286 10 3636 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/119a5c424162aba989311bf8a2e285b7.jpg fff30fc5daeb80c3d1f52150e41df9e7 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/b87f8056bba3b6cbad82b7f9fe5f12c0.jpg 4196fe51082565133ed75f942703c99d 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, Chinese Foreign Relief Committee, Shanghai, to Alfred E. Stearns, February 20, 1923 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from C.Y. Sun, Chinese Foreign Relief Committee, Shanghai, to Alfred E. Stearns, February 20, 1923 Relation A related resource My dear Dr. Stearns, I am very glad, to have your letter of the 14th of April and thank you most cordially for all you have done for my children. It is a great pleasure to hear all the kind reports you send about my boys. No doubt your correspondence regarding Arthur’s Tsing Hua scholarship will result in a satisfactory settlement, and I am sorry you have had so much trouble in this matter. To hear the news that Charles is asking to be baptized is such as causes me much rejoicing and I am naturally more pleased than you at this decision Charles has made. The problem about Mary is concerning me very greatly. I had not thought of Mary as being deceitful. I have not mentioned it to you before as I did not want to trouble you, but Mary wrote me sometime ago and told me very frankly of her fault in carrying tales and in disobeying the orders given her. She also told me that she was very sorry and had apologized to Miss Clemons and had tried her best to show by her actions to Miss Clemons how sorry she was. However, I see from your letter that you are so very good, as to watch the situation carefully, and no doubt your wise judgment will find a satisfactory way out of the difficulty. I shall be anxious until I hear from you just what you think should be done. You will fully understand how hard it is at this distance away for me to form a true opinion on Mary, but it seems to me that she is unhappy and that is going to affect her in her studies and in her conduct. I really must apologise for being so much trouble to you about my daughter Mary and I truly hope there may be some happy solution come to, for it would be a great blow to have her finishing years cut off in America. Still, I will wait your fuller report and your reply to this letter before coming to any decision. You are quite right in thinking that there was some mistake as to the assignment of the three mandarin coats; the largest and most elaborately embroidered one was intended for Miss Clemons and the two smaller ones for the girls. I am sorry about the mistake evidently made at the Customs House. I am arranging for a draft for $5,000.00 to be sent you from Tientsin. With kindest regards, Yours sincerely, P.S. Since writing the above, letters have come in from my son, and from their reference to Mary, I am more of a mind to think that she would be happier in a boarding school like Northfield, and, if in your opinion this is a wise step for her, I would agree with you. I am sure we are both looking at this from the same point of view for the lasting benefit of Mary and I want to leave this decision entirely in your hands. I hope to soon have good news from you about Mary. Thank you again for all your interest in her and in my boys. 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 February 20, 1923 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/9687910037bb6f982cfe9e74a07d8083.jpg fa75f4079b110e38ecd6fcd35ea28b78 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/d23bda35aabd92e861d97701c6a8b622.jpg 634787905b32eceb1f2c1325b8c1ac3c https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/68aa23e4b8aa1405d15e329f63cc0949.jpg 5062ee0d3ce33bdd43b53d0ab55d144f 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 Arthur Sun, MIT, to Alfred E. Stearns, May 21, 1923 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Arthur Sun, MIT, to Alfred E. Stearns, May 21, 1923 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Arthur 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 May 21, 1923 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/03be6d74f4d51fd2beb1ff3da187b6c1.jpg f4e5da8b2e54e0a86218b0e3fd2098a9 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, Chinese Foreign Relief Committee, Shanghai, to Alfred E. Stearns, June 22, 1923 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from C.Y. Sun, Chinese Foreign Relief Committee, Shanghai, to Alfred E. Stearns, June 22, 1923 Relation A related resource My dear Dr. Stearns, Regarding the draft for $5,000.00 (Gold) mentioned to you in my letter of May 18th, I have received official intimation from the Bank that this amount has been transmitted by telegraph through the Irving Bank, Columbia Trust Company, to your credit. Trusting this draft has reached you long before this confirmatory information arrives and that you will credit this sum to the children as usual. With kind regards, 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 June 22, 1923 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/795725c27385b0eadfa9183c15085016.jpg 4b947150f7d05b21579b009bb10291eb 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 Bertha Bailey, Abbot Academy, to Alfred E. Stearns, Home Camp, Pittsburg, New