284 10 3636 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/72ae083b2278fea1964db7e05a731290.jpg eb1bb66e9baa4d852698d0451ccc8678 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/9b039e96146570064302abd9d9c54e0e.jpg e3dd82e7079c5fb5d6a2a8853bb217e8 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 29 Sun Siblings 1920-1924, 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 Mary Sun, Northfield Seminary, to Alfred E. Stearns, October 26, 1921 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Mary Sun, Northfield Seminary, to Alfred E. Stearns, October 26, 1921 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Mary Sun 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 26, 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 Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Mary Sun https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/8c2f041b8137b5cda495e0412cbef155.jpg 8915e66457022844a038da67ec811fd6 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/8d61068d82d6d42fc6c44065a5587da5.jpg 948bc6c0a7a32d7a743846700545e68f https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/8802d780570d872faf999f011db5f6eb.jpg d0d2d029d484f2f84fdef75550c5b0ad 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 29 Sun Siblings 1920-1924, 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 Mary Sun, Northfield Seminary, to Alfred E. Stearns, December 1, 1921 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Mary Sun, Northfield Seminary, to Alfred E. Stearns, December 1, 1921 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Mary Sun 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 Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Mary Sun https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/b2fc7408e2c9b881d61cb23eb050752b.jpg d983880b599f884d1681d2df93624a23 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 29 Sun Siblings 1920-1924, 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 Arthur Sun, Cambridge, Mass., December 17, 1921 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Arthur Sun, Cambridge, Mass., December 17, 1921 Relation A related resource Dear Arthur: I have been delayed in answering your letter of November 10, owing to my absence from town. Thank you for the letter and for returning the bills with the explanation of the charges. I haven't looked up Dr. Abbott's account but will do so at once. Certainly if you visited him only twice, the charge should be very slight. I have just returned from New York where I started Charlie on this new job which will carry him as far as India in any case and perhaps still farther. Tsai is out once more and rapidly getting his full strength and vigor back again. Charlie and Tom are progressing, the former more rapidly than the latter; indeed I am wondering whether Tom is not perhaps a bit out of his depth and whether he should not have another year of preparation before attempting the Academy work. I should like to talk this over with you sometime, for I am not quite sure whether the boys should be separated or not. I don't want to hold Charlie back nor, on the other hand, do I want to do anything that would tend to discourage Tom. I noticed in the paper that Mr. Liang was in Washington, and soon after received a letter direct from him. I hope he will find an opportunity to run up here before he leaves. Please tell me where to address your sister, for we would love to have her visit us in Andover while she is here. Mr. Liang should be addressed, I suppose, in care of the Chinese Legation in Washington. A few days ago I sent you a bundle of newspapers and later received word that this same bundle had been held up at the Cambridge Post Office for lack of sufficient address. I sent on the street number at once, which perhaps had been left off of the original address by accident. If you have not received the papers by this time, I think it would pay you to inquire for them at the Post Office. With sincerest good wishes and kindest regards from all, believe me always Sincerely yours, 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 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 Arthur Sun Dr. Alfred E. Stearns https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/aea6ddeeec31b79f468d23a6ee1c4340.jpg aae75fe6d3665c700ddf33aedf3a94bb https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/68a0be074d26a44a7013a0892a2585a9.jpg dbd7ad9b6286b22b42462648b4642177 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 29 Sun Siblings 1920-1924, 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 C.Y. Sun, Tientsin, to Alfred E. Stearns, January 15, 1922 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from C.Y. Sun, Tientsin, to Alfred E. Stearns, January 15, 1922 Relation A related resource Dear Dr. Stearns, First of all, I wish to offer you my apologies for having delayed to reply to your letter dated September 16, 1921 for such a long time, propbably [sic] you will excuse me if you know that ever since your kind letter was received, I spent all my time in Shanghai until day before yesterday. In Shanghai, I was fully engaged in the campaign to send relief to the millions of suffering people from floods in Kiangsu, Anhwei and Chekiang, three densely populated provinces in mid-China. In Kiangsu, not all the flood water has subsided. It is still six or seven feet deep in many