the factors involved in Mary's situation. I feel sure that when Mr. Sun receives this letter, as well as the communication you have been good enough to send him, he will at least have a pretty complete picture of the case before him and will, therefore, be able to advise us intelligently of his wishes. Since my last letter to you, I have heard several times from Mary and each time she speaks more happily of her present situation and surroundings. Indeed, in her last note she gave me to understand that the first home sickness and disappointment had largely disappeared and that she was now able to give her thought and attention fully to the work in hand. I think that phase of the situation, therefore, need not worry us unduly from now on, though I am still very doubtful as to the wisdom of forcing Mary to go to college. Because of this misgiving on my part, I shall watch very closely the reports from her present instructors who within a few weeks, at least, ought to be able to form some opinions of their own as to Mary's capabilities and the chances of her attaining the goal which her father desires. I shall be very glad, of course, to allow Mary to pass her Easter vacation with you if you feel that she should spare this tine from her work. Mary’s allowance is ample to permit here to make the trip and my only question is whether in view of the newness of her present surroundings and work, an interruption would he desirable at this particular time. I don’t wish, of course, to deprive hereof any relaxation which she ought to have and I shall be governed, therefore, largely by your own feelings in the matter. Very sincerely yours. Charles Sun Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Mary Sun Sao Ke Alfred Sze https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/e5bafcfee78bf3abb068c87ed054065c.jpg 3bf12fca43300acd57618b04fae7e56a https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/8d0f8a4593c150afab5c60494a3a1828.jpg d02d3c067a08507bda27f2dd3152f78b 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 28 Folder 1 Mary Sun, 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 Hon. Sao-Ke Alfred Sze, March 30, 1926 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Hon. Sao-Ke Alfred Sze, March 30, 1926 Description An account of the resource Typed letter sent from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Sao-Ke Alfred Sze. Discuss cablegram from Mr. Sun about his change in decision regarding Mary's education. Believes outside influence affected this change in decision. States if Mary returns to Abbot he would give up guardianship of all the Sun children. Also states he reluctant to do that as there are no suitable guardians. Is trying to arrange a Washington visit for Charlie or Arthur. 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 March 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 Correspondence Relation A related resource March 30, 1926 Hon. Sao-Ke Alfred Sze Chinese Legation Washington, D.C. My dear Dr Sze: I am enclosing a copy of the cablegram received from Mr. Sun to which I referred in my recent conversation with you. It bears the date, as you will note, Tientsin, March 19, 1926, and refers definitely to my letter, a copy of which you recently read. Evidently the letter must have gone through to Tientsin in record time. I am equally sure, however, that same other communication from outsiders and of which I know nothing personally must have gone through also and played their part in influencing Mr. Sun to seemingly change his mind a hit. On the other hand, you will note, that he is cautious not to insist on the further change; merely suggesting that the return to Abbot be made. The more I have thought over the situation, the more convinced I am that, if Mary were to return to Abbot under the circumstances, it would be essential for me to surrender my guardianship not only of her but of the other children, for it would be clear that I should no longer exercise any worth-while authority over them. If I could only think of the right person to whom to surrender this trust, I should be strongly disposed to do it in any case; but I am equally clear that to allow any of those who have so recently and so unfairly interfered with a matter which really did not belong to them to handle and in regard to which they could not possibly have fully add proper information would be most unfortunate for all concerned and not least of all for Mary herself. I seem to be having some difficulty in arranging for one of the boys to accept your most friendly invitation for the visit to Washington. Arthur has no regular vacation of any length, while Charlie, whose vacation begins this week, had made plans for one of his friends in a western college to spend the vacation with him in Amhest and is very much distressed to know just what to do under the circumstances. I am writing both of the boys to day and shall hope to be able to find a way for one of them, at least, to pass a day or two with him if a longer period seems out of the question. Assuring you of my generous appreciation of the friendly and valuable help you have given me in meeting a very trying and perplexing situation and with kind personal regards, believe me Very sincerely yours. Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Mary Sun Sao Ke Alfred Sze https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/fad8780643f201d7ca92a4f84715eb9e.jpg be16c57bf7adb0f8cd474b0d071f6db1 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 Hon. Sao-Ke Alfred Sze, September 11, 1926 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Hon. Sao-Ke Alfred Sze, September 11, 1926 Description An account of the resource Typed letter sent from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Sao-Ke Alfred Sze. Asks for names of Tsai children in order to set up accounts. Received check of $2,000. Asks the Tsai children report to Andover so Stearns can decide where to place them. Explains many Chinese students need a year in preparatory school, especially to focus on English. Will send letter to Kwai. 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 11, 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 11, 1926 Hon. Sao-Ke Alfred Sze Chinese Legation Washington, D. C. My dear Dr. Sze: On my return to Andover I find your letter of September 9 and the accompanying check $2,000.00, which 1 shall hold for the expenses of Admiral Tsai’s two children. Please send me the names of these two newcomers in order that I may be able to handle their accounts intelligently. Our school opens the first of this coming week, and if the boy is going to be able to meet cur requirements here without some further preparation, he should report at the earliest possible date. Of course I have not been able to make any definite arrangements yet for either of those travelers, since I am wholly ignorant of the extent and character of their previous work. A large number of our Chinese students who have come to us in the past have had to put in at least a year in small schools in order to get the foundation, especially in English, required to insure successful work in the larger classses of a school of this kind. If, therefore, you will instruct the Tsais to report here as speedily as possible, I shall be glad to go over their cases very carefully with them and then decide what the wisest course to adopt for the current year is likely to be. I am sending this letter to Mr. Tung Kwai, as requested, in case you may have sailed for Europe before its receipt. Very sincerely yours. Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Sao Ke Alfred Sze https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/ce881d27db29799fb2eac893503fd4ae.jpg 924c400dcacc48ac6ad89d626b06a4c2 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 28 Folder 2 Tu, 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 Huntington School headmaster, C.H. Sampson, December 5, 1928 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Huntington School headmaster, C.H. Sampson, December 5, 1928 Description An account of the resource Typed letter sent from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to C.H. Sampson, Huntington School headmaster, about K.Y. Tu educational progess. Has tried to convince Tu and Tu's father that Tu should return to China. Explained attempts to educate Tu at Andover and the local high school failed. States Tu has convinced his father to allow him to stay and try other schools. Requests a report on Tu's educational progress. 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 December 5, 1928 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 Relation A related resource December 5, 1928 Headmaster C. H. Sampson The Huntington School 320 Huntington Avenue Boston, Massachusetts My dear Mr. Sampson: Thank you for your letter about K. Y. Tu. I am not surprised that the boy is not making pronounced progress with you, and indeed I am more than a little surprised that he has done as well as your letter would seem to indicate. Frankly, I have been trying to persuade Tu and his father also for several years that the money invested in the boy’s education in this country is being practically thrown away. He tried to do something for Tu here at Phillips Academy and gave it up as a bad job. At the boy's earnest request, I allowed him to try the local high school, but the authorities there throw up their hands in despair after they had worked with him for some time, and he was consequently forced to sever that connection. I strongly urged his father to take him home, but the boy himself looks on this possibility as having in it the elements of a real calamity and has been able to persuade his father to allow him to stay In this country and try other schools. Personally, I can’t believe that the boy will ever prove himself to be college material. For one thing, he is already too old to plan an investment of additional time that a college education would require. I shall appreciate greatly your having your dean or registrar, or whoever has charge of the matter, send me at an early date a complete statement of the boy’s standing with you, which I shall in turn forward to Mr. Tu Sr. Very sincerely yours, C.H. Sampson Dr. Alfred E. Stearns K.Y. Tu