167 10 3636 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/1f91ba6fb4329e58974f0c7b3d22b144.jpg fbffe5ff8fe802618d31889787302115 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 Stearns Folder 4710, 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 Miss Lottie M. Reed, September 18, 1918 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Miss Lottie M. Reed, September 18, 1918 Description An account of the resource Typed letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Miss Lottie M. Reed thanking Reed for her previous letter relating to the work of Alfred Kwong, which will be forwarded to Kwong's class officer. Expresses doubts that Kwong would be prepared for the advanced algebra class, but if found prepared, will readily give him the course. 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 18, 1918 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 Eighteenth 1918 Miss Lottie M. Reed 44 Spruce St Springfield, Mass. My dear Miss Reed: Let me thank you for your letter relating to the work of Alfred Kwong who is just entering this school. I will hand your letter to the boy’s class officer; and I am sure that if your suggestions prove practicable, they will be carried out. As a matter of fact, however, there is not one boy in twenty who has had a full year of Algebra before coming to us who has covered anything like the full amount of work which our classes cover here in a year. If, however, we find that Kwong can do the advanced work, we shall certainly be only too ready and glad to give it to him. Very sincerely yours. Alfred Kwong Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Lottie M. Reed https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/87baba1cdba190d74c7393d2d306d3be.jpg ec0657d48da1654797a78ad1ebe7779d 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 Miss Mary Sun, April 21, 1926 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Miss Mary Sun, April 21, 1926 Description An account of the resource Typed letter sent from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Mary Sun. Thanks her for the statement of accounts. States Charlie should send the amount Mary loaned to him to keep both accounts current. States that Mary wouldn't be considered an official senior. States she shouldn't have to pay and to explain Mrs. Russell. Explains a certificate or diploma from Merrimac wouldn't mean much. States the goal is preparation for college and the college diploma is the important certificate. 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 21, 1926 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Rights Reserved By Phillips Academy Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Manuscripts. Correspondence. Relation A related resource April 21, 1926 Miss Mary Sun Whittier School Merrimac, Mass. Dear Mary: Many thanks for your recent letter and for the statement of accounts. I understand perfectly that the Washington trip was an expensive one at best and see nothing to complain of in the expenditures you have recorded. Charlie, however, ought to send back and I shall ask him to do so, the amount you loaned him so that your two accounts may be kept in proper order. I don’t see any reason why you should appear as an official senior, at least to the extent of having to meet that extra payment for a senior prom. Just tell Mrs. Russell that you do not dance and that, as you are a special student, neither you nor I believe, that you should be called on to assume this added obligation. In view of your short stay at Merrimac, I can’t see that such a certificate or diploma as you might earn there could really be considered of any great value. The main thing is to get ready for college, and of course the college diploma, which we shall count on your taking later, will be the thing that really counts. With every good wish and the hope that I may be able to run over before long and have a look at you, believe me always Sincerely yours, Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Mary Sun https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/dc6d3f37d2644abe4c946f460cae4b91.jpg ea2ca796cfa50f85f552564fe324a1a1 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/f1492f41739598cfa7eb19879dc80653.jpg 95b39850ade6108d8b94d132cff53d9e 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 Miss Mary Sun, March 2, 1926 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Miss Mary Sun, March 2, 1926 Description An account of the resource Typed letter sent from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Mary Sun. Explains the decision to send her to Whittier was not easy and it was done with her father's wishes and instructions in mind. Will monitor her progress. Questions if Mary should go to college, but believes she should work to meet the entrance requirements. States money for incidentals beyond the monthly allowance will come from Mrs. Russell. Asks Mary to cut back on writing letters to her Abbot friends. States daily letters will distract from school work. Plans to visit when weather permits. 