places. From your letter, I noticed that my remittance of $3,000 has been received and placed to the credit of Mary and the boys. I was also exceedingly glad to learn that Arthur was entering the Boston Tech., Thomas and Charles were about to enter Phillips, and Mary was going to Northfield Seminary with your daughter to whom, I am proud to learn, she is a very good friend. It has been very thoughtful of you to lighten the school work for the younger boys by allowing them to take five instead of four years to complete course so as to enable them to acquire a good, firm foundation in English. Regarding Latin and German, I happened to offer a suggestion because I was anxious that they should prepare themselves to be highly educated men. I thank you for your thought on this subject and will leave it to your wise discretion. As you knew, Arthur was baptised in China. I always wished him to be under the Influences of the Church. Now he is in Boston. I will ask you to see that he is properly guilded [sic] in that direction while he is attending college. I have just seen a letter written by Thomas to my grand nephew, Wang. In that, I could get an impression that he, too, is much inclined toward Christianity. I am very much pleased with some of the remarks he made in that letter. Now I am hoping that soon I will hear from the children that they actually join the Church. Not little have I heard about the summer camps from the children. They all wrote that they were pleased with the camping life and the lesson it taught them. Especially, Mary told me that she was very pround [sic] because she was able to help in household work. I have already written to my children about doing house-work. I suggested to them that they should offer assistance in any way possible. I think it is to their advantage that they do so. They should consider it a privilege to be permitted to participate in the American home life. I must confess that I was a bit concerned when I heard from our friend, Mr. Liang that Mary felt homesick and wanted to return to China with her sister, Mrs. Chen. I understand from the latter that she and her husband called upon you and looked up Mary in Northfield. I wired Mr. Liang to persuade Mary to stay. In the next mail I hope to receive a letter from Mr. Liang and to learn the real causes of Mary’s desire to come home. I hope Mary was comforted by the visit of her sister and that she has overcome her home-sickness now. Yes, I love to see my daughter home. But I also love to see her being educated. I shall be totally disappointed, if she returns at this time. I sent her to America because I wanted her to receive modern education. My country sorely needs highly educated women and I want to see Mary become one. Please pray for her. Permit me to say, my dear Dr. Stearns, that I am really deeply indebted to you and Miss Clemons for the added work I impose upon you in putting my children under your care. During the year that has past, they all have received untold benefits both in their studies and in life itself. If not for my prolonged trip to Shanghai, I would have already sent you a new remittance. But my work in connection with the flood relief has upset all my personal program. So I am forwarding you the remittance within this week. I hope that the delay on my part has not inconvenienced you to any great extent. Going with the same mail, I am sending you with my very sincere regards, a copy of my portrait. I hope in this way we will know each other even more intimately than ever and that you will someday favor me with a copy of your portrait. Faithfully yours, CYS/D Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource C.Y. Sun 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, 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 C.Y.Sun Dr. Alfred E. Stearns https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/bab156418b0e9446633a20a514f16048.jpg 65945badf2f5b20ed45a9a4e7e9654be 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 29 Sun Siblings 1920-1924, 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 Stearns to Chung Ying (C.Y.) Sun, Tientsin, January 18, 1922 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred Stearns to Chung Ying (C.Y.) Sun, Tientsin, January 18, 1922 Relation A related resource My dear Mr. Sun: The busy days that have followed the Christmas season have delayed me in sending this long overdue word of deep appreciation of and very sincere gratitude for your most generous and valuable Christmas gift. Everything that comes from China has a special value in my eyes. When it carries with it the evidence of friendly goodwill on the part of the sender, its value proportionately increases; and just because you have always been so kind and considerate in your attitude towards me, I shall value more than I can ever express that beautiful piece of ivory which now adorns my parlor table and calls forth enthusiastic comments from all who view it. I only hope that you will not feel that there is, or can be, the slightest compulsion to express in material ways of this kind such appreciation as you may feel for what little I have tried to do for your children. It has been a pleasure, I can assure you, and the business arrangement, which had of necessity to be made, has been based on the actual income and outgo involved, so far as this can be estimated. I only hope that I have