177 10 3636 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/420389e1a966f60faa494fb62cb52fbf.jpg 6a8108d7d582669d86d38f68d1e50e40 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 2422, 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. Thomas Lee, June 15, 1915 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Mr. Thomas Lee, June 15, 1915 Description An account of the resource Typed letter sent from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Tommy Lee about Burke bill which had been sent to collections. Enclosed bill. States Burke has tried several times to collect. Unaware of bill until now. Asks if account is inaccurate or if Lee has overlooked it. 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 June 15, 1915 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 Tommy: Here is that Burke bill which the Legal Process Co. have been trying to collect, after having tacked on their commission to it. I have taken the matter up with Burke & Company and learn from them that they have repeatedly tried to collect the bill, but without success. So far as I know this is the first time the matter has ever been called to my attention. I must either infer, therefore, that the account is incorrect, or that you have been extremely careless in overlooking it. If the account is right will you please C. K. the bill and return it to me at once, so that we may have no further trouble in the matter. Faithfully yours, Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Tommy Y.C. Lee https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/004b26ab8fb6cde2859d1d5a5ef3ed88.jpg 4d598534c729872a8240689d90921962 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/b7972afc4c8b61ffeab90ab6e2e57386.jpg 39b3ee0fd656f80c22411c5c52974806 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 2422, 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. Thomas Lee, June 17, 1915 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Mr. Thomas Lee, June 17, 1915 Description An account of the resource Typed letter sent from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Tommy Lee. Sent check. Troubled by recent bills. States bills are large and has not seen accounts for said bills. Sent bills to New Haven for Lee to okay. Approves studying Chemistry in Columbia if can be done cheaply. Discusses activities of other Chinese students. 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 June 17, 1915 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 Tommy: I have your letter of June 5th and am inclosing a check for $35. as requested. Evidently the money is going pretty fast these closing days of the college year. The bills which have come in recently have troubled me a good deal because they are large and regularly refer to accounts rendered, which accounts I have never seen. I don’t feel justified in paying big bills where I have no details as to what they represent. You will find several of these bills awaiting you in New Haven when you return, for I have sent them back there to have you O.K. them, and also to have you get the detailed statements to send me. Please attend to this at once, for I don’t want any more collecting agencies demanding payment of me. The question of your studying in Columbia this summer it seems to me should hinge on expenses rather than anything else. If you can get a course there for $20. covering six weeks in Chemistry, and can live there as reasonably as you could elsewhere, I am inclined to advise you to take it. You must make this deficiency up in some way, and this will probably offer you as good a chance as any. Certainly you couldn’t make up Chemistry at the Lake, though it will not seem like the old place up there without you and your cheery smile. I am hoping to go up about the first of July, and I wish you were going to be with us. Perhaps your examination reports will indicate that you came out better than you now anticipate. Yes, your fellow countrymen have made some remarkably good records here this year. Two of the prizes they carried off were among our very best and biggest prizes too; further than that, the competition was stronger than ever before, as our graduating class this year was about the best class in point of scholarship we have ever had in the school. Let me know what you finally decide to do, and believe me, with all best wishes, Most sincerely yours, Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Tommy Y.C. Lee https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/43d011e4193bab8efa574f6d8a45fa15.jpg f7f7864dcda3879760811543d1084cd5 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 2422, 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. Thomas Lee, June 2, 1917 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Mr. Thomas Lee, June 2, 1917 Description An account of the resource Typed letter sent from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Tommy Lee. Asks about Lee's work in classes. Asks how Lee is doing. Invites Lee to visit. 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 June 2, 1917 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 Tommy: Thanks for your good letter. It is good to see your handwriting again and to get a word of greeting from you. I wish I knew a little more about your actual work and how you are getting on in your classes. Let me have that information next time if it isn’t too much trouble. If you are ever up this way be sure to come and see us. I fear that there will be little chance for visitors at the Lake this summer, for I understand that the Lodge is not to be opened. I hope to go up there for a short vacation, though I cannot say whether it will be possible to put in much of a summer in that inspiring place. My best to you always! Ever your friend, Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Tommy Y.C. Lee https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/079ff946e6730b179fbc5055a007f33f.jpg aa617a6e977ffcd097b0c0a21a2d6982 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 2422, 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. Thomas Lee, June 21, 1915 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Mr. Thomas Lee, June 21, 1915 Description An account of the resource Typed letter sent from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Tommy Lee. Explains check was sent to Livingston Hall. Will send duplicate check if letter hasn't arrived yet. Has not heard about examination results. States father's last check was $442.50 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 June 21, 1915 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 Tommy: I have your letter of the 20th. Check and letter were mailed you at the Livingston Hall address which you gave me in your last letter. I have no doubt that these will be forwarded to you. Probably the letter has reached you by this time. If it has not, wire me and I will send a duplicate check, though I dislike to double up on checks in this way. If I hear from you by Wednesday I can get money to you by the time you plan to leave for Northfield. I have not heard anything about your examination results. You can undoubtedly