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 2, 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 Miss Mary Sun The Whittier School Merrimac, Massachusetts Dear Mary: I am very grateful to you for your recent note, and especially happy over the cheerier tone in which it is written. I do hope that you will come to understand that the decision to make the change to the Merrimac, school was anything but a pleasant one for me to reach, and that it was made only after long and careful thought, and in the firm conviction that it would best carry out the definite and compelling instructions received from your father. My interest and desire are now, as they have always been, to do for you and the boys that which your father would feel would most nearly achieve for you all the purposes which prompted him to send you to this far-away land, and at such heavy expense and personal sacrifice. I cannot say that I have not at times made mistakes, but if so, they have been mistakes entirely of judgment and not purpose, for the goal that I have had in mind has never changed. I shall watch with interest your work and progress under the new surroundings, and can only hope that you will be able to secure there just the kind of preparation you need to enable you to gain admission, at least, to a good college. Frankly I have some questions in my own mind as to whether you ought to go to college, and I have stated them frankly to your father. On the other hand I am sure that it would mean a lot to him, and to you also, if you could at least meet the college entrance requirements, for then you could tell the world that the college doors were open to you, and that in itself would be a source of real satisfaction to you in years to come. Mrs. Russell will supply you with whatever funds you require for special incidentals over and beyond what can be taken care of by the regular monthly allowances. For the latter I am enclosing the customary chock herewith. One other thing. You really must curtail your output of letters to your friends. It will be utterly impossible for you to concentrate as you must in your studies if you are writing daily letters to your friends and securing a constant flow of letters from them. Do be reasonable about this. Not for the world would I interfere with good friendships; but I know only too well from experience that good work in studies is utterly impossible for those who are too mush interrupted in this way. Just as soon as the roads clear up a bit I shall plan to run over and have a look at you and talk things over. In the meantime accept my very best wishes for health, happiness, and real progress on the main job that is now yours. Always sincerely yours, Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Mary Sun https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/93df8a059f019441a78227c88d3d3967.jpg c275fca4e89226a5de139f74389af4e6 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/70f01324ae9aac97d2d3959c302ebb49.jpg f37d1fe0c98121df4fc375c57fa4a5e5 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 Miss Mary Sun, March 3, 1926 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Miss Mary Sun, March 3, 1926 Description An account of the resource Typed letter sent from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Mary Sun. States he doesn't want to deprive her of friends and if Mrs. Russell feels a visit is proper, he has no issue. Explains the group of Abbot girls, including Miss Shapleigh, tried to visit without proper arrangements or checking in with the headmaster of the school they were visiting. Believes her time should be dedicated to schoolwork, since the college prep work is different from her previous courses. States visits are for vacations. States all he has done was based on her father's instruction. Does not appreciate Mary's notion that Stearns has been unfair. Believes allowing Mary to attend Abbot was mistake, as authorities there disregarded his instructions from the beginning. 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 3, 1926 Dear Mary Sun The Whittier School Merrimac, Massachusetts Dear Mary: Your note of March first has Just reached me. Probably this letter is unnecessary, as a letter which I mailed you only yesterday should have brought to you a dearer understanding of my attitude and feelings. The last thing in the world that I wish to do is to deprive you of good friends. If in this case Mrs. Bussell feels that a visit from one of the Abbot Academy girls is proper and can be arranged for a time that will not interfere your school work, I shall be perfectly willing to have the plan go through. On the other hand I strongly object to such a visit as Miss Shapleigh and a group of girls made you the other day, without taking the trouble to inquire from the head of the school whether it was proper or not or at what time visits were expected. Visits of that kind are completely upsetting to any school as well as to the girls concerned, and are not tolerated in any first-class school of my acquaintance. Was Shapleigh herself should have known that. The one object that I have in mind is that, in accordance with your father's definite wishes, you should give the bulk of your time and thought to the important work which is now yours, and which largely because of its novelty will require the most of your time and the best of your effort. The constant writing and receipt of letters and too many visits from friends would simply wreck the whole plan. Vacations are the times for such things, and they should be kept at the lowest limit in term-time. One of the reasons why I hesitated to choose a school so near at hand was just this very thing, and if we can't control it otherwise, I am afraid that we shall have to look for a school much farther away.  