been able to help you carry out your wishes for your children and to realize the high hopes and ambitions you entertain for them. I expect to send you with a few days statements cover the expenses of all four of your children and their friends, Messrs. Sheh and Lin. I have practically completed this up to the first of December, last. The task has been something of a time consumer, and I have not felt like putting it upon my overworked office force, so that it had to be done at such odd moments as I could find for it from time to time. I have also all of the receipts involved in these various transactions. These I shall be glad to send to you if you desire, or if you prefer, I can turn them over to Arthur or the other boys. I shall write you in a few days, giving the latest reports of the children. At present all are in the best of health and seemingly happy in their work; though Arthur writes me that he finds the work at the Institute of Technology increasingly hard, and Thomas is seemingly a bit unprepared for successful progress in the latest class of this school. I expect to give Tom a little outside tutoring through the balance of the year, which will, I hope, enable him to get a better start. With warmest personal regards and renewed thanks for your generous contributions to the various members of my family, and with heartiest New Year's greetings, believe me, Sincerely and gratefully yours, Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Alfred 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 18, 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 C.Y.Sun Dr. Alfred E. Stearns https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/50ab34ca8df7940c037793e51c02bfd1.jpg 74ae848edc9cf4af873ca3cf49359b61 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 29 Sun Siblings 1920-1924, 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 C.Y. Sun, Tientsin, to Alfred E. Stearns, January 27, 1922 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from C.Y. Sun, Tientsin, to Alfred E. Stearns, January 27, 1922 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource C.Y. Sun Relation A related resource My dear Dr. Stearns, I beg to advise that on Jan. 16th. I have requested the Tientsin Branch of Russo-Asiatic Bank to send you by telegraphic transfer a sum of Five thousand (5,000) dollars through their agents, the Irving National Bank of New York. Tientsin bank’s advice read: "Advise and pay Stearns Philips Acedemay [sic] account of Sun Gold $5,000" I trust you have been duly advised. For this remittance, please credit $1,000 each Arthur, Mary, Charles, Thomas and Quency Sheh. In order to enable me to make necessary financial arrangements to meet these children’s requirements, I wonder if it would give you too much trouble to send me a rough estimate of their annual expenses. I shall be deeply grateful if you could help me in this regard. Arthur is now in Boston. I understand inducements in such a big city for him to spend money are numerous. I hope his expenses are still under your control even though he is a few miles from you. I also trust that while in Boston, he is boarding in a reputable and good family where he could have an opportunity to study the life of American homes. Both my daughter and son-in-low [sic], Mr. & Mrs. Chen arrived here this afternoon on their way to Peking. At the station, they told me how kind you have been to them when they called upon you. I wish to thank you heartily for your kindness shown them. Very truly yours, 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 27, 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 C.Y.Sun Dr. Alfred E. Stearns https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/003a68efd8674fdd8e34854141a13e7d.jpg 34c746b894e88d5939dda6540c72ac5c https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/71e0bb45b72c607363e5eede71f2f5e4.jpg 0b7969c3c0c14f39a76e01bc36c39566 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 29 Sun Siblings 1920-1924, 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 Stearns to Chung Ying (C.Y.) Sun, Tientsin, February 22, 1922 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred Stearns to Chung Ying (C.Y.) Sun, Tientsin, February 22, 1922 Relation A related resource My dear Mr. Sun: Your letter of January 29th has just reached me, and I note that the $5000. recently transferred to me by cable, and the receipt of which was duly acknowledged, is to be distributed between your four children and Quincy Sheh - $1000. for each account. I am accordingly making the distribution as requested. I mailed you several weeks ago complete statements of receipts and expenditures for each of the boys and Mary up to December last. These, I trust, will have reached you safely by this time and from them you will be able to form a pretty good idea of the amounts necessary to meet the school and other expenses of the children while they are in Americas We are hoping, of course, that prices will drop in the near future. There have been changes in recent months, but unfortunately not all have been in the downward direction, though in the matter of clothes it seems possible to meet the needs of the children at a smaller expense than formerly. Arthur's funds are still in my hands, and he is accustomed to apply to me each month for the amount seemingly necessary to meet his college and living expenses. He