Hampshire, August 29, 1923 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Bertha Bailey, Abbot Academy, to Alfred E. Stearns, Home Camp, Pittsburg, New Hampshire, August 29, 1923 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Bertha Bailey 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 August 29, 1923 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Rights Reserved by Phillips Academy Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Correspondence Relation A related resource My dear Dr. Stearns: Your letter, enclosing registration form and check for $25.00 for Mary Sun, has reached me duly. I am glad that Mary is coming back for another year. I wish we could do a little more for her than we have done, but we have such slight contacts with her that it is rather difficult. Trusting that you are returning to the duties of the new school year thoroughly refreshed. I am, Sincerely yours, Principal. Bertha Bailey Dr. Alfred E. Stearns https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/e30764e2bf0a0ced2c5fa91120606792.jpg 803ceb01bc98938f8a18e10f11b7e966 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, June 25, 1923 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred Stearns to Chung Ying (C.Y.) Sun, Tientsin, June 25, 1923 Relation A related resource Dear Mr. Sun: Thank you so much for your friendly and helpful letter of May 18th. I am glad to say that Mary’s attitude of late has shown a very marked and gratifying improvement. I think she has really been trying hard to make amends for the mistakes of the past and to prove by her actions and spirit that she is truly sorry and making an earnest effort to correct the weaknesses that have disturbed us. Arthur came out for a day or two recently and he feels that there has been a marked gain. We are not yet quite certain what the best course to pursue for next year is, but Arthur expresses a strong feeling that he would prefer to have Mary stay at the house another year and continue the work at Abbot Academy as a day pupil, rather than change schools again and start out in a totally new environment. I shall give the problem my most careful thought, for my wish is to do only what is distinctly the best for Mary herself, and regardless of every other consideration. The rest of the family are getting on nicely and have come through the year’s work with very satisfactory progress. They will leave for the Lake in a day or two, where I am making special arrangements for their care and oversight until the camp formally opens the latter part of July. The period between the closing of school and the opening of camp is always a difficult one to handle satisfactorily. The draft for $5,000.00 referred to in your letter reached me recently, and was credited at once to the accounts of your four children and Quincey Sheh; $1,000.00 to each. A statement of the accounts to date will be sent you during the summer. With my warmest personal regards, believe me always, 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 June 25, 1923 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/60c04d9a45070636c3e151fe865e0c43.jpg ec62e152961d6e7411471a8cca5e1289 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/87ea719db95124b1032bebd8e29cdeec.jpg f24c76677af608003c67d4d1f413f209 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 C.Y. Sun, Tientsin, September 12, 1923 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred Stearns to C.Y. Sun, Tientsin, September 12, 1923 Relation A related resource My dear Mr. Sun: Your note of June 22nd reached me about the middle of the summer, when I was at my summer home in northern New Hampshire. It should have been acknowledged earlier but the summer found me unusually busy and I thought it best to wait until I returned to my desk at its close. The draft of $5,000.00, referred to you in your letter, was duly received and acknowledged. It has been credited $1,000.00 each to your four children and Quincy Sheh, in accordance with your wishes. The children appear to have had a happy and profitable summer. Arthur has been at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology summer camp. Charlie and Tom have been at my own boys' camp at the Connecticut Lake, and Mary has been a member of my household. Mary, I believe, has had a happier and more satisfactory summer than ever before. She has seemed unusually cheerful and contented and has show at almost all times a good spirit. Arthur is returning to the Institute this month. Quincy Sheh is planning to enter Bowdoin College in Maine, one of the best of our smaller colleges. Tom and Charlie are to continue their work at Phillips Academy and Mary will go forward in the course at Abbot. I hope that this plan commends itself to you as the best one possible for the children, and I shall be ready, as I have always been in the past, to hear and adopt any suggestions for readjustment that you may deem it wise to make. I feel somewhat embarrassed at times by the responsibility which rests upon me to make decisions of this kind almost wholly on my own responsibility. I might add that all of the children are exceptionally well at the present time. With warmest personal regards and best wishes to you and yours, believe me always 