229 10 3636 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/47b6b8e7d15d7ef1e5d92a7b4e11217c.jpg bf23a5d330f135d7ee84173846648bc8 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 4604, 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 Copy of letter from J.J. Tigert, Commissioner, Bureau of Education, Washington, D.C., to Cecile Sartoris, French Restoration Fund November 17, 1921 Subject The topic of the resource Copy of letter from J.J. Tigert, Commissioner, Bureau of Education, Washington, D.C., to Cecile Sartoris, French Restoration Fund November 17, 1921 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource J.J. Tigert 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 My dear Madame: I have your letter of October 28th together with enclosures with reference to the French Restoration Fund. Please pardon my delay in acknowledging same. Extended absence from the city and other duties have interfered with more prompt attention to this matter. I assure you that I am deeply interested in this great work. I wish to endorse it most heartily. The idea of securing a fund to rebuild two memorial high schools in France strikes me as being a very fortunate one. It will serve not only as a token of gratitude for what France has done for America but will, I think, give an opportunity for Americans and particularly American childhood to have a part in a program which not only fosters patriotism but likewise fosters international good will and brotherhood. Whereas I do not think that any one ought to be compelled to contribute to these movements yet I think that we all owe it to our school children to give them an opportunity to participate in such movements as a part of their education in the broadest and best sense. I hope that the movement will be eminently successful and I assure you that no one is interested more than I am. I should have been glad to write you before this but your recent communication is the first that has come to my notice. Very cordially yours, JNO. J. TIGERT COMMISSIONER Cecile Sartoris J.J. Tigert https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/4b7a1305bdbf81ad92586b93463270e6.jpg be753018dbffac035c5f02f940a3b2b8 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 4604, 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.T. Liang, Chinese Delegation, Washington, D.C. January 13, 1922 (regarding Yuan brothers) Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to M.T. Liang, Chinese Delegation, Washington, D.C. January 13, 1922 (regarding Yuan brothers) 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 January 13, 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 My dear Mr. Liang: Thank you for your good letter received this morning. I shall appreciate more deeply than I can tell you anything you are able to do to relieve my mind in regard to the Kung matter. Please do not burden yourself unduly, however, with my personal troubles; you doubtless have enough of your own. I am glad to report that the Yuan boys are much better. William is back here and at work, apparently in good condition. Henry is still at the hospital in Boston and may have to remain there a week or two longer. He is reported to be getting on well, though, and it is believed that the mastoid operation, which at one time was considered almost necessary, will not be required. All the rest of the Chinese group seem to be in excellent condition and spirits and would join in sending you, if they knew of this letter, their friendly greetings and good wishes. Faithfully yours, Dr. Alfred E. Stearns M.T. Liang https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/85266a56692b62f9ebacd4fe0ea1f1f1.jpg 40ddabaaffa9e10b7deca68af1b7cd84 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 4604, 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.T. Liang, Pacific and Far Eastern Questions, Conference on the Limitation of Armament, Chinese Delegation, Washington, D.C., to Alfred E. Stearns February 21, 1922 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from M.T. Liang, Pacific and Far Eastern Questions, Conference on the Limitation of Armament, Chinese Delegation, Washington, D.C., to Alfred E. Stearns February 21, 1922 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource M.T. Liang 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 21, 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 M.T. Liang https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/754057ccb7d10e3e802aadc3af3639f6.jpg d3b6a266e6d78d70d019693dd3954884 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 4604, 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.T. Liang, Tientsin September 9, 1922 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to M.T. Liang, Tientsin September 9, 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 September 9, 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 My dear Liang: Your nice letter of April 10 should have been answered long before this. The missive reached me, however, just past the close of the school year when the pressure of work was mounting and when personal mail was of necessity sidetracked. It may interest you to know that within the past two or three weeks I have received a letter from Mr. Kung, Senior, enclosing check to cover the outstanding bills on his son's account. The older brother also visited me this fall. Mr. Kung writes that his delay in sending the check was due to his failure to receive any statement from me as to how the account stood. This statement I purposely refrained from sending until I had received some word, however brief, acknowledging the receipt of my letters bearing news of the tragedy which had befallen us. I could not understand the silence, as you know, and I naturally hesitated to send the financial account until I had received some assurance that the earlier correspondence had not miscarried. It had been a relief to me and to Miss Clemons, the extent of which I cannot begin to express. to secure even this brief message from the Kung family, the first direct work that has reached us since the tragedy over a year ago. Mr. Sun has written me enthusiastically about your reports of the children and their condition. I wish you could have been with us this summer. The boys had a wonderful season at camp and came home in the pink of physical condition and in the highest spirits. All five of them were with us. I am immensely interested to learn that your daughter and son are coming to the states this fall. Even though they are located in Springfield, I hope they will always consider Andover and my house a sort of second home and will