furnishes me a detailed statement showing just how the money has been used. So far as I can judge, he is disposed to be very careful in handling this money and has given me no cause for anxiety on this score. He tells me that he has now found a good home. His first room did not prove in every way satisfactory, and I agreed with him that a change was desirable. Of course it is very difficult in a city like Cambridge, with the tremendous demand resulting from the presence of two such large institutions as Harvard and the Institute of Technology, to find the ideal home in which to live during the college course from what Arthur tells me, however, I have reason to think that he is happy in his present quarters. I have encouraged him to come out to Andover whenever he could and pass the week-ends with me and the rest of the family. I am glad to hear that Mr. and Mrs. Chen have safely reached their home country. It was a real delight to meet them here. I only wish we could have seen a bit more of them. We have been experiencing a pretty wide-spread attack of influenza in this part of the country during recent weeks. The epidemic appeared in the school a few weeks ago and for several days we had a pretty strenuous time. Fortunately the cases were extremely light - very different from the disease of 1918; and the boys, after a several days' lay-off, were able to resume their duties in normal health. Quincy just at present is at the infirmary with a sore throat, but the doctor thinks he will be out within the next two days. Thomas also joined the group there for two or three days, but returned to us with his old-time health and vigor and has suffered no ill effects from the experience. The rest of the group have fortunately escaped thus far. With warmest personal regards, believe me Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Alfred 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 C.Y.Sun Dr. Alfred E. Stearns https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/2a10ffb8e90c3d98e631a4025f2ca9a4.jpg 9c65313fc1cd6a61bef39414888736de 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 29 Sun Siblings 1920-1924, 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 C.Y. Sun, Tientsin, to Alfred E. Stearns, April 7, 1922 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from C.Y. Sun, Tientsin, to Alfred E. Stearns, April 7, 1922 Relation A related resource My dear Dr. Stearns: I have your letters of 18th and 26th January and 22nd February last for which I sincerely thank you. They would have been acknowledged early were it not that I have journeying about in the interest of famine relief work etc. The accounts enclosed in your letter of 26th January are found satisfactory would hardly require assurance. They will be submitted to Messrs Sheh and Lin in due course. As you have asked for an opinion from me as regards the children’s expenditure I feel I should meet you but whatever I now express should only be accepted as a suggestion as I fully realize that being thousands of miles away from their locality I am in no position to have any accurate idea as to their absolute requirements. From the accounts to hand it seems that they, particularly Arthur, have been spending somewhat beyond our estimate. I understand from various quarters that the students our Government have sent to the States are allowed only $87 per month exclusive of their tuition which is attached to separately and it is said that their expenditure, all in all, average each about $1200 a year, this being the case, Arthur’s expenditure seems somewhat large. However, in view of the high cost of living at the present time in the States the $1200 per year for the Government students may hardly be sufficient to meet all their requirements. In this country of ours where economy is one of our cardinal principles, it would be wise to have the children practice what the Government students are doing. There will be no harm to make them careful in their spending so that they may know the value of money. I think Messrs Sheh and Lin would be of my opinion if theirs would be referred to-particularly at this juncture when trade is at a stand still and the fiscal matters somewhat out of gear. However, I should repeat that you knowing the local conditions would know better than any of us here as regards the children’s retrenching and on your better judgment we should rely. The children according to your letters and the reports of Captain and Mrs. Chen and Mr. Liang-who has just arrived-are getting on finely, which I need not assure you is most gratifying to us all here. With warmest regards to all about you. I remain, Yours very truly, Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource C.Y. Sun Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Phillips Academy Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource April 7, 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 C.Y.Sun Dr. Alfred E. Stearns https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/1a8265747c8ae4ef095edecf7304d7ad.jpg 0bbb76fa9678f19e1b35dac84c067dc7 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/de07687a34a56ee1f0697f3c24509e55.jpg 521adae5ef678b2f695331c1343f9f91 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/3306413eda02d4759616484f437c0d0d.jpg 1522e678c7970744f192ba6bb01a2edd 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 