183 10 3636 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/db465a8099f084eae2ce0b122511fd71.jpg eae11c280fa255a71d0d51cbad107988 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 4055, 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 C.L. Chow, August 9, 1924 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to C.L. Chow, August 9, 1924 Description An account of the resource Typed letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to C.L. Chow acknowledging the receipt of his recent letter and that he will be out of town during his planned visit to Andover. Wishes to know more of Chow's plans and whether or not he can possibly take a detour to visit him in New Hampshire. 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 August 9, 1924 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 Home Camp, Pittsburg, N.H. August 9, 1924 Mr. C.L.Chow New York City, My dear Mr. Chow, Your telegram and your letter which followed were both forwarded to me from my Andover office. Needless to say I was much excited when they were received and I learned that you were in this country and planning a visit to Andover and your old school. I left Andover the first of July for my summer vacation in this northern wilderness. It is a long journey, and I seldom find it possible to make the trip to Andover again until I pack up for good about the first of September and return for the new years work. I can’t bear to think of the possibility of missing you altogether, but as your letter did not tell me how long you are to be in this part of the world I am still hoping that our paths may be made to cross before you return to China. Indeed if you could see your way to make the long journey up into northern New Hampshire a warm and very friendly welcome would be awaiting you at Home Camp. Perhaps that is too much to hope, but I do most earnestly desire to see before the American visit ends. Please write me more fully about your plans and let me know if there is the slightest chance that you can get up here for a little visit. If that is out of the question I surely must see you in Andover in September if you are still in the country. You have been often in my thoughts during recent years. Either a year or two years ago someone sent me a newspaper clipping announcing your arrival in America and giving what purported to be the substance of an interview with you. It was then about a week before the annual base ball game with Exteter and I at once reserved a ticket to that historic game for you and sought in every way to locate you. I telegraphed to the legation in Washington and got into touch with numerous Chinese friends, but no one could give me the slightest information as to your whereabouts. Finally I can me to the conclusion that the whole newspaper story must have been a myth. Anyway I heard nothing more of you or your whereabouts until your recent message reached me. And my disappointments was very great. Do write me of your plans. If you can possibily see your way to run up here for a visit I shall be delighted and will send you promptly fully insrtuctions as how the trip may best be made. With warm personal regard and the old time good will, believe me, Very sincerely yours. Chow Shou Son Dr. Alfred E. Stearns https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/58806f7c20699055255912dbd87f88db.jpg 4493d95f19c93c27db8aaa4267f0b65f https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/d17a1193fd1187f885cf14f11c354bfa.jpg a5bd66090a4bca48f97d4b63176d84e2 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/df2b66c91770810e4e321ebb7a2d9aba.jpg b6d4adfa28213c3312a35e1c7fbf98ae 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 4055, 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 C.L. Chow, February 7, 1918 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to C.L. Chow, February 7, 1918 Description An account of the resource Typed letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to C.L. Chow expressing condolences over the death of a mutual friend, his sympathies on the youthful brashness of his son, his desire to revisit China at some point in the future, etc. 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 February 7, 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 7 February, 1918 Mr. C.L.Chow 45 C Robinson Road Hong Kong My dear Mr. Chow: Your most interesting letter of December 15th has been duly received and read with the deepest interest. Needless to say we all share your sorrow in the loss of our good old friend Liang Chen Tung. I had heard that he had been ill; but I had not heard, nor had any of his American friends apparently until your letter brought the news, that death had finally claimed him. His many and good friends in Andover share the common sorrow and feel the void that his loss occasions. Personally I valued his friendship highly; and I shall never forget those delightful days I spent as his guest with him in the Chinese Legation at Washington a number of years ago. His visits to Andover too were always most welcome and we were invariably cheered and encountered by his generous expressions of loyalty and good will. What his loss must mean to you, his most close and intimate friend, I well know; and my sympathy thereafter goes out to you in fullest measure. I wish that you would express to his wife, if the opportunity offers, my deep sympathy with here in her bereavement. It is disappointing indeed to learn that Chang has not yet awakened to the seriousness of life and its responsibilities, or has heard and answered the clear call of duty and privilege. He is still young, as you say, and fortunately many a man has awakened before it is too late to the error and absolute foolishness of his ways, when only selfish interests and passing pleasures have been consulted, and by a frank admission of his faults and a definite determination to make good has won for himself before life closed an enviable place in the world’s affection and esteem. I hope and believe that this will yet be true of Chang; though it will always be a source of the deepest regret to me that during the time I had a chance to to exert an influence upon him I appear to have failed so completely to instil within him ideals of life and conduct. Please tell him, if you feel it wise to do so, that I still have confidence in him, chiefly because of his inheritance, and that I shall never be satisfied until I learn that he is making good in the finest sense of word. The days that I passed in China are still a