visit us often and freely. It will be a pleasure and privilege to welcome and to aid them in any way I can. With renewed assurances of my personal esteem and with every best wish for the days ahead, believe me Very sincerely yours, Dr. Alfred E. Stearns M.T. Liang https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/83b6a8a813327328d2e4158e7ba4afff.jpg c4f977765ca192459c5668e8eaceadd2 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 4604, 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.T. Liang, S.S. Wanachee, Seattle February 22, 1922 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to M.T. Liang, S.S. Wanachee, Seattle February 22, 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 22, 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 Dear Mr. Liang: Just a brief note to acknowledge receipt of your message of February 21st and to wish you a pleasant voyage and a happy return to the homeland. All of the representatives of your country here in Andover are well and seemingly happy at the present time, with the possible exception of Quincy Sheh who has been at the infirmary for a day or two suffering from a sore throat, but whom the doctor plans to discharge to-morrow or next day. I am sure that all would join in sending you greetings and good wishes for yourself and for the friends at home if they know of my writing. Very sincerely yours, Dr. Alfred E. Stearns M.T. Liang https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/f14a8b2e1a38ca9b6ab7bf2d680cd72e.jpg 26f5dfd7296098ffbe9377a69d09b3af 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 4604, 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.T. Liang, Pacific and Far Eastern Questions, Conference on the Limitation of Armament, Chinese Delegation, Washington, D.C., to Alfred E. Stearns, January 11, 1922 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from M.T. Liang, Pacific and Far Eastern Questions, Conference on the Limitation of Armament, Chinese Delegation, Washington, D.C., to Alfred E. Stearns, January 11, 1922 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource M.T. Liang 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 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 M.T. Liang https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/32ada6865f0d97e44c96f125e0fb01b4.jpg 24661aca30fdec6ec722f40f2294740e 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 4604, 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 George C. Gardner, Springfield, Mass., to Alfred E. Stearns December 2, 1922 (regarding Tommy Liang) Subject The topic of the resource Letter from George C. Gardner, Springfield, Mass., to Alfred E. Stearns December 2, 1922 (regarding Tommy Liang) Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource George C. Gardner 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 2, 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 Dear Dr. Stearns: I have heard from Thomas and he appears to be finally settled in his mind and reconciled to his return to Exeter. Tommy appears to me the most temperamental of all the boys who have been with us in the last dozen years and while I have no doubt that it is perfectly true that he would in a week or more, have become acclimated to Andover, and agree with you that this spasm of homesickness was a temporary one, I think probably it is just as well that he has gone back. For purely personal reasons, I had hoped he might be with you. One of them was purely selfish and the other because of your personal intimacy with Liang. As a matter of discipline however; I am inclined to think that for the next six months Exeter on the whole will be good for him. He is evidently quite impressionable,- I might almost say credulous, and has been writing to me glowing accounts of various colleges and universities, all the way from New York City to Kansas, with which he has been corresponding, that are eager to accept him at once as an enrolled student. So, I think his best job is to stay where he is and dig for a time. I thoroughly appreciate your interest in the matter and am very grateful for it and I know Liang will feel so too, and I sincerely hope that we may some time have the opportunity of talking over, not only Tommie’s future prospects, but the whole matter of China’s students, for I am thoroughly convinced that the effects of this American education will be even more of a factor in China’s future than yet appears. Yours very truly, Dr. Alfred E. Stearns George C. Gardner Tommy Liang https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/21fc4e12a10562912545616a14f365f4.jpg 622cd4c10a787e5b84ac46ab3045e07d https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/479ed8abc022e3c718f1d3fe8b9d5e64.jpg eb1d6e88e0cc5f1f74652720d7806de7 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 4604, 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 George C. Gardner, Springfield, Mass. November 29, 1922 (regarding Tommy Liang) Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to George C. Gardner, Springfield, Mass. November 29, 1922 (regarding Tommy Liang) 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 November 29, 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 My dear Mr. Gardner: I feel that just a word is due you explaining my latest actions, and those of our good friend, Tommy Liang, in connection with the proposed transfer of the boy from Exeter to Andover. The transfer was duly accomplished. A room in my house was got ready, at some considerable labor, because the room in question was one of my regular guest rooms. Tommy, with due amount of baggage, arrived safely at the Andover station, where I met him and conveyed him to the house. There he was met by a number of his old Chinese friends, and apparently was delighted with the new arrangements made for his welfare. I asked him very plainly and sincerely, several times, if he really desired to make the change, or was likely to be unhappy in it, suggesting that if the latter were the case I should be disposed to recommend to you that the Exeter connection be retained. He assured me very emphatically that he preferred to be at Andover and was very glad that the transfer had taken place. As I had to leave town very shortly after his arrival I arranged with one of the other Chinese boys to accompany him to his first recitations and to introduce him to his class officer. Soon after my return next day I was called on by Mr. Williams of Exeter, who advised me that Tommy had called him up the night before, stated that he was homesick, and desired to return to Exeter. Mr. Williams’ trip to Andover was