29 Sun Siblings 1920-1924, 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 Stearns to Chung Ying (C.Y.) Sun, Tientsin, April 19, 1922 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred Stearns to Chung Ying (C.Y.) Sun, Tientsin, April 19, 1922 Relation A related resource My dear Mr. Sun: Your last letter, bearing date of January 15th, has long remained unanswered; though I know that most of the information called for by it has been transmitted to you through various channels, including my last, but a bit earlier, letter. By this time I trust that Mr. Liang will have returned to Tientsin and given you this latest direct news from the members of your family in America. I am writing this brief letter, therefore, merely to indicate the present situation, though there is nothing especially new to report. Arthur has been spending the past two or three days with us, as he has had a brief vacation celebrating the Easter season; and I like to have him feel that my house is definitely his American home. I have been very pleasantly impressed with what his life and work at the Institute of Technology are doing for him. He seems more mature than formerly and talks very sensibly about life and its various problems. In scholarship he has gained steadily and, on the whole, I believe is developing very well. I find it much easier than formerly to discuss intimately with him the problems of the other members of the family, and this is a great help. As you know, at the present time Mary is living with me and attending Abbot Academy, a local and excellent boarding school, as a day student, while my own daughter is completing her course in the high school. The change from Northfield was made with regret, but it seemed necessary. In my daughter’s case overwork had seriously impaired the girl’s health; and the doctor recommended special diet and care to restore her vitality. Mary might have remained at Northfield, but the principal of the school assured me that the work, even of their lowest class, was really a bit beyond her and that she needed a further year of preparation if she were to go on there successfully. Under the circumstances and in view of this recommendation I deemed it wise to withdraw Mary from the school at the same time that my own daughter left. What to do for the coming year is still the problem. My feeling is that Mary ought to enter, as a regular student, some good girls' boarding school instead of continuing the present arrangement where she is only a day scholar and hence does not have full opportunity to mix with the other girls and enter into all phases of the school life. The problem is to find, in these strange modern days, a school which still maintains the old high standards of scholarship and Christian character building. I am constantly making inquiries among friends in whose judgment I have confidence, but am still at a loss to know just what to do. The reaction from the war have worked their distressing influence on social and moral standards in America, as they evidently have done in other lands. That the pendulum will swing back again in time is my sincere belief. The days through which we are passing cannot fail to make us all anxious. Charles and Thomas are going steadily on in their school work at Phillips Academy. Charles has gained steadily from the start and will undoubtedly secure his regular promotion at the end of the year. Thomas has found the work very difficult, and, as I was disposed to anticipate, will doubtless have to repeat the work of the lowest class next year. Possibly he would have gone ahead a bit faster, though I am inclined to doubt it, if he had gone to some other and lower grade school for this year. He was so anxious to be with his brother, however, that I finally allowed him to make the attempt here; and as his instructors felt that he was gaining much from the experience, even if he were not likely to secure his promotion, I decided to let him stay. Please let me thank you, l and most heartily, for the copy of our photograph. I feel more than ever now as if I knew you and could count you among my good friends. The photograph stands on my desk in my study and has attracted much favorable comment from many of my friends who have seen it. Trusting that you will always feel free to express very frankly to me questions that may arise in your mind in regard to your children or to offer any suggestions that commend themselves to you by which I may be better able to carry out your wishes for them, believe me, with regards and esteem, Very sincerely yours, Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Alfred Stearns Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Phillips Academy Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource April 19, 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 C.Y.Sun Dr. Alfred E. Stearns https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/cbbf77ad5dd9168b6c827d5d5fc94bbe.jpg 0d5f1d6d494d8766ace49344fe35566a https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/cf0ecc422850a330f7d57fb113319c73.jpg 72bbefc77f2f4dd86251f26685572988 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 29 Sun Siblings 1920-1924, 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 Stearns to Chung Ying (C.Y.) Sun, Tientsin, May 5, 1922 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred Stearns to Chung Ying (C.Y.) Sun, Tientsin, May 5, 1922 Relation A related resource My dear Mr. Sun: I have received and read with keen interest your friendly letter of April 7. Your feelings about the importance of teaching these youngsters economy are fully shared by me; but I confess that in these unusual days I find it very hard to know just where to draw the line. In general let me say that the boys personally have shown little disposition to indulge in extravagances; for the past few months they have spent considerably less than they did when they first arrived. This is only natural, for at the outset there were special expenses which had to be met to cover new conditions, expenses which are unlikely to occur again. The largest item, where I feel that a curtailment might have been made, is that relating to the past summer. Unless boys away from home can join regular summer camps it is next to impossible to find suitable conditions or places under which they may safely pass the summer months. The camps referred to vary widely in character and price. The Y.M.C.A., for example, conducts a number of camps, but almost entirely for boys of very limited means and boys who, in the main, have had little cultural background. I felt pretty confident that such an arrangement would not commend itself to you as best for the children during their first summer in America. The camp which I selected for Arthur and Quincey was well known to me and in charge of men with whom I have been associated in the past, and felt sure that the boys would live there under the best of conditions. I knew it was fairly expensive camp but did not realize until the first bills arrived that the charges had been increased considerably above what i had known them to be in the past. Under the circumstances, I shall not make use of this particular camp next summer. I think, however, that I have found another that will answer the purpose and where the charges will be distinctly less; indeed the cost of living has fallen off a bit this year, and I now from my own experience that the charges of the past summer will probably not be justified this year. Even so, the expenses in connection with running a camp of this kind are always pretty heavy, if the boys who are there are to have the proper attention and the bets of conditions. Lin from the start has been very earnest in his desire to keep his expenses low. He has succeeded pretty well too. At his own request I found him a camp last summer where the rates were about as low as any. I think it was just the place for him last year, but he, himself, admits that he needs a different environment this year, and especially older boys. One of the hardest items to meet satisfactorily is that of clothes, as the price of clothing has fallen very little from the excessive prices which came into being during the war. Tom and Charlie have been growing so rapidly They have very much outgrown most of the clothes they brought with them and even some which were purchased soon after their arrival. Miss Clemons has made a special effort to secure good bargains from reliable firms; and such purchases have been made and for which there appeared to be definite need. In justice to the boys I ought to say that they have clung tenaciously to the old clothes, even when it was apparent that these should have been discarded, if the youngsters were not to give among their mates a definite impression of real poverty. As I said before, I have many evidences to indicate that the boys, themselves, were earnest in their desire to keep their expenses as low as possible. You have probably noted that Mary's charges for this year have been five dollars per week. I wish that I could make them less and still cover actual expenses. Of course if I lived in a simple home such as I should prefer to do and would do if it were not for my official position here, the problem would be immensely simple. I can assure you, however, that I shall do everything I can to carry out your expressed and very sensible wishes in this connection. Charlie continues to make particularly good progress in his school work. His teachers tell me that he is gathering momentum very rapidly, far more so than they had supposed possible Tom, as I have already intimated, will have to repeat the current year's work next year, but he ought to be able to handle it well by that time. This will put him only one year behind Charlie where, according to his age, he would naturally belong. From all I can gather, Arthur is working hard and with good success. Mary, I believe, is getting all we can expect from Abbot Academy this year, and certainly in the classroom more than she would have secured at Northfield. My biggest problem is to find the right school for her next year; for in these days the American boarding school for girls, especially, presents a curious phenomenon, and one hesitates to intrust a girl to the influences which seem to predominate in most, at least, of these institutions. Again thanking you for your very frank and helpful letter and with warmest personal regards, believe me Very sincerely yours, Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Alfred Stearns Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Phillips Academy Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource May 5, 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 C.Y.Sun Dr. Alfred E. Stearns