most delightful memory to me; and I love to let my mind dwell upon it whenever the opportunity offers. I try to make myself believe, and often say, that if I live long enough I mean to repeat the experiment and enjoy once more the fascination of your ancient and Oriental land. I must’t wait too long I realize, for after all the greatest attraction lies in the warm welcome of old friends out there whose cordiality and kindness I can never forget, surpassing as it did my highest expectation. Especially am I indebted to you, and I shall never forget how you looked me up in Shanghai that time and took pains to make me realize that I was by no means, as I then believed myself to me, a stranger in a strange land. That act of kindness on your part did more than anything else to enhance the value and pleasure of my visit to China. What you say of your Chinese civilization echoes the feeling that I have long held. I have often said that I believed we gained more here by the presence of Chinese boys and what they did for our American students than they gained from us. The qualities of your civilization which have enabled it to endure through all these passing centuries are qualities which are sadly lacking in the average American youth. Reverence, respect, obedience to the law and the strength and importance of family and how ties in my judgement are the essentials which must lie at the basis, as they do in the case of China, of any civilization which is permanently to endure. Scientific inventions and material achievements have undoubtedly turned the heads of the West, and I sometimes think that the good Lord has sent the present calamity on the world to teach us a lasting lesson and bring us back to humility and reasonable sense. How I would welcome the chance to sit down with you and talk over to our hearts content some of the great questions and problems which these unusual days are forcing upon us. We must study and think and plan as we have never done before, and in a far humbler spirit too, if we are eventually to bring order out of the present chaos; and it is a problem that will concern every race as well as every nation, for that time has passed when individuals, or nations, or races can set themselves up in self-satisfied isolation. We must learn from one another; we must profit by one another’s mistakes; we must help one another when the opportunity offers; and we must work for one common goal, the real brotherhood of man and the uplifting of humanity everywhere. Again let me thank you for your fine letter. May I express the hope that I won’t have to wait quite so long this time before I hear from you again. I can’t tell how welcome your letters are and how much satisfaction, and pleasure they bring me. With my very kindest regards to your good self, to Chang. and to any other inquiring friends in your part of the world, believe me always Very sincerely yours, Chow Shou Son Dr. Alfred E. Stearns https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/5f9debfed535a3d9218f07448fee3462.jpg 7f25991a40c9261b467c51d1dc175d08 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 4115, 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 King Look, September 8, 1921 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to King Look, September 8, 1921 Description An account of the resource Typed letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to King Look notifying him that he delayed sending him checks to cover his bills until his addressed was accurately updated. 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 8, 1921 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Rights Reserved By Phillips Academy Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Correspondence Relation A related resource September 8, 1921 Mr. King Look, 6 West Terrace, Hongkong, China My dear Look: Thank you for your letter of August 11th which I find waiting for me on my return to Andover from my summer vacation. I have delayed sending you the check to cover the balance of your account until the needed address should have been forthcoming. This address you have now supplied and I am glad to send the check and the account herewith. You will note that several bills cams in after you left. As I was not able to secure your endorsement of the same it was not to assume that they were correct. I trust that you will find them so. Dr. Alfred E. Stearns King Look https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/42d855da0f3589514eafab6af528957a.jpg 52d426b8900343e785fd29fbfa591fe1 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/0bc871861ddab1a314750e5663cb73f1.jpg 5d575d35ec22ca81358c90dee6d66f83 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 4115, 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 Poong Shan Look, November 9, 1921 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Poong Shan Look, November 9, 1921 Description An account of the resource Typed letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Poong Shan Look containing a list of expenditures made on behalf of his son King Look. Additionally, details the lackluster performance of King Look during the most recent semester, poor enough to not meet the scholarship requirements. Acknowledges that King Look needs more intensive guidance, the kind available at smaller schools. 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 9, 1921 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Rights Reserved By Phillips Academy Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Correspondence Relation A related resource November 9, 1921 Mr. Poong Shan Look 6 West Terrace Hongkong, China My dear Mr. Look: I am enclosing herewith a statement showing your boy’s expenditures while he was at Andover, at least in so far as any disbursements have been made by me of the funds placed in my hands. The statement shows a balance in the boy’s favor of 311.43, American money, for which I have asked our local bank to furnish me the necessary draft on Hongkong. I enclose the same herewith and shall be pleased to have you acknowledge its receipt. The individual receipts for the various items mentioned are in my possession also and will be forwarded to you if desired. King proved a very attractive fellow to deal with personally. He was always a gentleman and amenable to school discipline and rules. A lack of serious purpose, however, has been characteristic of him and his tendency to enjoy the full all social and material things with the accompanying readiness to spend money freely may be said to be his chief weakness; but once the boy has settled down to hard work in business or profession, I believe that the best traits of character, of which he has many, will come to the front and will aid him making for himself a career that will be successful and of real value to the world. The report of the boy’s work for the spring term, which I enclose, indicates how far short King fell of meeting our scholarship requirements. We found it necessary to limit his work to two subjects that he might concentrate on these. Even this requirement proved out of his reach and you will note that the record is one of practically complete failure so far as scholastic accomplishment is concerned. The boy evidently needs closer personal supervision and more individual guidance than are possible in a large school such as ours. I hope that we may hear more gratifying reports of his progress in the days ahead. Very sincerely yours. Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Poong Shan Look https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/f23af4dc0f656b4237852e684a0fb9ad.jpg d7e8b167324e701da008ca44c83a7185 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 4115, 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 the Jordan Marsh Company, May 17, 1921 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to the Jordan Marsh Company, May 17, 1921 Description An account of the resource Typed letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to the Jordan Marsh Company concerning his personal account with the store and how any expenses accrued by Chinese students in his care should be handled under separate accounts, not his own personal account. 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 May 17, 1921 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Rights Reserved By Phillips Academy Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Correspondence Relation A related resource May 17, 1921 Jordan Marsh Company Boston, Mass. Dear sirs: I have your letter of May 16, and note that the bill in question, referred to in my earlier letter, represents a purchase made by King Look, one of our Chinese boys. He is a ward of mine at the present time. It seems to me that it is distinctly careless and unbusinesslike to charge an account of this kind to me, or as happened in this instance, I believe to, Mrs. Stearns, without any reference to the actual purchase. White it is true that in the capacity of guardian I am paying the bills of several these boys, it is equally true that I am compelled to keep separate accounts and at intervals to send these accounts home. Hereafter, will you please see that the bills are charged to the boys in question and the accounts made out in that form, and not sent to me, personally, or sent to me for payment. In this connection, will you send me another bill covering this item and made out to King Look, the boy who made the purchase. Very truly yours Dr. Alfred E. Stearns the Jordan Marsh Company https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/1fc74e007514686cd9be0cbd8dc4c063.jpg 9f5fbcfb374f7b41eb0c77051581b1fc 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 4115, 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 D.L. Saunders, April 5, 1921 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to D.L. Saunders, April 5, 1921 Description An account of the resource Typed letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to D.L. Saunders requesting that Saunders send a certain bill, accrued by King Look, to him since is the boy's acting guardian. 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 5, 1921 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Rights Reserved By Phillips Academy Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Correspondence Relation A related resource April 5, 1921 Mr. D. L. Saunders Wright & Ditson Boston 9, Mass. My dear Mr.Saunders It is true that I am noting as guardian for Mr. King Look, now a student in this school. If you will send the bill in question to me, I shall be glad to settle it after it has had the boy’s O.K. Sincerely yours D.L. Saunders Dr. Alfred E. Stearns King Look https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/b23a212754ebc0601f9dade2deb66ed8.jpg 27f073d61c1c5723cf3f844cf2eb2272 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/5eb481a1db71fab3585fe2dfc7e9fbca.jpg 78521b96c4f586b9855faa0c0aa113cf 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 4401, 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 J.E. Bennet, October 22, 1925 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to J.E. Bennet, October 22, 1925 Description An account of the resource Typed letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to J.E. Bennet detailing the record of T.Y. Lee as a student at Phillips Academy. Includes Stearns' praising assessment of Charlie Sun and his belief that a good fraternity will grab him shortly into his Amherst studies. 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 October 22, 1925 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 October 22, 1925 Psi U House Amherst, Mass. My dear Brother Bennet: I am very grateful to you for your letter of October 20. Let the good work go on. We will all be ready to offer further congratulations as you climb the ladder. I don’t know just what to say about T. Y. Lee. He was here for two years 1920-1921 and 1921-1922. His scholarship was far from strong, though, on the whole, he did pretty well for a foreigner. His general record was all that could be desired, but I can’t recall that he made any very deep impression on the student body. What he may have done or to what extent he may have developed since that time, I am in no position to judge, for he was not one of my personal wards, as so many of our Chinese boys in the last twenty-five years have been. All I can say is that there was certainly nothing in the Andover record that could be counted against the boy and that it would be only fair, therefore, to judge him on the later record with which you are in closer contact and personally familiar. In this connection let me say that you will make no mistake to keep your eyes on Charlie Sun, a Chinese boy in the freshman class this year. I have dealt at first hand with considerably over a hundred of these Chinese boys, and of all that group, some of whom have made very distinguished records for themselves in the higher institutions, I know of none who outranks in character and real worth this particular youngster. He