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 September 12, 1923 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/22b990c492a13d06a3b1e9523c612986.jpg 5b76bb410dc31990d2d3c10980066303 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, October 2, 1923 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from C.Y. Sun, Tientsin, to Alfred E. Stearns, October 2, 1923 Relation A related resource Dear Dr. Stearne [sic], I thank you most cordially for your letter of the 25th.June and for all the good news it brings me. I am very glad to hear you say that Mary is settling down and making an earnest effort towards progress. I am also glad that the others of the family are doing well, and I thank you for your arrangements for the summer holidays. When I read of the good times the children have had at camp I wish I were back at school again. Mary is fortunate in having such good friends and I am sure you will be able to work out a plan that will enable her to do even better work in the coming year. A boy or girl seems to be so made-up that only in after years do they appreciate their advantages during the days at school, and their experiences help them in dealings with others later on. In thinking out plans for the children I have been asking myself if it would be possible to have shorthand and possibly typewriting included at some stage in their progress, but you can best give advice on this matter. I notice from Arthur’s report, sent me from the school, that he has failed in two subjects, and I would appreciate a report or comments from you after you have found out more particulars about these two failures. I note that you have received the $5,000.00 and will be sending the accounts in the usual course. Thanking you for all your help, and with kind regards, I am, Sincerely yours, A box of silver is being sent to your care and I trust you all like the little presents. I am asking my friend in Shanghai Mr. W.E. Souter to forward this box and his name will likely appear as sender: and the American Express Co. are the forwarding agents. I also enclose a letter to Miss Clemons mentioning her little present. 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 October 2, 1923 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/ed4a099fc2395ddf8faf0bcd1a46e539.jpg db55e5e3b8da5913829ac3c17a111f36 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 Isabel Gulick, Navy Yard, Boston, to Alfred E. Stearns, November 26, 1923 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Isabel Gulick, Navy Yard, Boston, to Alfred E. Stearns, November 26, 1923 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Isabel Gulick 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 26, 1923 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 Isabel Gulick https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/ce17a36f3fad9a704d9ef0c5a55c7c03.jpg 8183b6e1fbbea7b87818354a3c518ea7 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 Isabel Gulick, Navy Yard, Boston, November 27, 1923 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Isabel Gulick, Navy Yard, Boston, November 27, 1923 Relation A related resource My dear Mrs. Gulick: I have your interesting letter of recent date. Mary Sun, of whom you inquire, is still a member of my household and a day pupil at Abbot Academy in this town. I hope very much that you will run out here some day and see her. Her school duties keep her pretty busy most of the week, but Sundays give her an opportunity to stay at home and see her friends. She is generally free, too, on Wednesday afternoons and could probably arrange for other times if such proved more convenient for you. My home is at 6 Chapel Avenue, just on the edge of the school grounds. Very 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 November 27, 1923 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 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/19e20eb0cd256348f3543dc0a354fc9c.jpg c0b03d4d80cf9901476ce39c24e850c0 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/e94ffc2c0b7731c57f99108ed88600bf.jpg 78793a1cc49e2e8489ed7acb8c1cfa9b https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/e44076189ce64a42c3abed66fa27762c.jpg a0e900f7b15541a22f004ef4733b2d47 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/517b09597fc5aa561313fa59d3fb6bda.jpg fbed2d9a6fc0b0cf78e1fbb54980d4de 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, November 30, 1923 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred Stearns to Chung Ying (C.Y.) Sun, Tientsin, November 30, 1923 Relation A related resource My dear Mr. Sun: I am enclosing herewith the annual statements of the children's accounts This is not intended as a Christmas present, but it just happens that the middle of the fall term seems to offer me about the best chance in the year to find the opportunity to transmit the accounts to the proper form for forwarding to you. Perhaps they should be sent oftener. If that is your wish, I shall be glad to try to arrange it. Another matter - I am holding all receipts covering not only the current year, but receipts for the past as well, thinking that you might wish to have these but hesitating to send them by mail both because of their bulk and the possibility that they might be lost in transit. It was