189 10 3636 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/624a4b0c5f1f0e7e3ecaabbe01b4508f.jpg 1bc6d0adad041fa5c91156d35a7ebd36 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 6031, 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. Chen, December 12, 1924 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to T.Y. Chen, December 12, 1924 Description An account of the resource Typed letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to T.Y. Chen hoping that Chen found everything satisfactory at Mon Vernon and that Mr. Yang will secure there the kind of training he seems especially to need. 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 12, 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 My dear Mr. Chen: Thank you for your very friendly and much appreciated which I find on my desk this morning on my return from a western trip I do hope that you found everything satisfactory at Mont Vernon and that Mr. Yang will secure there during the rest of the school year just the kind of training that he seems especially to need at this time. Very sincerely yours, Dr. Alfred E. Stearns T.K.Yang T.Y. Chen https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/0d51647ef87253802306becbda3c41f2.jpg 2bab85d120db8acafc6bef5a3da63c42 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 6031, 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. Chen, November 22, 1924 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to T.Y. Chen, November 22, 1924 Description An account of the resource Typed letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to T.Y. Chen informing Chen that his ward, Mr. Yang, has been sent to the Stearns School, a small school 40 miles from Andover, in order to help strengthen his English before returning to 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 22, 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 My dear Mr. Chen: Thank you for your frank letter of November 15. I have talked with my brother at Mont Vernon and find that he has room to take Mr. Yang for the balance of the year and that he will be glad to do so. Consequently I have arranged with Mr. Yang to leave tomorrow for Mont Vernon and I hope and believe he will receive for the balance of the year just the kind of training that he especially needs. Mr. Yang’s actual expense here will amount to approximately $120.00, which will include his board, tuition, etc., as well as for the actually time he has been with us. My brother advises me that he will make his charge on the same basis, to begin when the boy makes his contact with the new school. Mont Vernon is about forty miles from Andover. It is a small home school of some thirty or thirty-five boys who live in dormitory houses in charge of resident instructors. The boys are well taken care of and lead a healthy and wholesome life. The several Chinese boys who have ben there in the past, and who have later come to us, have given good accounts of themselves, which strengthens my belief that Mr. Yang will find just the kind of influences and instruction there that he especially needs at this time. Very sincerely yours, Dr. Alfred E. Stearns T.K.Yang T.Y. Chen https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/103b49810ef580acdd1ab6f41027d923.jpg 16adc9445b6dfc9809bea54b25164c3d https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/2e9355c78ddd375e0982aac82de623ee.jpg 16037f9758a69c4f4e55c206bddffcc4 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 6031, 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. Chen, November 10, 1924 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to T.Y. Chen, November 10, 1924 Description An account of the resource Typed letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to T.Y. Chen recommending the Stearns School for the further isntruction of Chen's ward, Mr. Yang. The Stearns School's small size will prove suitable to Yang's educational needs. 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 10, 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 My dear Dr. Stearns: Thank you for your letter of November 6th. I understand perfectly your anxiety and the difficulty of your problem, but I am still hopeful that we an make the road easy for both you and Mr. Yang and aid you in handling the situation in a way that shall bring about the best results for all concerned. It is very difficult at this time of year to find suitable schools for boys who need such special attention as your ward evidently requires. My brother has a small school in Mont Vernon, New Hampshire, known as the Stearns School, to which a good many of our boys requiring special attention have gone from time to time to return to us later and finish out their courses with credit. Among these fellows have been several foreigners including a few Chinese. I believe therefore that the problem could be handled perhaps as well by him as by any school known to me though I shall be glad to look further if you deem it wise. Possibly Dummer Academy at South Byfield would handle the case satisfactorily. There is also a school up in northern New Hampshire known as the New Hampton Institute where I imagine the expense would be considerably less, and where I have reason to think that good effective work would be done. So far as the financial obligations are concerned let me assure you that we shall make no charges beyond the actual time of the boy’s connection with the school. This is not our customary practice, but we are always glad to make exceptions of this kind in the cases of foreigners who naturally would not be expected to be able to decide so easily in advance their fitness or unfitness to meet the school standards. In view of this arrangement there need to be no pecuniary loss involved in the shift of schools at this time. Please let me hear from you if I can be of further help in the matter. Believe me Very sincerely yours, Dr. Alfred E. Stearns T.K.Yang T.Y. Chen https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/3aab4dfd173eec3b995de2b419c21811.jpg 6089871cacc9bc6ecc99c1ae10366955 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 6031, 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. Chen Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to T.Y. Chen Description An account of the resource Typed letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to T.Y. Chen informing Chen that his ward, T.K. Yang, is not ready for the coursework of Phillips Academy due to his limited ability in English. Recommends to Chen that Yang take a year to study at a smaller school where he'll be able to focus more thoroughly on his English ability. 