Frankly, Mary, I am getting a bit sensitive over your constant references to my seeming desire to deprive you of legitimate interests and deal unduly severely with you. Tour father has given me his confidence and asked a very definite thing of me. What I have tried to do for you through all these years has been wholly with a view to your best interests, and in the way that your father and I have felt those interests could best be attained. In many ways this has been a thankless job and a hard one, largely because of a seemly lack of appreciation on your part and a readiness to misinterpret my motives and aims. Since my instructions come almost wholly from your father, I do not see how you can entertain this feeling but that it is there has been very apparent, and increasingly so in recent months. Evidently I made a very serious mistake when I allowed you to go to Abbot as a boarder, for the tendency of the authorities there from the start has been to disregard my feelings and desires and arrange your affairs with little, if any, consultation with me. I feel that this is largely at the basis of your present unrest, and if I did not believe that that same influence would continue in a measure from that source, I should recommend with far greater satisfaction the prospects of continued contacts with your old friends there. Regretting deeply the necessity of writing you in just this vein, but in the belief that it is necessary for me to be in a measure severely frank because of the numerous insinuations contained in your recent note, believe me always and with your best interests constantly in my mind, Very sincerely yours, Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Mary Sun https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/51f148280daa036445cc760240d2a436.jpg ea3e22075fc67011c287d1bb08dc44d8 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 Stearns Folder 3947, Head of School (Stearns) Records Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Mr. Alfred A. Rolfe, June 10, 1918 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Mr. Alfred A. Rolfe, June 10, 1918 Description An account of the resource Typed letter sent from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Alfred A. Rolfe. Asks if Varnock or someone can help find a place for Yung for the summer. Describes Yung. 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 Phillips Academy Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Rights Reserved By Phillips Academy Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Correspondence Relation A related resource June 10th 1918 Mr. Alfred L. Rolfe The Hill School Portstown, Pa. My dear Rolfe: Will you be willing to ask Warnock or some other man who may be in charge of the Hill School summer camp whether he can find a place this summer for one of our Chinese boys, Tung by name, who is looking for a camp where he can divide his study and recreation. Tung is as clean and wholesome a little gentleman as you would often find, and should prove s most satisfactory member of any community of this kind. I have promised his brother , who is about to sail for China, that I would take charge of the youngster’s affairs for the summer and locate him in a good camp; hence this inquiry. Thanking you in advance for anything you can do for me and trusting that I am going to get a glimpse of you before the summer has been doing under way, believe me Most sincerely yours Alfred A. Rolfe Dr. Alfred E. Stearns H.F.Yung https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/36e4a784418e1a064379a1db880dce3f.jpg bdbcbad326486126d9c47613b2032565 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 Stearns Folder 2545, Head of School (Stearns) Records Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Mr. Arthur Bliss, postmaster, November 13, 1913 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Mr. Arthur Bliss, postmaster, November 13, 1913 Description An account of the resource Typed letter sent from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Arthur Bliss, postmaster at Andover, Massachusetts. Hopes for further news regarding letter addressed to L.C. Sun. Believes letter was returned to China in care of Tong Kaison or Y.C. Tong. Wishes to wait for inquiries to bring potential information. Will fill forms out if unable to wait further. 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 November 13, 1913 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 My dear Mr. Bliss: I am still hoping for further news from China relating to the registered letter addressed to L.C. Sun, which came to hand over a year ago and which seems to have gone astray. My own very clear conviction is that the letter was returned to China, probably in care of Mr. Tong Kaison, the late President of Ching Hua College who only recently has died, or Mr. Y.C. Tong, recently Chairman of the Chinese Telegraph Administration, but in this last revolution deposed and I believe driven out of office. You see where this leaves me. I don’t know just how we will be able to get any more definite information on the subject, but I would like to wait a bit longer in the hope that some of the inquiries already made may bring forth belated information. If you find that this cannot be done without serious embarrassment, let me know and I will fill out the blanks as best I can. Faithfully yours, Principal. Arthur Bliss Dr. Alfred E. Stearns L.C. Sun https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/6831909c2f5ce3b9c59e6a6b9b526916.jpg 1ce38a9b2152122397bb5abacf2c814a Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 27 Folder 2 Tsai, Head of School (Stearns) Records Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Mr. Arthur F. Stearns, April 19, 1927 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Mr. Arthur F. Stearns, April 19, 1927 Description An account of the resource Typed letter to Arthur F. Stearns from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns about letters received from Alfred Tsai. Explains he is receiving a letter a day from Alfred requesting more money. States he has told Alfred to see Arthur if more money is needed for necessities. Asks Arthur to let him know if the arrangement is no longer managable. Believes Alfred tends to spend more than he should. 