252 10 3636 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/b6a6fbad7a865542f79b545c40d8c10f.jpg ece7ea614e59632aceb37de16bde8590 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 1803, 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 Cecil K. Bancroft to Vung Lung Wong, January 15, 1908 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Cecil K. Bancroft to Vung Lung Wong, January 15, 1908 Description An account of the resource Typed letter sent from Cecil K. Bancroft, registrar, to Wong Vung Lung. Congratulates Wong and wife on birth of son. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Cecil K. Bancroft 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 15, 1908 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 January, 1908. Mr. Vung Lung Wong, Westminster Hotel, Boston, Mass. My dear Wong: Mr. Stearns is away for a week, so your letter of the 13th has been referred to me. I congratulate you and Mr. Wong on the birth of your son, and am pleased to learn that both are doing so well. We shall be glad to see you back in Andover as soon a it is considered wise for you to move. With best wishes and greetings to you all, I am, Very sincerely yours, Cecil K. Bancroft Wong Vung Lung https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/18772499d43a30650f6215336f46682b.jpg d563d93a1c89864cfe3c6f98470eb61a https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/d8f4f69221c3b8214883aad0add2d531.jpg 34ff1d5de9b458d83a791d615def97a6 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 1803, 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 Wong Vung Lung to A.E. Stearns, January 30, 1908 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Wong Vung Lung to A.E. Stearns, January 30, 1908 Description An account of the resource Handwritten letter sent from Wong Vung Lung to Dr. Alfred E. Stearns. Thanks Stearns for congratulations. States he and his wife will visit Andover tomorrow. States wife and Mrs. Pope look forward to meeting Stearns and Andover faculty. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Wong Vung Lung 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, 1908 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 Wong Vung Lung https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/fcd8e536909b37da7b69de7ecde87dc2.jpg b897b0a82648cb3f72140a81ea81c8f7 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/8af08c17c39c20210efa9832e34bdc24.jpg e0d82bffe37f9d58a2d72e28bd007c15 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 1803, 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 May Wright Sewall to Dr. Alfred E. Stearns, February 12, 1908 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from May Wright Sewall to Dr. Alfred E. Stearns, February 12, 1908 Description An account of the resource Typed letter sent from May Wright Sewall to Dr. Alfred E. Stearns. Requests information about Wong Vung Lung, based suggestion of Professor C.D. Tenney. Believes Wong would perform better if wife and child were not in Andover. Asks what's Wong's actual progress. Asks Stearns opinion on Wong's domestic situation. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource May Wright Sewall 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 12, 1908 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 February 12th. 1908 Principal of the Phillips Andover Academy, Andover Massachusetts, My dear Mr. Stearns Wishing some information concerning one of your students at the suggestion of Professor C. D. Tenney, of Harvard University, I apply to you. There is enrolled in your Academy a Mr. Wong Vung Lung, the son of very dear friends of mine. Recently I had a long visit with Mr. Wong which left me anxious about him. I know that he felt he was not doing in his Mathematical studies. I, myself, had some fear that his new responsibilities would add burdens to his life at Andover. Professor Tenney has suggested that perhaps it would be better for Mr.Wong’s scholastic career if his wife and child should not be in Andover with him. This general and very informal statement will perhaps introduce the questions that I have to ask in a way that will incline you to answer them with the frankness that a very dear friend of the Wong family has a right to. Will you, therefore, kindly tell me just what Mr. Wong’s actual progress in each of his studies is, and what is his relative rank as compared with the other Chinese students who are with you. Also will you kindly give me your opinion as to the domestic question which has been suggested above. Thanking you in advance for an early and ample reply to this letter which I beg you to consider entirely confidential, I am, Dr. Alfred E. Stearns May Wright Sewall Wong Vung Lung https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/29bbce4eed3177822cb54753f5a5bf42.jpg d32f6f845dcc8616f304b136ba7f345b 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 1803, 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 May Wright Sewall, February 17, 1908 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to May Wright Sewall, February 17, 1908 Description An account of the resource Typed letter sent from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to May Wright Sewall. Discusses Wong's schoolwork. States a tutor will be needed to make up lost work. States domestic situation is affecting Wong's education. Believes a separation between Wong and wife will allow Wong to progress and fulfill father's wishes. Thanks Sewall for writing about the situation. 