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 31, 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 October 31, 1924 Mr. T.Y.Chen C/o P.F.Woo 527 Center Ave. E. Pittsburgh, Pa. My dear Chen: Your ward, Mr. T.K.Yang, has shown conclusively that he is not ready for the work of this school. The boy’s present knowledge of English and his ability to use it are so limited that it is practically impossible for him to understand even what is going on in the classes he attends. His case is identical with that of many a Chinese boy we have had here in past years, and in all cases we have recommended the same course; namely, a year in some small school here the stress can be laid on English and the maximum amount of personal attention can be given the boy in his work. This is very clearly what Mr.Yang needs at this time, for it is simply a waste of his time and money to go on here at present under his existing handicap. If I can aid you in any way in finding such a school as I have in mind, I shall be glad to do so. Of course I hope that, when the boy has become fully prepared to most our requirements, he will be able to return and with an assurance of making a real success of his work. Very sincerely yours, Dr. Alfred E. Stearns T.K.Yang T.Y. Chen https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/6ee692cf5ede109f157ea6ef7a61491d.jpg ac36a1a8f07984b6e8348f3099b0839a 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 6031, 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 John H. Manning, September 15, 1924 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to John H. Manning, September 15, 1924 Description An account of the resource Typed letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to John H. Manning thanking Manning for his note concerning Yang. Hopes that Yang will prove a good Andover student and inquires whether or not Manning would be willing to house the boy should a room for him not be available. 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 15, 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 15 September 1924 Mr. John H. Manning, Porter Road Andover, Mass. Dear Mr.Manning: Thank you for your note about Yang. Evidently we are to have two new orientals this year, which will keep the delegation fairly even. I hope that your protégé will justify your ambitions for him and prove a good Andover boy and later a good Andover product. Mr. Lynde can tell better than I what the prospects are for fitting him in, though if you are willing to take care of him temporarily, in case a room has not already been assigned, I see no reason why we should not at least give the lad a tryout. Hoping to get something more than a passing glimpse of you in the near future, and assuring you that I am in the best of shape to hammer your shoulders at the next Andover-Exeter game, believe always, Sincerely yours, Dr. Alfred E. Stearns John H. Manning T.K.Yang https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/3dfaead2807579929ff9be1ca0518484.jpg 977d1456c0e325d18b5665a688b54b02 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 6031, 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. Chen, October 1, 1924 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to T.Y. Chen, October 1, 1924 Description An account of the resource Typed letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to T.Y. Chen assuring Chen not to worry about the bills, as the school is willing to make accommodations owing to the political disturbances interfering with the smooth interchanges of communications between China and America. 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 1, 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 1 October 1924 Mr. T.Y.Chen, Kinlock Mine, Parnassus, Pa. My dear Mr. Chen: Thank you for your letter of September 28th. Don’t worry about the bills. We shall, of course, be ready and glad to make all due allowances for the political disturbances which are inferring with the smooth interchanges of communications between China and America. Very sincerely yours. Dr. Alfred E. Stearns T.Y. Chen https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/a15d18155779869b15465410773d0d17.jpg 714d1aae54d94cf053ce82f6ecdbc134 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 6031, 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. Chen, September 17, 1924 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to T.Y. Chen, September 17, 1924 Description An account of the resource Typed letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to T.Y. Chen informing Chen on the upcoming academic prospects of Mr. Yang. Mr. Manning, with whom Mr. Yang has been working, believes that Yang will have trouble at the start of the term but shoud make good in time. 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 17, 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 September 17, 1924 Mr, T. Y. Chen C/o P. P. Woo 527 Center Ave, E. Pittsburg, Pa. My dear Mr, Chen: I have read with great interest your letter about your friend Mr. Yang who is entering Phillips Academy this fall. Mr.Manning, with whom the boy has been working, tells me that he thinks the lad will have pretty hard sledding with us at the start but believes that he will make good in time, if he is once granted, the opportunity; and we are going to give him his chance, therefore, and are very hopeful that he will not find the work here beyond his reach. Trusting that we may have good reports for yea and wishing you every success in your own chosen field of work, believe me Very sincerely yours, Dr. Alfred E. Stearns T.K.Yang T.Y. Chen https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/388a1215a52590e9f39f10e5b5f4a71e.jpg 0b40c58ca74ab701e0303835f32059bb https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/19a7fb3a833967929330d4d83511a411.jpg cbcfdd195b920f6a849cc4c85de1aa28 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 1 Sun Siblings, 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.Y.Sun, July 12, 1933 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to C.Y.Sun, July 12, 1933 Relation A related resource Archmeadow Danvers,Mass. July 12, 1933. Mr. C. Y. Sun, Tientsin, North China. My dear Mr. Sun, Your very kind letter of June 4th. reached me several days ago and was most welcome. Letters from my Chinese friends are always a source of real pleasure to me; and none are more so than yours. Naturally to one who is so keenly interested in Chine as I am and who claims so many good friends there as I do the big things that have been happening in your country during recent months have a special appeal. It is all very bewildering to one so far removed from the scene of action and the results cannot be easily or properly appraised. One thing is clear, however, and that is that the sympathies of the American people as a whole have gone out without reserve to the Chinese and that Japan has lost immeasurably such confidence