get the report there at the New Haven office. I hope you will let me know what they are. The last check from your father which you forwarded to me to deposit was deposited to your account on April 20th and amounted to $442.50. Hoping to see you in Northfield next week, believe me, Sincerely yours, Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Tommy Y.C. Lee https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/340892ac4f9349dbe6413ea11dfea2f2.jpg 53adee3322985508f8122e7d7c9f46a1 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 2422, 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. Thomas Lee, June 8, 1915 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Mr. Thomas Lee, June 8, 1915 Description An account of the resource Typed letter sent from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Tommy Lee. Does not understand why collectors are involved. Tried to pay bills as they're sent. Asks Lee to get more detailed bills of accounts. Does not feel comfortable paying large bills that appear inaccurate. Asks about bill from Burke & Company in Boston. Asks that bills be sent immediately once Lee receives and okays them. 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 June 8, 1915 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 Tommy: I have just received your letter with inclosed bills. Herewith I am handing you check for $35. as requested. I don’t know why collectors should be hounding you. I have tried to pay the bills as they have come in, with the exception of several which have not been OK'd by you and which therefore I did not feel justified in settling at once. For example, here is one recently received from the Cooperative Society. It amounts to $28.51 and refers to a balance of $26.83. No items included in this balance are given, and naturally I dislike to pay the bill until I know what it is for. I think your father would justly object if I should send him the receipt for this bill where less than $2. worth of items were given, and over $26. worth gave no evidence of the nature of the expenditures. Won't you ask them for a detailed bill of this account and send it to me at once after you have O.K’d it! I will see that it is paid promptly. What is the nature of your bill with Burke & Co. of 18 School Street, Boston? I have no evidence that their bill was ever sent to me for collection. Had it been received I would have paid it. Possibly it has been mislaid, but I doubt it. In any case, in view of the position they have taken without consulting me, I shall write them telling them that I have instructed you to do no further business with their firm. It looks to me like a pretty shabby piece of work on their part. Hereafter, please let me have the bills the moment they come in to you, and be sure to OK them before sending them on. This will enable me to pay them promptly on their receipt. With all best wishes, believe me, as ever, Faithfully yours, Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Tommy Y.C. Lee https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/e003932459006b07ef705885f95ba0fd.jpg 910ace6b90398d9f26275b66c94e0bea 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 2422, 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. Thomas Lee, March 17, 1916 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Mr. Thomas Lee, March 17, 1916 Description An account of the resource Typed letter sent from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Tommy Lee. Thanks Lee for returning okayed bill. Sent Mrs. Daab bill. Asks for bills to be sent earlier. Excited to know Andover may host the summer conference. States trustees will have to pass the proposition. Will have to consult trustees before writing Mr. Mok. 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 17, 1916 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 Tommy: Thank you for your letter and for the O.K.'d bill. I am sending Mrs. Daab a check by this same mail, and trust that the good lady will feel easier in her mind from now on. For goodness' sake, don’t let these bills go so long in the future! I am interested and delighted to know that there is a prospect that the Conference may be held in Andover next summer. The trustees, however, will have to pass upon the proposition, and I will try to get into touch with some of that body at once. We have just refused the use of the grounds to another organization which didn’t appeal to us very strongly, so that it is possible that we may be embarrassed in letting you fellows use them. That is the only possible obstacle that I can foresee, and I am sure there must be a way of overcoming that. It will be necessary for me to consult my trustees, however, before I can write your friend, Mr. Mok. I trust that this delay will not prove embarrassing. One thing is sure, and that is if the Conference does meet here this summer, they will find much better facilities than they had when they were here before. The additions we have made in grounds and buildings since the first Conference, years ago, has been very marked, as you know. Faithfully yours, Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Mrs. A.F. Daab https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/f858e1794b7d2b1b1a4370c4ade2dc4e.jpg 674cade2dd8a9a21cf3b0c5e759b1b34 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 2422, 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. Thomas Lee, March 26, 1915 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Mr. Thomas Lee, March 26, 1915 Description An account of the resource Typed letter sent from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Tommy Lee. Unsure if Vreeland's letter or Lee's letter is accurate. Advises Lee to meet with Vreeland to discuss situation. Worried over Lee's academic standing. Admonishes Lee to examine standing. 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 26, 1915 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 Tommy: Your letter reached me this morning, and only two or three days after a most distressing one which was sent me by your Registrar. I hardly know which one to bank on. According to Mr. Vreeland, your work is in extremely bad shape, and you yourself in a very dangerous position. From your letter I should judge that the situation was decidedly better than formerly. My advice to you is to consult the Registrar at once and make sure just where you stand. I am afraid you will find the situation is distinctly worse than you paint it in your letter to me. I am perfectly willing to accept your explanation of the probation situation. That in itself need not worry us greatly, provided you mean business, for the matter is wholly in your hands. The low standing in your studies, however, is a much more serious affair, and I cannot account for it. Boys who stood distinctly below you in Andover are doing much better work than you at New Haven. The only inference I can draw is that you have not been applying yourself with the serious purpose that should have characterized your effort. For Goodness' sake just stop up short and take a good account of stock and see where you stand. If you were to flunk out at Sheff. it would be a lasting disgrace to you, to the school, and a blow to your family and friends from which they would hardly recover. You certainly cannot afford to trifle with a situation fraught as this is with so many possibilities of evil and good. Faithfully yours, Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Harold Vreeland Tommy Y.C. Lee https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/a3d0796cc05b91f8785eb7853825a100.jpg bbd77cb150c9d1604efe8b38084cbf4c 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 2422, 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. Thomas Lee, March 30, 1915 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Mr. Thomas Lee, March 30, 1915 Description An account of the resource Typed letter sent from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Tommy Lee. Advises Lee to discuss situation with Vreeland. Sent requested check. Believes placing Chang in School again is a mistake if not required to study. 