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 19, 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 April 19, 1927 Mr. Arthur F. Stearns • Mont Vernon, N.H. Dear Art: The enclosed letter from Alfred Tsai is characteristic of missives with which he bombs me continuously. Hardly a day goes by that I don receive at least one, and his persistence is getting to be something of a nuisance. I told Alfred again and again to secure from you what money he requires for needed incidentals or to have the same charged and send me the bill. If you do not wish to make these advances, which I will gladly settle for whenever you render the account, or if you prefer to have me send you a special deposit in advance for the same, just let me know. Helen Is convinced that Alfred is disposed to spend more than he ought to and to work us all so far as he can. that is why I am unwilling to accede to his numerous requests and must leave the authority with you. Just tell me how you prefer to have it handled, and I will cooperate. Only hold him In leash and don’t let him put it over on you. Affectionately yours, Arthur F. Stearns Dr. Alfred E. Stearns https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/35ef32c44216a38a00f4d3eb08309a63.jpg aa35239cce6f64cfe85ab986a94486d4 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 Stearns Folder 4053, Head of School (Stearns) Records Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Mr. Arthur F. Stearns, January 28, 1918 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Mr. Arthur F. Stearns, January 28, 1918 Description An account of the resource Typed letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Mr. Arthur F. Stearns on behalf of K.C. Li requesting that Arthur F. Stearns send K.C. Li circulars for two of his Chinese wards who require further improvement in their English abilities at a smaller school. 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 28, 1918 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 28 January, 1918 Mr. Arthur F. Steams Mont Vernon, N.H. My dear Art: Will you please send one of your circulars by earliest mail to Mr. K.C. Li, 4904 Woolworth Building. New York City. Mr. Li has two wards, Chinese of course, who are anxious to come to us, but who, in my judgment, need to round out the year in a smaller school mainly for the purpose of bolstering up their English. Faithfully yours, Arthur F. Stearns Dr. Alfred E. Stearns K.C. Li https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/bb48be9853f530a0f5f18b6dbf6edbcc.jpg f44f14da2319d770009df3cec68550fc https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/be5524a2dd090eaed529970aa14dddb3.jpg 177124d5fd1c18c59f064444796e01cf https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/e6d42b971656e0ff65fc0fdfdad98cb9.jpg 7e8fefa8b3334dfc48468191366b52a4 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 Mr. Arthur G. Robinson, January 20, 1926 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Mr. Arthur G. Robinson, January 20, 1926 Description An account of the resource Typed letter sent from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Arthur G. Robinson. Discusses Mary and Tom Sun's future education. States Tom wants to attend Wharton School of Business Administration at University of Pennsylvania. Is unsure if Tom can keep as his progress has been slow. States Mary is currently taking general courses to obtain her diploma. Explains her father sent a message to prepare her college, which will cause upheaval in her schooling. Provides updates on Arthur and Charlie. States Arthur is almost finished at Massachusetts Tech. States Charlie is a freshman at Amherst College. Provides updates on Frank Lin and Quincey Sheh. Unsure of what to do in the cases of Tom and Mary Sun. Accepts Robinson's offer to discuss matters directly with Mr. C.Y. 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 January 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 Relation A related resource January 29, 1926 Mr. Arthur C. Robinson 60 Recreation Road Tientsin, China My dear Mr. Robinson: I deeply appreciate the cases of Tom and Mary Sun are a bit puzzling to me. Tom wishes to enter the Wharton School of Business Administration at the University of Pennsylvania, but I am inclined to think that his brothers believe that his motives are not of the highest. Whether Tom can gain admission to the ordinary college and carry successfully the load which such a college demands, I don’t know. It is difficult to tell how far Tom’s slow progress in his school work is due to lack of ability and how much to lack of concentration and a compelling purpose. Frankly I am a bit disturbed to know just what course should be mapped out for the boy after he complete his work with us at the end of the