ad good will as she may have enjoyed in the past. Her prestige has been badly undermined. Just now when the efforts of all high minded men throughout the world have been directed towards the high goal of smoothing out international difficulties, breaking down international barriers, removing causes of International suspicions and distrust, and creating confidence and good will, it is distressing to find that any one nation is willing to undermine it all in pursuit of its own selfish ends. That at least is the way the thing looks to those of us who have to view things as they appear and who may perhaps be limited in their understanding of what is back of it all. How I should love to sit down with someone like you and get the first hand information that I lack. My interest in your children has not lessened an iota since they have returned to their home land. Indeed it appears to increase with the passing of the months. Any word from or of them will always have a hearty welcome. Sometimes I wonder whether they have received the letters and messages that both Miss Clemons and I have sent them from time to time. Our sympathy has gone out whole-heartedly to Mary in her affliction. Eary indeed has she been called upon to face the hard things of life. And what about Arthur, Charlie, and Tom? I shall always feel that these fine children of yours with whom it has been my privilege to share my home have a very special claim on my affection and good will. My prayers and good wishes will always follow them. And may their life and achievements bring only satisfaction and happiness to you. It is no easy task to get adjusted to my new way of living. My health, I am glad to report, seems to be getting better steadily and I now feel very much like my old self, though I cannot carry too much of a load without realizing my limitations. But I have always in the past enjoyed such good health and have so relished active and hard work that the change comes a bit hard. For the past few months I have been taking life very easily out here in the country enjoying limited exercise about the place in my garden and orchard. If conditions in China ever change to such an extent as to prompt again your countrymen to wish to send their boys and girls to America I should welcome the opportunity to be of help to them as I have tried to be in the past. My country home is only a dozen miles from Andover; the house is large and the grounds extensive; local public schools are good; and altogether I think I could supply attractive and helpful surroundings and conditions for those who,like your own children when they came to us, would require a year or two of home life and special training before going on to the higher schools like Phillips Academy. This probably is only a dream of mine; but you see that I miss the old contacts and that 1 should welcome the chance to be of some real service in the world during the years that are still left to me. I think I wrote you how thoroughly I appreciated and enjoyed the tea you sent me some time ago, and which, if my memory serves me, came while I was abroad last winter. If I did not I must apologize and explain my negligence as me to the generally upset and unstable condition in which I existed for some months after coming from the hospital. Lately I feel as if things were on an even keel again, and I hope to be able to be more business-like in the future. My new home offers me splendid opportunities to use to the best advantage the many beautiful things that my Chinese friends have given me in the past. I wish you could see them as they now adorn the walls and tables in my library and lining rooms especially. They 'furnish me constant and happy reminders of good friends who may be far away in actual distance but who are constantly in my thoughts and whose friendship is one of the best things that my life and work at Andover have brought me. Please remember me most warmly to all of the children and tell them how happy I should be to hear from them now and then. And believe me, with kindest regards to you personally and every best wish to all the Suns, Yours most sincerely. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Phillips Academy Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource July 12, 1933 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 C.Y. Sun Dr. Alfred E. Stearns https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/a9000d227fed700c9c3e460f7a21be85.jpg dcdc64dd3aa4f4805301d671ef542579 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 3 Alfred And Helen 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 Alfred E. Stearns, Home Camp, Pittsburg, New Hampshire, to Helen Tsai, Phillips Inn, Andover, Mass. , September 3, 1927 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns, Home Camp, Pittsburg, New Hampshire, to Helen Tsai, Phillips Inn, Andover, Mass. , September 3, 1927 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 3, 1927 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Rights Reserved By Phillips Academy Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Correspondence Relation A related resource Dear Helen: Many thanks for your note of August 26, which gave me the good news of your safe arrival in Andover and your enthusiasm over your summer camp. I am glad to hear of both, and hope that we can find a way for you to invest the remainder of your vacation, happily and profitable. I expect to start for Andover myself the middle or latter part of this coming week, so that I hope to be able to see you again soon. Ever sincerely yours, Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Helen Tsai https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/a74ba1c6974c1eb3fb0ca0e5eb62a56d.jpg e049ee2024aee1f4a7e31630555c3f46 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' secretary to H.F. Yung, September 7, 1918 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns' secretary to H.F. Yung, September 7, 1918 Description An account of the resource Typed letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns' secretary to H.F. Yung. Lets Yung know that reporting a day late to the school will be acceptable and inquiries Yung as to whether or not his brother will be a student for the upcoming year. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Dr. Alfred E. Stearns' secretary 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 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 September, 1918 Mr. H.F.Yung Syracuse, N.Y. My dear Mr.Yung: Dr.Stearns has asked me to say in reply to your inquiry of recent date that it will be all right for you to report a day late, as you request. Are we to expect your brother as a student this coining year? Very truly yours, Secretary to the Principal H.F.Yung secretary to Dr. Stearns