206 10 3636 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/26f527b58272f395fe999ace27a180ef.jpg a2cfeb44efbbaaa0d5bb134a7cbf5e2b 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 5037, 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 to Jordan Marsh & Co., Boston, February 3, 1922 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Jordan Marsh & Co., Boston, February 3, 1922 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource 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 3, 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 Relation A related resource 3 February, 1922 Messrs.Jordan Marsh & Co. Boston, Mass. Dear Sirs: Referring to your letter of January 30th I beg to say that the payment of $15. for the tennis racquet in question was made last summer. Your receipt for the earn bears date of August 3rd, 1921. It is initialled ”T. (or J.) McD.” The bill itself bears date of July, 1921, and is made out to Dr. A. L. Sargent, guardian of K. F. Tsai, Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass. Very probably the error in my name is accountable for your inability to locate the record of the payment. Trusting that this information will enable you to straighten out the matter to the satisfaction of all concerned, believe me Very sincerely yours, Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Jordan Marsh & Co https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/59664f5fe5279f709c537765ebb5fd37.jpg 1e02b8d7385d9aa281663e24bf3e5f06 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 5037, 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 Jordan Marsh Company, Boston, to Dr. A.E. Stearns, January 30, 1922 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Jordan Marsh Company, Boston, to Dr. A.E. Stearns, January 30, 1922 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Jordan Marsh Company 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 30, 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 Relation A related resource Doctor A E Stearns 6 Chapel Avenue Andover Mass Dear Sir:- In reply to notation on bottom of our statement of January 7th, we are unable to find any record of payment of $15.00 for tennis racket. Will you kindly send us your cancelled check or any receipt which you may hold for comparison with our books? Yours very truly, JORDAN "ARSH COMPANY Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Jordan Marsh & Co https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/183121c9e9532d42031763eaa2b4595a.jpg 7f18ea247f5218f704a44930c70b3638 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/51c1c8b09e465305b16f53105ac6ed7e.jpg 0d40121aee0a61224a608872fac9e63a 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 5037, 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 K.F. Tsai to Alfred E. Stearns, December 29, 1921 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from K.F. Tsai to Alfred E. Stearns, December 29, 1921 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource K.F. Tsai (Charlie Tsai) 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 29, 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 Charlie Tsai Dr. Alfred E. Stearns https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/7f6d195cd5b4f65fa3519f60dbdc9142.jpg c1ae1ef98a6fdf270831e40b05cd6efc 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 5037, 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 K.F. Tsai, Hartford, Conn., to Alfred E. Stearns, December 24, 1921 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from K.F. Tsai, Hartford, Conn., to Alfred E. Stearns, December 24, 1921 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource K.F. Tsai (Charlie Tsai) 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 24, 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 Charlie Tsai Dr. Alfred E. Stearns https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/0fe8c9713da9af6aa017eac2ab0d2f44.jpg 89cea08a7d0767f3535ddd02108778fb 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 5037, 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 M.B. Doremus, Rogers Peet Company, New York, to Alfred E. Stearns, December 1, 1921 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from M.B. Doremus, Rogers Peet Company, New York, to Alfred E. Stearns, December 1, 1921 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource M.B. Doremus 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 1, 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 Dec 1,1921 Mr. Alfred E.Stearns, Andover, Mass. Dear Sir:- Replying to your letter of the 1st, we are afraid that perhaps we did not make our previous fetter entirely clear. The shoes that Mr. Tsai ordered were not delivered to him by our representative. The order was forwarded to us and we’re holding aside the selection for we note that you do not approve of his “indulging in a pair of shoes to the extent of $14.95.” While we would like to forward the shoes, we do not wish to do anything that does not meet with your entire approval, and should you prefer that wed© not fill the order, we will of course comply with your wishes. Won’t you let us hear from you? Respectfully Dr. Alfred E. Stearns M.B. Doremus https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/728860a482e8513c264822397a494512.jpg bab6143d3f71ef4e29edbacb766d7b77 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 5037, 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 M.B. Doremus, Rogers Peet Company, New York, to Dr. A. E. Stearns, November 30, 1921 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from M.B. Doremus, Rogers Peet Company, New York, to Dr. A. E. Stearns, November 30, 1921 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource M.B. Doremus 