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 17, 1908 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 17 February. 1908 Mrs. Mary Wright Sewall Cambridge Mass My dear Mrs. Sewall I have delayed answering your letter of the 18th Inst, until the opportunity should be given me to secure full information bearing on Mr. Wong's case. The boy has from the start interested me greatly, and with you I am anxious to do only what shall be for his best interests. Your queries are very natural. Go far as the boy's school work is concerned, I find that his mathematics come harder for him, perhaps, than do the languages, but his instructor tells me that he was passing, though at a low grade, at the time of the interruption to his school work - Since then he has not been able to make up all the work lost, will probably require a tutor to accomplish this. When this has been done he will be able, no doubt, to do the mathematics at a low grade, and will probably improve his standing as time goes on. In his modern language he is reported as doing excellent work, better than one of the other Chinese boys in his class, but not quite so good as the third. His work in English is fair, and improving. On the whole I think he has a better knowledge and command of the English language than most of the other Chinese boys have had at the start. Our teachers feel that he has excellent ability, fully the equal of most at least of the other Chinese boys, and that he will probably be able to stand fully as well if his domestic responsibilities do not prove too great a drain on his time and thoughts. As to the domestic situation, I confess that it seems far from desirable looked at from the point of view of the boy’s education. I can readily understand how hard it must be for the boy and his wife to consider a possible separation for most of the time. On the other hand only in that way will he be able, I think, to make the progress which is desired and without which the expense and time involved in his trip to and stay in this country must of necessity be part ill spent. I have said nothing whatever to Mr Wong on these lines, but an glad that you have been willing to put the ease so frankly. I may be wrong, but with the limited knowledge of the case that I now have, it is impossible for me to reach any other conclusion. Purely apart from the interference with his scholarship that the domestic arrangement involves, it seems only fair to say that the boy’ s relations with his schoolmates and his position in the school life as a whole must of necessity be seriously embarrassed by the presence and claims of hie wife and family. It seems almost heartless to advise a separation, but if the boy is in earnest in his desire to carry out his father's wishes for the best education America can give him, I believe he must adopt such a course. Trusting that you will appreciate fully the spirit in which I write, and will feel perfectly free to offer any suggestions or criticisms that my words may prompt, believe me, Very truly yours, Dr. Alfred E. Stearns May Wright Sewall Wong Vung Lung https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/c2f8e8115ec75db8f5c0e709d6264c8d.jpg 1fe3391576c64eb1a63efc277fe9b62e https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/236dc373ed5e91e7259a34906e5ff803.jpg c35863995c8d48fbbf655787fb1a2220 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 1803, 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 May Wright Sewall to Mr. Alfred E. Stearns, February 19, 1908 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from May Wright Sewall to Mr. Alfred E. Stearns, February 19, 1908 Description An account of the resource Typed letter sent from May Wright Sewall to Dr. Alfred E. Stearns. Wishes to see Mr. Vung Lung Wong and his family. Wishes to see Stearns seeing Wong. Wants to help Wong carry out wishes of father. Believes Wong, his wife, and child would be happier in a different arrangement. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource May Wright Sewall 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 19, 1908 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 February 19th. 1908 Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts My dear Mr. Stearns I thank you warmly for your kind letter of the 17th about Mr. Vung Lung Wong. I have engagements in New York which will occupy the next fortnight. I expect to be in Cambridge again on the 7th. As soon as possible after that date I want to come over to Andover and see Mr. Wong and his family. Before I have any long visit with them, I should like to have an interview with you. I do not really know how trains run to Andover, but my present thought is to come to Andover on Tuesday, March 10th., and I should be much obliged if you would write me in advance of that date suggestion another day if that should prove inconvenient, for an interview with you, I think we must do something to enable Mr. Wong to carry out his father’s desires. It seems a sacred duty and I want a conference with you as to the best way of approaching a very delicate subject. I am certainly not devising a plan to weaken the domestic ties in this family. I think we have much to learn from the Chinese respecting domestic fidelity, but I do believe that Mr. Wong, the little wife and the