289 10 3636 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/4fda424b71838aac4f6246d26152b7cc.jpg 51321f2f8324f6558030b4332b396e8d 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 July-December 1927, 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 Thomas Sun, Middlebury College, to Alfred E. Stearns, August 10, 1927 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Thomas Sun, Middlebury College, to Alfred E. Stearns, August 10, 1927 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Thomas 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 August 10, 1927 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Rights Reserved by Phillips Academy Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Correspondence Relation A related resource Dear Dr. Stearns. I arrived here last night and am doing as instructed to inform you as to my whereabouts. The above address is only temporary, and as soon as College begins, my address will be: Delta Upsilon House Middlebury College Middlebury, Vermont. Charlie is still at Boston, and the date of his departure I do not know. Frank Lin is going back to China this September, or he plans to do so. I presume that Arthur and Quincy had arrived at Chona [sic] by this time. Sincerely yours Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Thomas Sun https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/e5ac4a87a1cd6f4eea2f0f02bdd8eb86.jpg 66a1f11f25c6e6f82dca2bbf71bad8df 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 July-December 1927, 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 Mary Sun, Cornell University, August 4, 1927 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Mary Sun, Cornell University, August 4, 1927 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 August 4, 1927 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 Mary: I have read with keenest interest your letter of August 1st and the enclosures. The latter I am returning herewith. I don’t know who the good friend is who tells of visiting the Dean, but I would value her comments a little more if she had not addressed you in quite such endearing and gushing terms. Still, I have no doubt she is painting the picture just as she sees it. Anyway, we are evidently getting the thing straightened out, and I am sure that you will be given full credit this coming year for all your efforts and achievements. What you say about your health troubles me, though I am glad to feel that you have the matter in hand now and are making real progress. When you were here I was a little troubled by your seeming pallor and thinness, which I feared were the result of foolish dieting. Your health should be the first consideration, and you must bend every effort now to the correction of past weaknesses and the building up of a vigorous boydy, which, of course, would mean a more active and retentive mind. Follow your doctor’s instructions implicitly, and I am sure that the desired results will follow. With all best wishes, believe me Ever sincerely yours, Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Mary Sun https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/a473981ac87a5f23b032e99b8181a4eb.jpg 9923613c6b0aa70c52bc5e7f2fe778e5 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/2ce3f33b31cb14251724e01e0d49bd51.jpg d989095629ee7c15d46c26b75a7c3e31 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/7885d607d021cfb6080ae450781bb2ec.jpg cfcb5491d5c93e510b7ed30f9a55e3d7 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 July-December 1927, 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, Cornell University, to Alfred E. Stearns, August 1, 1927 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Mary Sun, Cornell University, to Alfred E. Stearns, August 1, 1927 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 August 1, 1927 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/0c2625c439afb23b0f87ac2bd8f68ff4.jpg 76bc1a17de99fa113115af3dc7dc586b 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 July-December 1927, 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 Thomas Sun, MIT Dorm, to Alfred E. Stearns, July 28, 1927 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Thomas Sun, MIT Dorm, to Alfred E. Stearns, July 28, 1927 Relation A related resource Dear Dr. Stearns, I am sorry that I failed to tell you that I failed to find a job this summer. I thought I did in that letter in which I explained the situation, but Charlie told me that he received a letter from you stating that I should tell you of my doings during that summer. The cause of my failure to find a job in the Metropolitan Water Supply Commission is my inexperience and the length of time during which I can work. They wanted men who can work all year around and have had experience. By the time I found that out and when they are willing to tell me that it was too late to find any other job. I am leaving for Middlebury soon, but I have no defenite [sic] time for my departure. I find that staying in Boston is very expensive and dull, excluding the heat wave. I presume that Arthur and Quincy will be sighting China pretty soon; they reached Japan by now any way. Please pardon this type-writing. I am just learning to go fast with two fingers. Sincerely yours, Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Thomas 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 July 28, 1927 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 Charles Sun Dr. Alfred E. Stearns https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/31a78a32fc6645e73cd2f0d685ede70f.jpg f6c8173eb5d6abb3a83dcf6303be3cb6 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/cee81f058fea887a2b985c884b796f2b.jpg de8ed4dd07a73a91e9542bcf4d834cf2 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 July-December 1927, 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 Postcard from Arthur Sun, Washington, D.C., to Alfred E. Stearns, July 13, 1927 Subject The topic of the resource Postcard from Arthur Sun, Washington, D.C., to Alfred E. Stearns, July 13, 1927 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 July 13, 1927 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 postcard Arthur Sun Dr. Alfred E. Stearns https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/ae6087114e195a8e9f1f93c5abf7b641.jpg a6bc3ff51b5c03e008bb36943b7ccee8 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 July-December 1927, 