current school year. His progress has been slow from the start, even though he has regularly invested much of his summer in tutoring schools. Mary is a hard worker and has good ability along some lines. Some of her present teachers, however, are inclined to doute the wisdom of sending her to college. Up to the present time she has been taking a general course with the idea of securing a good school diploma and with the further belief on my part that this must round out her American education. A cablegram received only a few days ago from Mr. Sun, and in answer to a long letter from me in which I sought to outline clearly the nature of the problem, instructs me to have Mary prepared for college. This means a change of course and probably a change of school, and I am confident that Mary is going to be very much distressed at this prospect. I have not broken the news. To her yet, since I felt that I must first find out what the possibilities are in a case a change is made at this time. Needless to say I am making inquires in various directions to secure the desired ate. Arthur is rounding out his course at Massachusettes Tech, after many stumbles and a pretty hard struggle. Charlie is a freshman at Amherst College, where he is already getting a good grasp on his work and where I am sure his record will be one of steady advancement and in every way credible. Frank Lin is also still struggling with the Tech load, his work having always come hard for him; while Quincey Sheh is making an exceptionally fine record Bowdoin College. All of these facts have been reported to Mr. Sun, but I must admist that I am still puzzled over the problems furnished by Tom and Mary. I believe that you will be able to get a pretty clear picture of the situation as I see it if you will let Mr. Sun show you my recent letters to him. Of course there are colleages and colleges in America, as you know, and the standards vary widely. Mary is disposed to think that a college degree alone, regardless of its quality, will satisfy her father’s wishes. My own natural feeling is that instructions from Mr. Sun to prepare Mary for colleges naturally mean a college of the first rank. If that is the case, an added year of preparation will probably still be required. You see I am accepting your invitation at its face value, and I shall certainly be glad to get direct advices through you from Mr. Sun, with whom I hope you will be able to talk matters over frankly and fully before you start for America. In the meantime, I shall undoubtedly have been compelled to reach some kind of a decision, and I can only hope that decision will be wise and as nearly as possible in accord with Mr.Sun’s personal desires. With warm personal regards, Believe me Very sincerely yours. Arthur G. Robinson Dr. Alfred E. Stearns https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/0e928bb6437245bdd2bc0318039c9692.jpg 028a9b1ee383da9235dfc1d6e196329d https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/f294546c79d37afc5ada574111d7a580.jpg e327c477e382c549782d5d326b7330e4 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 Mr. Arthur Sun, April 30, 1926 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Mr. Arthur Sun, April 30, 1926 Description An account of the resource Typed letter sent from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Mr. Arthur Sun. States bills will be covered and asks for clarification on a bookstore bill. Provides updates on Mary's well-being and progress. Discusses a letter sent by his father and Mr. Sze about Mary's education. Mentions Mr. C.Y. Sun's response to current events in China. 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 Mr. Arthur Sun 93 Tech Dormitory Cambridge, Mass. Dear Arthur: I have your letter of April 28 and the accompanying bills. The latter will be settled promptly. I do not understand about the Cooperative bookstore bill. for I sent a check to cover that at least a week or ten days ago. If the chock has not been received, please let me know. I am enclosing a check for the May allowances, as requested. The last reports I have had from Mary and Mrs. Russell indicate that Mary is working- hard, is getting some good results, and is apparently increasingly contented. I think that she is really looking forward now to the college course, and I am sure that she will get mush cut of it. Mr. Sze and I are both agreed that a smaller college, like Emira out in New York State, represents the type of institution that would do most for a girl of Mary’s tastes and caliber. This morning’s mail brings me a letter from Mr Sze, enclosing a letter he had just received from your father. He also gives me a copy of a cablegram which he had recently sent to your father, and it now seems as if we all understood each other and were in agreement as to the course adopted and that still to be followed for Mary. Mr. Sze himself has kindly taken up the matter of Mary’s admission at Emira, for one of his wards or relatives is already a student there and he, himself, has close personal friends (on the faculty What a time your countrymen are having these Lays? Your father in his letter to Mr.Sze speaks of the exciting times in China as quite unparalleled in any previous experience”. He speaks of a strain on his nerves, and I don’t wander that such a strain exists under circumstances. Apparently no one seems to know just what is ahead. With all good wishes to you, believe me Faithfully yours, Arthur Sun Dr. Alfred E. Stearns