baby would all be happier as well as actually better off, by some other arrangement than by that which I understand now exists. Of course I write you in perfect confidence. Thanking you for the frank kindness of your own letter, and anticipating with pleasure an interview, I am, Very cordially yours May Wright Sewall P.S. May I venture to say that my interest in coming to Andover is augmented by the fact that my father was a student there in the early part of the nineteenth century. M.W.S. Dr. Alfred E. Stearns May Wright Sewall Wong Vung Lung https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/4ef6e47838c8ae3aacb10a3773a72ebf.jpg f23fe67c34c067891585d3e46cfbc674 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 1803, 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 May Wright Sewall, February 21, 1908 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to May Wright Sewall, February 21, 1908 Description An account of the resource Typed letter sent from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to May Wright Sewall. Received letter from February 19. Plans to meet Sewall on March 10. 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 21, 1908 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 21 February, 1908 Mrs. May Wright Sewall, Cambridge, Mass. My dear Mrs. Sewall: I am in receipt of your letter of the 19th inst. So far as I know now, I shall be in Andover on Tuesday, Marc 10, and hence will Be able to meet you on that date. If any unforeseen obstacle arises to prevent this, I shall advise you. Very truly yours. Dr. Alfred E. Stearns May Wright Sewall https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/3087fed8e2da5bd31e8d95064ad4a1a6.jpg e5df8f8a878dd7fc971614b8bfd1619d 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 1803, 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 May Wright Sewall, March 11, 1908 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to May Wright Sewall, March 11, 1908 Description An account of the resource Typed letter sent from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to May Wright Sewall. Looked into Wong's schoolwork. States Wong is doing well in subjects. Believes Wong would perform better without domestic handicaps, but is performing well considering the situation. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Phillips Academy Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource March 11, 1908 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 Mrs. Mary Wright Sewall. Cambridge, Mass. Mr. dear Mrs. Sewall, Since my talk with you yesterday I have had a chance to investigate Wong’s class work more carefully. The reports I received pleased me greatly. The boy finds it most difficult to make up his mathematics, but as he was passing in the subject at the end of the fall term, his instructor thinks that he will be able to make a satisfactory standing before the year is over. In the language I received my best reports, particularly in English. Wong is doing double English, and his two instructors speak in the very highest terms of his ability and success. Their praises are almost as strong as those you sounded in regard to the boy's sister. One of the men made the statement that he doubted whether he had ever had an American boy who showed clearer knowledge of grammer or a finer literary appreciation than does Wong. His modern language work, too, is reported as very strong. Unfortunately his Latin instructor was absent, and I could not get a report on this subject. From these reports it would appear that at present the boy is not suffering seriously from domestic handicaps. Whether this will prove to be true always is of course the question. I cannot help feeling that he would advance much more rapidly in his education if he did not have the outside distractions but I really, of course, that the conditions exist, and we must solve the problems in the way best suited to the welfare of all concerned. I shall be glad to hear from you after your talk with Mrs.Pope and I can in any way render your further assistance, kindly advise me. Very sincerely yours. Dr. Alfred E. Stearns May Wright Sewall Wong Vung Lung https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/0c926004d3777aa6462ef82c3a516bea.jpg f60262bbcaf59fc578eeab1d1edc44e7 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 1803, 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 May Wright Sewall to Mr. Alfred Stearns, March 18, 1908 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from May Wright Sewall to Mr. Alfred Stearns, March 18, 1908 Description An account of the resource Typed letter sent from May Wright Sewall to Dr. Alfred E. Stearns. Plans to visit Mrs. Pope. Thanks Stearns for letter about Wong. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource May Wright Sewall Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Phillips Academy Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource March 18, 1908 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 March 18, 1908 Mr. Alfred Stearns Principal of Phillips Andover Academy Andover Massachusetts, My dear Mr.Stearns: Thank you so much for the letter about Mr. Wong. I am to visit Mrs.Pope next week; After that will write you. I return with thanks the copy of the Phillips Bulletin, and am Very cordially yours May Wright Sewall Dr. Alfred E. Stearns May Wright Sewall Wong Vung Lung https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/baf9758ca36f06afab6fe98fe83be88a.jpg 5aa1b274498f0fa022d980913532d7de https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/b124de36f464984c1010110da4f62041.jpg ea62a48173f544fd94b01a7661d90a70 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/7c07d1b7a14f1f0eb022e0ba95b69702.jpg 7c0b6053fc18cf9b6640fdacc9d66356 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/d02cf57493f645c032c9ad6172b23657.jpg 16b4b536c46fa436667faf62bf55a586 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/0be6c85ee17891976689fc205260f5c4.jpg b08a058436113e1743b3a55b5f02492f https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/98f14f5bcd0ad63a4bf8b5fd534c1ba4.jpg 3c902c380146161e6b52d5c610a10e10 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 1803, 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 Florence Peltier Pope to Dr. Alfred E. Stearns, June 11, 1908 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Florence Peltier Pope to Dr. Alfred E. Stearns, June 11, 1908 Description An account of the resource Handwritten letter sent from Florence Peltier Pope to Dr. Alfred E. Stearns. States Wongs have not been living up to agreements. Explains Vung Lung Wong wanted a finished house for the summer and asked Pope for help. Found a neighbor who plans to leave for the summer. Wong agreed to rent the house for the summer, along with wife, sister, and Mr. Sah. Stated Wong would like the house June 17th, then stated on the 6th they would move down the 10th. Explain Wong then wrote stating the house isn't wanted. States the owners had worked to get the house ready and other opportunities to find renters are gone. States this is not the first time Wongs have not honored agreements. Writing Stearns for help. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Florence Peltier Pope Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Phillips Academy Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource June 11, 1908 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 Florence Peltier Pope Wong Vung Lung https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/744e1f4e7bf3a79c562e01277423ff27.jpg c892276dbe01c523be22f5ce3a2ae10f 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 1803, 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 Mrs. Seth E. Pope (Florence Peltier Pope), June 22, 1908 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Mrs. Seth E. Pope (Florence Peltier Pope), June 22, 1908 Description An account of the resource Typed letter sent from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Florence Peltier Pope. Asked to see Wong after receiving Pope's letter. Attempted to advise Wong. Asked Wong to honor agreement with owners of the cottage. States Wong has been a disappointment. Believes Wong has potential, making failures more disappointing. Believes home life has negative affect on Wong's education. Will try to meet Pope in person. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Phillips Academy Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource June 22, 1908 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 Mrs. Pope: Your very interesting though somewhat disturbing letter reached me in the midst of the rush of our closing exercises, entrance examinations., etc . and I have been wholly unable to give it the thought and attention it deserves. Even now I must write hurriedly, deeply as I feel on the question at issue. 1 sent for Wong after reviving your letter, and gave him some fatherly advice without attempting to qualify the terms of my disapproval of his act. Frankly, the boy has been a a great disappointment to me, as he has been to you. Indeed, the same must be said, I regret to add, of several of our Chinese boys. I do not know whether my advice accomplish anything or not, but I begged and urged Wong to observe the ordinary standards of decency and honor and stand by his original agreement with the owners of the cottage. I must sincerely hope that he has done so. Nor do I wonder at your anxiety and disgust. This is not the first evidence I have had during the year that has convinced me that Wong has not yet developed a clear perspective in regard to many things. I believe the boy has good material in him, and though I have been extremely fond of all of the Chinese boys we have had here, Wong appealed to me at the outset more strongly than did any of the others. Hence I am the more disappointed to discover his shortcomings,. I think the boy in this particular instance you have mentioned should at least be held for every penny that has been put into the house by the owners on the expectation of the carrying out of his promise. Before the summer is over I shall endeavor to find an opportunity to see you in person and talk over the whole situation . For one thing, much as I would regret to seem to break up Wong a home, I am convinced that the responsibility and distractions of a wife and child and a sister who comes and goes apparently without restraint have all combined to interfere very seriously with the boy’s education. I do hope that some other arrangement for the coming year may be possible. Thanking you for writing me so frankly in regard to this matter, which I am frank to say trembles me fully as much as it does you, believe me, Very sincerely yours Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Florence Peltier Pope Wong Vung Lung