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 Mary Sun, Cornell University, July 27, 1927 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Mary Sun, Cornell University, July 27, 1927 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 July 27, 1927 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Rights Reserved by Phillips Academy Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Correspondence Relation A related resource Dear Charlie: Your letter reached me only a few hours after my return from Connecticut Lake where I have been for the past two weeks with my own boy. The old place has not changed much, though on account of logging operations the fishing on the Diamond has been very poor for the past two years. I share your hope that you will have an opportunity to see the old place again, enjoy a good tramp in the woods, and get a few old-fashioned fly bites before you go back to China. Your records from Amherst reached me some time ago, and I at once forwarded them to you and, if I remember correctly, using Arthur's mail box address in Boston. If you have not received the record by this time, I would suggest that you inquire at the Boston Post office for I think I sent several documents to you and Tom at that address. I am sorry that you are not finding more to do this summer that seems really worth while, though I know that a good rest won't hurt you. Tom assured me that he was to take regular courses at Boston University. If he is not doing this, he certainly should let me know. With best wishes to you both, believe me Always sincerely yours Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Mary Sun https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/ae0276fed4ce857b3ec39c997be7f32e.jpg e76e181f62042eba9f4a37a98b82029f https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/19b78cd56bd5412996fc5edd44409a7e.jpg 52a33f9b88b6e2f8e19ff808c1301666 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/96ed41db4c932d91f1ff4ff326d99638.jpg 102567d30c2d8f3b7777fb766703e0b8 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 July-December 1927, 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, Cornell University, to Alfred E. Stearns, July 25, 1927 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Mary Sun, Cornell University, to Alfred E. Stearns, July 25, 1927 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 July 25, 1927 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/b6bb7bfd1b265ca7a28e3cbf27966676.jpg 7688155d84e7b7b8705a2176958e7428 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 July-December 1927, 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 Charles Sun, c/o Frank Lin, MIT Dorm, July 26, 1927 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Charles Sun, c/o Frank Lin, MIT Dorm, July 26, 1927 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Alfred E. Stearns Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Charles Sun, c/o Frank Lin, MIT Dorm, July 26, 1927 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource July 26, 1927 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Rights Reserved by Phillips Academy Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Correspondence Relation A related resource Dear Charlie: Your letter reached me only a few hours after my return from Connecticut Lake where I have been for the past two weeks with my own boy. The old place has not changed much, though on account of logging operations the fishing on the Diamond has been very poor for the past two years. I share your hope that you will have an opportunity to see the old place again, enjoy a good tramp in the woods, and get a few old-fashioned fly bites before you go back to China. Your records from Amherst reached me some time ago, and I at once forwarded them to you and, if I remember correctly, using Arthur's mail box address in Boston. If you have not received the record by this time, I would suggest that you inquire at the Boston Post office for I think I sent several documents to you and Tom at that address. I am sorry that you are not finding more to do this summer that seems really worth while, though I know that a good rest won't hurt you. Tom assured me that he was to take regular courses at Boston University. If he is not doing this, he certainly should let me know. With best wishes to you both, believe me Always sincerely yours Charles Sun Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Frank Lin https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/960a36b1161405b14c383688271ee765.jpg 48dd6fc3976369c0b1a12bf544c4b232 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/88dc1babcf873a349969f93abb91ead1.jpg 82a2d10ab89dcd0dd91541371bf418a7 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 July-December 1927, 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 Charles Sun, c/o Frank Lin, MIT Dorm, to Alfred E. Stearns, July 24, 1927 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Charles Sun, c/o Frank Lin, MIT Dorm, to Alfred E. Stearns, July 24, 1927 Relation A related resource Dear Dr. Stearns: These last three or four days nave formed the most eventful weekend in Boston so far this summer. On Friday I listened at the Sharkey-Dempsey fight over the radio, and was greatly interested to hear that the latter won. This victory means that the championship bout to be held sometimes in the coming fall will be one of the best attended boxing match in the history or the boxing world. On Saturday I had the opportunity of seeing that much-talked-about and attractive American aviator, Charles Lindbergh. I was only one of the many thousands of Bostonians, who came out to greet their national idol of the air. The city for two or three hours was in a feverish uproar when a great part or her citizens were expecting the arrival of this man, but in the wink of the eye all is quiet again. How quick "Lindy” passed by! It is a long time since Amherst College closed for the summer, and I think that by this time the recorder must have mailed out the grades for our final examinations. So if you have already received my report and have no more need or it, please kindly send it to me, for I am very desirous to know I have made out last year. Thank you, Sir, in advance. On the nineth [sic] of this month Arthur and Quincy left Boston for Seattle, thence they sailed for China on the nineteenth. By now they are pretty near Japan, and in less than a week