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 30, 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 Nov 30,1921 Dr. A. E. Stearns, Andover, Mass. Dear Sir:- Mr. K. F. Tsai recently gave our representative when, he was at Andover an order for a pair of shoes, $14.95 which he asked us to have charged. As we understand that you are Mr. Tsai’s guardian, won't you let us know if it meets with your approval to charge his selection. Also won't you kindly advise us if we're at liberty to charge further purchases should he wish us to do so? Respectfully Dr. Alfred E. Stearns M.B. Doremus https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/558453e9216ab0751f85626b34b74dea.jpg dc6c66fbd9b4faa448d59679e8f9a0f1 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 5037, 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 to M.B. Doremus, Rogers Peet Company, New York, December 8, 1921 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to M.B. Doremus, Rogers Peet Company, New York, December 8, 1921 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource 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 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 December 6, 1921 Mr. M.B.Dorence 842 Broadway New York City My dear sir: Since the receipt of your letter of December 1, I have had an interview with Mr. Tsai and it has been agreed between us that the order for the pair of shoes, in connection with which we have had our recent correspondence, should be cancelled. While I appreciate that good shoes may be worth the price asked for the pair in questions, I am having a good bit of difficulty in impressing upon this particular boy the need of economy, as his inclination in almost all respects tends strongly to extravagance. Sincerely yours Dr. Alfred E. Stearns M.B. Doremus https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/5f5a39f9c6c2881a9b2eb37909c2588f.jpg 2096b52a7e925a669dc7a44e54a26d3d 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 5037, 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 to M.B. Doremus, Rogers Peet Company, New York, December 1, 1921 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to M.B. Doremus, Rogers Peet Company, New York, December 1, 1921 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource 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 1, 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 December 1, 1921 Mr.H.B.Doremus Rogers Poet Company New York City My dear sir: Mr. K.F. Tsai, of whom you inquire, is in a sense my ward and I am accustomed to pay his legitimate bills. While it is usual for him to run accounts of this kind, his natural tendency to extravagance prompts me to make the request that no further credit of this kid be granted the boy without written from me. Certainly I can’t approve of a youngster still in school indulging in these days to the extent of $14.95 in a pair of shoes, though in this particular instance I shall naturally feel in honor bound to settle this account. Kindly send me a bill for the same. Very truly yours Dr. Alfred E. Stearns M.B. Doremus https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/75887adf504b01b90f2f681817a9b3fd.jpg 34b930952d5fd48dcfba3c573d57f3c5 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/e2ba0b9646a820cd0340d80d4085a647.jpg c564ce28d191fc0d46a0db4a31503fac 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 5037, 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 Tsai Shou Kie, Tientsin, to Alfred E. Stearns, November 17, 1921 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Tsai Shou Kie, Tientsin, to Alfred E. Stearns, November 17, 1921 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Tsai Shou Kie 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 Tientsin, Nov. 17, 1921 Dr. A. E. Stearns, Andover, Mass. Dear Dr. Stearns:- I am in receipt of both of your letters and wish to express my most heart-felt appreciation for the care and concern you are giving to Kuo Feng’s welfare. I am not in the least worried over the after-effects of the operation, as over a month had now elapsed before your letters had reached me, and in the interim, "no news was good news". As regards your authorizing the operation to be performed without my previous knowledge of the boy’s precarious plight, it would indeed have been a great indiscretion on your part, if any time was lost in getting my sanction before the commencement of the operation. The boy is in your hands, and opportunity is taken in this instance to express once more my wish of having him completely under your guardianship both in name and in fact. There is nothing you may do for his welfare which will not be approved of by me and his brothers. Of course, I hope you will send me whenever it is ready, the entire bill for the fees and charges incidental to the operation, and I shall remit you the sum upon receipt of same. I presume he will have to give up his athletic activities for some time to come. Just now our eyes are focussed towards the Washington Conference, and we hope as your President ,and I believe, the rank and file of the Americans hope that the program as laid out by your Representatives will be adopted in its entirety and that satisfactory solutions will be found for all the stupendous problems in the Pacific, which may be a menace to the future peace of the world. If reasons and "fair play" prevail, if intrigues and conspiracy are not fostered, if secret diplomacy is banished, and if subtle propaganda are not perpetuated when the old World’s diplomats come together with our next door neighbor to block the success of the Conference, then I am very sanguine to believe that the Biblical saying, "Love thy neighbors as thyself", and the Confucian maxim, "All within four seas are bretherns" will find their fulfillments, the complete realization of which has taken over twenty centuries to do so.  