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, 1915 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 Tommy: Thank you for your letter received this morning, and for the assurances it contains that your work is not so bad as I had been given to understand. My advice to you is to see Mr. Vreeland at once and talk the situation over with him carefully and fully. If your work is as bad as Mr. Vreeland indicates, you ought to know it, and from headquarters. If it is as good as you think it is, Mr. Vreeland ought to know it and give you credit accordingly. In any case you and Mr. Vreeland should come to a clear understanding of the situation at once. I am inclosing check for $25. as requested. Kindly sign and return the receipt. I hope you will be able to get some rest and enjoyment out of the vacation. Your reference to the news you have had of Chang interests me greatly. I fear, however, that his father is making a serious mistake in putting the boy into school again just now, especially if the demands made upon him do not require him to study. In my judgment Chang ought to be put at some good hard work for a year, until he has had time to appreciate the opportunities he has thrown away and has developed a desire to recover lost ground. With all good wishes, believe me, Sincerely yours, Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Harold Vreeland Tommy Y.C. Lee https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/cab98f81bdda6b8bd35344e4832437a6.jpg 6800b71280db63a93b0823bb0ff7c9e5 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 2422, 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. Thomas Lee, March 7, 1916 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Mr. Thomas Lee, March 7, 1916 Description An account of the resource Typed letter sent from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Tommy Lee. Received and deposited check. States accounts are still behind and hopes to get accounts paid. Asks again for response about boarding house bills and mix-up. Asks about poor grades at Yale. 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 7, 1916 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 Tommy: Thank you for your letter and for the enclosed check. I am depositing the check to your account, and am asking my secretary to draw off a statement showing how your finances stand at the present time. This I hope to send you within a day or two. You understand, of course, that you have been behind the game for a good while in that there is still a loan at the bank standing against you. I wish that we might get this paid up and start fresh, for of course the interest charge is an extra burden and one that ought to be got rid of as soon as possible. I have never received an answer from you to my letter regarding the boarding house mix-up of last year. Two distinguished boarding house keepers of your city down there claim the honor of having fed your delicate stomach at one and the same time. One of the good ladies has already been paid, you yourself having O.K.’d the bill. The other sends me her bill and with it a wail of complaint that she has not received her cash. I wrote you asking you if you could straighten out the tangle for me, but I have heard nothing. Please look up that letter and let me hear from you promptly. Evidently there has been a slip somewhere. I still note that there is too much red ink on your record as submitted to us by the Yale office. I was hoping that this year we might get only good reports. What is the trouble, anyway? Can’t you make an extra effort to get out of the danger zone? You certainly don’t belong in the class that is generally represented by these red marks. My best to you, as always, Faithfully yours, Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Tommy Y.C. Lee https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/5ecdade4c122cb9871713b5bc619c59f.jpg 8f925ec1d3660c88b5fa0ff1d7b3eefa 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 2422, 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. Thomas Lee, March 8, 1916 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Mr. Thomas Lee, March 8, 1916 Description An account of the resource Typed letter sent from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Tommy Lee. Explains situation with Mrs. Daab and board bill. Asks Lee again to respond promptly. States Daab rendered a bill for October 12 to December 11. States records show payments for first 2 weeks, but payments were made to Mrs. Shea for remainder. 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 Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Phillips Academy Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Correspondence Relation A related resource My dear Tommy: Since my letter to you, written several days ago, I have received a further communication from Mrs. Saab in which she insists that her bill be paid, and threatens to carry the matter up to Mr. Stokes, Secretary of the University. I have replied that I am doing everything that I can to secure from you information which will straighten out the tangle, but that I am not willing to pay a bill which seemingly has already been paid to another person until I know what is wrong. You have ignored my earlier letter, and I must ask you to reply promptly and clearly to this one. The situation is certainly unusual, and it ought to be straightened out at once. Mrs. Daab claims that you boarded with her during the fall term last year, and she has rendered me a bill for board from October 28th to December 11th. She tells me that she has absolute proof that you were with her during that period and can refer me to reliable references to prove her contention. The records show that I paid her a bill covering the first week or two of that period, after said bill had been O.K.'d by you, but that for the balance of the term bills were paid regularly to Mrs. Shea for board. Please make clear to me how I am to account for this complication and discrepancy. I shall await your reply with deep interest. Faithfully yours, Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Mrs. A.F. Daab Tommy Y.C. Lee