lived in my own house for several years, is my personal ward still, and consequently I have had a pretty good opportunity far sizing him up. There is nothing aggressive about him, but he is one of those fellows who wins increasing respect and admiration the more one gets to know him. I shall be much surprised if some good fraternity does not grab his before he has gone far in his Amherst course, and I should naturally like to see his, if such a contact proved congenial to all concerned, in my old crowd. Faithfully yours. Dr. Alfred E. Stearns J.E. Bennet https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/41e26826adc5b71c8fc15644791ef886.jpg f8d365fb14d37b554bc30e03688e8161 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 4401, 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 T.Y. Lee, October 11, 1922 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to T.Y. Lee, October 11, 1922 Description An account of the resource Typed letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to T.Y. Lee informing Lee of the receipt of his recent letter and the joy in meeting so shortly. Holds off on further updates as they are to meet so soon. 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 October 11, 1922 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Rights Reserved By Phillips Academy Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Correspondence Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Tsu Yung Lee https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/f0d101756111f5bd5c909cb06c76c707.jpg 35aecc8636a2c68baee6eb25578bc762 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 4401, 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 Shih Ching Lee, November 17, 1921 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Shih Ching Lee, November 17, 1921 Description An account of the resource Typed letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Shih Ching Lee informing him of the receipt of his gift, a Chinese scroll painting, which Stearns greatly appreciates. Informs Lee that his son is a very satisfactory student at Phillips Academy. 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 17, 1921 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Rights Reserved By Phillips Academy Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Correspondence Relation A related resource November 17, 1921 Bank of China Peking, China My dear Mr. Lee Your boy recently presented me with the valuable scroll embodying the beautiful work of one of your Chinese artists and for which I understand I am indebted to you. The painting already hangs in my parlor, and I cherish it among my most valued possessions. The generous thought which prompted you to remember me in this way is very deeply appreciated. I assure you, and I beg you to accept my hearty and sincere thanks both for the gift and for the evidence it will always carry with it of your friendly goodwill. One of the great regrets which I have always entertained since my visit to China, nearly ten years ago, has been that I failed to bring back with me some suitable sample of Chinese painting. The want has now been generously satisfied and I am, therefore, doubly happy. May I take this opportunity to tell you what a most satisfactory member of our student body your boy has proved himself to be. His spirit has been of the finest and his enthusiasm is a delight to us all. It has been a real pleasure to have him with us and to feel that his character and influence have been of a kind that cannot prove otherwise than stimulating and helpful to the American boys with whom he has been thrown in intimate contact. Our boys have much to learn from the last, and it is good indeed to have in our midst such fine representatives of your great nation, among whom I rank your boy as one of the best, Sincerely and gratefully yours, Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Shih Ching Lee Tsu Yung Lee https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/210446533bde5352e9cccbec98dffe27.jpg f38a7215dd12ed40f2beb1b49a999200 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 4415, 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 Wellington Chu, December 3, 1920 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Wellington Chu, December 3, 1920 Description An account of the resource Typed letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Wellington Chu expressing his deep regret that Chu and Fang are unwilling to make the sacrifices necessary of Chinese students in America in order to attain the best education possible. 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 3, 1920 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Rights Reserved By Phillips Academy Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Correspondence Relation A related resource December 3, 1920 Mr. Wellington Chu 69 Pembroke Street, Boston, Mass. My dear Mr. Chu: I have the letter of November 30th, signed by yourself and Mr.Feng. Needless to say, I do not feel competent to offer you any further advise in view of the way in which such little advice as I have attempted to give you in the past has been so totally disregarded. I can only express again the very deep and genuine regret I feel, and shall always feel, that you and your friend, unlike the vast majority of Chinese students it has been my privilege to know and deal with in the past, should have preferred to take the easier road to a lesser goal. Are Chinese boys as a whole have come to this country determined to make the most of their opportunities, and to secure the best in educational lines that the country could offer. To attain this they have been willing to work hard., and at times to make considerable sacrifices. It has been something of a shock and a very great disappointment as well, to find that you and your friend are apparently unwilling to make the sacrifices and put forth the necessary effort to insure admission to one of our highest institutions of learning, and hence be able at a later date to return to your own country best prepared to face and handle successfully the intricate and pressing problems which must be solved aright if your nation is not to become the victim of outside aggression and internal weakness. I still hope and pray that you may yet come to realize the weakness of your present course and may develop a higher purpose and a readiness to make the needed sacrifice before you lose touch with your American opportunity Sincerely yours Dr. Alfred E. Stearns W.Chu