I would very much like to take a trip to America if I were ten years or so younger. I had such an opportunity in 1913 when I was offered and honored by an appointment as Minister to Washington, but as I had then already made up my mind to retire from official life and devote all my time for my family, I declined the post. Now I find that I am so fondly attached to my hearth-stone that during the last five years, I have been scarcely been out of Tientsin for more than three occasions. But on the other hand, I hope you will follow the footsteps of Professors Dewey and Monroe of Columbia, and Bertram Russell of Cambridge, or the American Educational Mission headed by President Wooley of Mount Holyoke, and the Board of trustees of the Peking Union Medical College of the Rockefeller Foundation, and make a trip out this way in the near future.This hope is cherished and shared by all your former students and friends in China. You contact, your magnetic personality and your altruism will gove them increased courage and fortitude to face the task they are performing. My sons, Kuo-tsao and Kuo-pao, and son-in-law, Yit Sing Wong ('07) all join me in sending their friendliest greetings and best wishes to you. With kindest regards, I am, Very sincerely yours, Tsai Shou Kie Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Tsai Shou Kie https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/42b22cb96fc39006479e183a7ef8253e.jpg 1c4f785176c067c74fa6bb62eb8c346c https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/39bfe0f07d38517d408fd6658aa017b9.jpg ad07561f7b318d1b528454d9adaebef6 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 5037, 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 to Tsai Shou Kie, Tientsin, December 21, 1921 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Tsai Shou Kie, Tientsin, December 21, 1921 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource 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 21, 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 December 21, 1921 Mr.Tsai, Shou Kie 5 Race Course Road Tientsin, China My dear Mr.Tsai: Your letter of November 17 has been duly received. The boy is getting on well, though he did not react quite so rapidly after the operation as we had hoped. After talking with the doctor, I decided to let him invest a week with some very good friends in the outskirts of the town, who have on several occasions ministered to the needs of our Eastern friends. He responded well to this change; and when he left for Hartford several days ago, he seemed in excellent health and spirits. Mr. Manning, at my request, gave him private instruction to help him in making good the losses in his school work incurred by his illness. Before Guo Fang left, I went over with him in detail his cash account. I haven’t the figures with me at the moment, but, as I recall it, he had a balance of about $1000 on hand. The operation, nurses expenses, and infirmary changres will, of course, make a pretty big hole in this, for it costs a good bit to be sick nowadays, at least in this country. Dr. Balch, who performed the operation, is one of the best surgeons in New England and is regularly called by us for operations of this kind. As he gets not infrequently as much as $1000 for an operation, the charge of $300 in this case is reasonable. I have always felt in matters of this kind the extra investment is a safe and wise insurance. I am enclosing the bills as they have come to me, as you have requested. If it turns out that any of those concerned are in a hurry for their pay, I will see that their accounts are met from the funds which I have on hand. Yes, we are all watching with the keenest interest and the fondest hopes what is going on at Washington these days. If only China had a stable government that commanded the respect and confidence not only of the world but of her own people, I believe that practically everything she desires as a nation would be granted at this time. As it is, much good has been accomplished and final and full justice must, inevitably be done, unless we are compelled to acknowledge that nations have no standards of honesty and morality, what ever they may profess. The Washington conference means, in my judgement, a long step forward towards the day when international confidence and goodwill shall be accepted as a matter of course, as they are between friends and reputable business concerns. You have had so many travelling pedagogues from America in your section of the world of late that I should almost hesitate to follow the beaten path these worthies, even if the opportunity presented itself. I hope, however, you won’t take everything that is preached to you as gospel truth, or even as representing always the best opinions of America educators. Messrs, Dewey and Russel, at least, are far from being worshiped by the leading and most thoughtful educators of America, even though they have large followings among the more noisy and so-called “modern educational psychologists. I don’t know one of my school master friends, or college presidents even, who accept the teachings of these men, at least without many and pronounced reservations. Please remember me most warmly to your boys and your son-in-law, Yit Sing Wang, all of whom I remember with sincere affection and in whose life and progress my interest is as keen as ever. This letter should reach you not long before the New Year festivities are upon; so accept also my heartiest good wishes for a happy and prosperous New Year. Very sincerely yours. Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Tsai Shou Kie