prompted by this interview. Knowing from a pretty long experience the sudden waves of emotion that sweep over these new comers from the Orient, I was a bit surprised that Mr. Williams had attached so much importance to the boy's very natural reaction to the new environment. After talking with him a while, however, I came to the conclusion that he himself had clearly made up his mind that the boy should not have left Exeter, and as I found myself in a somewhat awkward position I did not deem it wise to argue the other side of tho question with any force. When Mr. Williams told me that he wished to talk with Liang about the situation I decided definitely that it would probably be better for me to say nothing more, but to favor the boy’s return to Exeter. As graciously as I could, therefore, I accepted the suggestions made by Mr. Williams, in favor of the re-transfer, and assured him that it was my only wish that the father’s plans for the boy, as he had given them to me in the past, should be carried out, and the boy’s best welfare furthered. Unfortunately, I was again on the point of leaving town for an engagement elsewhere and therefore had no further chance to learn of the final outcome until my return on Monday. I told Mr. Williams before leaving that, if the boy was to go back to Exeter eventually, it seemed wise, in my judgment, that the step should be taken at once rather than later. I found on my return that the suggestion had been complied with and that Liang had gone back to the New Hampshire school, whither his baggage speedily followed him. I felt it only fair that you should have these facts, in order that you might understand my position in a somewhat confused situation. Before leaving Mr. Williams assured me that he would send me a copy of a letter which he proposed to write to you explaining things, and that I would receive from you, either by telephone or by letter, a full endorsement of the plan. I told him that I felt this was necessary since you were the boy’s guardian, and that your wishes, of course, should first be consulted, and your recommendations adopted. Thus far I have not seen the letter in question, but I understand from my housekeeper that you did call me on the phone for the purpose of confirming Mr. Williams’s action. I am sure that you will appreciate that my attitude and action in this whole matter has been prompted wholly by my personal friendship with Mr. Liang, and my definite promise to him when he was here that I would take a personal interest in his boy if he did decide to come to Andover, and my natural wish to deal as kindly, at least, with Mr. Liang’s boy, as I have tried to deal with the sons and daughters of several of Mr. Liang’s personal friends who were placed in my charge under the latter's own solicitation. I am sure that young Liang will be perfectly happy at Exeter, and well taken care of, and I think I am safe in saying that the same would have been true had he remained at Andover, and the very natural early reactions resulting from the sudden change been taken a bit less seriously. Again let me assure you of my regret at the seemingly unnecessary trouble which I have caused you. Very sincerely yours, Dr. Alfred E. Stearns George C. Gardner Tommy Liang https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/2214a62105d20ac4ea9c68bdc34162cd.jpg b70fb39fc869a5ef72d6e515af9753a0 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 4604, 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 George C. Gardner, Springfield, Mass. November 24, 1922 (regarding Tommy Liang) Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to George C. Gardner, Springfield, Mass. November 24, 1922 (regarding Tommy Liang) 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 November 24, 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 Dear Mr. Gardner: On receipt of your wire I telephoned Mr. Perry at Exeter, who got in touch with young Liang, and he came down to see me yesterday. He had lunch with me and I took him to Lawrence early in the afternoon to catch the express for Exeter so that he would not lose his afternoon recitations. It has been arranged for the transfer to take place today for, after going over carefully with the boy and the instructors here, the problems connected with his schedule have straightened out and it seemed to us all wise that the new start should be made at as early a date as possible, At first I was inclined to concur in Mr. Perry’s suggestion that it might be well to let the boy finish out the current term at Exeter and come to us at the opening of the winter term. After discussing with Liang, however, the work he is doing, and, in view of the fact that our fall term lasts eight days longer than that at Exeter, we both agreed that the earlier change would be to the boy’s advantage. Liang was very much pleased to find two or three of his old friends here at Andover whom he had not realized were with us, and he tells me that he is really eager to come to us, so that my lingering doubts as to the wisdom of urging the change have disappeared, and I hope and believe that the boy will find the new environment a happy and beneficial one. He will take a room in my house for the present, though he has already assured me that he would prefer to stay there definitely. For my part I am not quite sure that this would be wise, but we can tell a bit better later. Very sincerely yours, Dr. Alfred E. Stearns George C. Gardner Tommy Liang https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/df2be977be7ddd70ba8ee85670894540.jpg 97017991e0288df1d387c21c2de6c831 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 4604, 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 Telegram from George C. Gardner, Springfield, Mass., to Alfred E. Stearns November 22, 1922 (regarding Tommy Liang) Subject The topic of the resource Telegram from George C. Gardner, Springfield, Mass., to Alfred E. Stearns November 22, 1922 (regarding Tommy Liang) Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource George C. Gardner 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, 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 Telegram Relation A related resource ANDOVER, MASS SPRINGFIELD MASS 1238A NOV 22 1922 DR A E STEARNS ANDOVER MASS YOUR WIRE MOST SATISFACTORY MY SON IN LAW WILLIAMS INSTRUCTOR AT EXETER IS LOOKING AFTER TOMMY COULD YOU ARRANGE WITH I HAVE PHONED HIM ABOUT IT THIS EVENING STOP I HIM DETAILS OF TRANSFER STOP WOULD SUGGEST TOMMY CALL ON YOU AT ANDOVER BEFORE CHANGING AS HE SEEMS AL LITTLE PERPLEXED GEORGE C GARDNER 745A Dr. Alfred E. Stearns George C. Gardner Tommy Liang