my thought that very possibly I should be able to hand them to some one of your countrymen who was returning to China and ask him to deliver them on arrival to you. If you have any definite instructions in the matter, please do not hesitate to let me have them. We had a delightful little Thanksgiving party at the house yesterday in which all of your children shared and which was made doubly pleasing to them and to us the presence of Miss Rose Hsiung who is Mary's guest for the Thanksgiving recess period. In addition, the boys in the house, the other Chinese boys in the school, including the two Yuan boys joined us, while Arthur and Frank Lin came out from Cambridge for the day. From all I can find out, Arthur is working as hard as ever at his students in Tech, but he finds the work pretty difficult at times, and especially in individual subjects. I am sure, though, that he is doing as well as we can ask of him and that he will continue to put forth his best efforts to get the most out of the opportunities offered. Frank also appears to be working hard, though, he, too, finds some of his subjects rather difficult. The members of the family still in my household have had, on the whole, a good year's record. Charlie's scholarship standing has not been quite so good this term as it was last year, but this seems to be due entirely to the fact that some of the new subjects had baffled him a bit at the start, for, so far as I can judge, there has been no relaxing of effort or interest on his part. Tom has definitely improved in his studies over last year, though some of the work is repeated work, as you doubtless know, which makes the schedule a little easier for him to handle. I have reason to feel, though, that from now on the boy will gain steadily and increase his momentum. This year Tom is entering heartily into wholesome school activities. He is singing in the school choir, which will no doubt interest you, as it is not easy for a native Chinese to adapt himself to Anglo-Saxon music. Tom's achievement in this respect is all the more creditable, therefore, and I have ben immensely impressed with the ease and naturalness with which he is getting to handle our vocal music. He is also developing into a pretty good little football player, and he had the distinction of playing against Exeter this fall, not as a member of the regular school eleven, but on another team picked from the various club teams of the school and which is permitted annually to have a friendly bout with a team picked from the class. teams of our good rivals at Exeter. I did not see the game, but those who did assure me that Tom's performance was distinctly creditable. Mary has shown, I think, a bit better and friendlier spirit all round. I believe, too, that she has been disposed to make a little more intimate contacts with the other girls at school and to take slightly increased interest in her school life and its general activities. She is still below par, if I may use that expression, in this respect, for her natural inclination is to follow old habits and shrink from activities pronounced in American school life, such as athletics and social interests. She is altogether too inclined, as we say in America, to "herd by herself," though both Miss Clemons and I have done everything we could to urge and encourage her to overcome this weakness. Chiefly on this account I am convinced that by another year Mary should take her place as a boarder, rather than a day scholar, in some good girls' school, where she would be more or less forced by circumstances to mingle freely with the other girls and enter whole heartedly into school activities. These opportunities are here now, but to use them to the full requires individual initiative which Mary has not shown in this respect so far, while there is always the change to dodge most of them if desired. As a boarder Mary would find the conditions somewhat different. The great problem is to find in these days a school that provides the activities mentioned above and so very desirable in themselves, but holding at the same time to the high and fine ideals that have in the past governed the life and work of most of our best American schools. Apparently most of our boarding schools today, especially those for girls, have yielded to the pressure of these superficial, social, and materialistic conditions so prevalent in our American life today. Mary has probably written you that it seemed best to give up the work with the violin. Her teacher assured me that both from the construction of Mary's hand, which doesn’t permit of long reach on the part of her fingers, and because of the age at which she began, she was not likely to make any worth while progress in this work. I have consequently allowed her to substitute for it this year special course in art, for which she evidently has distinct talent and which she thoroughly enjoys. I hope that you will approve of the change. With renewed assurances of my heartiest regard, and trusting that you will never hesitate to advise me frankly when you have any suggestions or criticisms to make that concern my relations with your children, 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 November 30, 1923 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