they will sight, the land which was absent from their eyes for seven long years. They must feel very strange to get back. Since Arthur a departure Tom and I are still staying in the M. I. T. dormitories, and Frank, of course, is with us. There is nothing much for us to do except exercise and play. I am not doing any studying save reading myself plays of Shakespeare. In rainy weather we would play card games or go to the moving picture show; in good days we would play tennis, or soccer, or football to suit our taste. I call this a very easy way of passing a summer, too, too easy. Next year I shall take care to find something worthwhile to do during the summer. Some time ago this month I met one of the Andover boys. He said that he was been up in your camp for a short stay with the Hoppers. The fishing is not good, according to him, but just the same it tickled me to death to near things about the old camp. It is really one of my dreams to go up to the Diamond Stream for a week of fishing sometimes before I go back to China. I would do it not for the fishing alone out for the sake of tasting for the last time real American wild life. Do you think my dream will come true? Faithfully yours, Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Charles 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 July 24, 1927 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 Charles Sun Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Frank Lin https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/1d5e35227154e82f137fb9554b8ab2a4.jpg b6895173d93a7555424fc6d5bd4bf955 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/41b1788091c95919c2fd191a1482d8ac.jpg 754cc580c58e9171a605563940d661b6 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/447b59653003c853f59297d307a4da6e.jpg 744061a78219d917f9a7083781a62c65 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 1930, 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 Thomas Sun, New Haven, Conn., to Alfred E. Stearns, October 27, 1930 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Thomas Sun, New Haven, Conn., to Alfred E. Stearns, October 27, 1930 Relation A related resource My dear Mr. Steams, There are several things which have been on my mind for quite some time of which I wish to seek your advise and opinion. I underatand [sic] that Mary is graduating from the New Haven Hospital this coming June. I have seen her and talked with her several times since I came to New Haven, and by that I gathered, she does not know what she is going to do the next school year. There is a possibility that she might go home after her graduation, and there is also a chance for her to stay here in this country another year to either study more or work. In case, if she does go home this summer, is it not logical that I should see her home, being a man, and she a woman? I only mention this as a chance and not at all sure of its prospects. There are sereval [sic] reasons why I said that. These reasons are very personal and private in nature which I do not like to divulge. I hope that you understand. I never wrote to my father concerning of going home, because I was afraid that it might hurt his feelings, and it might also prove too great a disappointment to him after all the plans he made and sacrifices he underwent. What do you think? Please tell me one way or the other so that I can draw some exact conclusions. Yale is an expensive place to study at. I have practiced extreme economy, and still my expenses are above that which I incurred at Middlebury. I have thought seriously of applying for a fellowship or a scholarship of some kind to make up the difference. It would be futile for me to apply now for the balance of this year, because as a rule, they do not award fellowships and scholarships to first-year-men. However, I will apply for next year,--provided I am coming back to Yale to study and not going home. Please let me know your opinion of the matter. I shall appreciate any advice. The third thing is also financial in nature. I hate to dwell on money all the time, but since New Haven is a rather expensive town, it is necessary for me to do so. However, you may breath easier, because I am not going to ask you for money yet. I will later, probably around the third week of November. Can you tell me just what condition I am in? that is financially speaking. If I apply for the scholarship or fellowship, and succeed in getting one, the sum will vary between three hundred for the lowest and twelve hundred the highest for me. There are some higher ones, but they are for students of far more advanced standing. The usual sum varies between three hundred and eight hundred. I like to apply for one to make up the difference of expense between here and Middlebury. I sometimes think that you might let me go under the same system which you allow Charlie to go--that is let him have all the money you receive from father, and give him whatever balance he has under your hand. This thought came to me the other day when I was worrying over finances. The feasibility of that plan you know best. I shall leave all of it to you to decide. What worries me the most and what I know the least and what I like to know the best and most—is the financial condition of my father. If he is going through a financial sacrifice, I shall insist on going home. There are several things which makes me think that, however, I have no ground of thinking so. I see no reason why should he spend his last cent for my education, when I am able and ready to make my own living. You know that Father is getting old. He can not stand my saying and insisting of going home. He has set his heart of seeing me go home a Doctor Sun rather than just Mr. Sun. He has built around that more or less a myth which will be hard to tear down, and to disappoint him will be out of the question as far as I am concern. If he wants me to stay in this country and study, I will be glad to do his command, but if he is undergoing financial difficulties to realize his myth, his attitude is a wrong one. Don’t you think so? The fourth thing is rather personal and private, and I hope that you will keep it in confidence. I am sick of vagabonding around with no special place to go. I can not call any place my home. I am sick of the idea of having to take my meals at some resturant [sic] or boarding house, and I am also sick of living at some rooming place or dormitory. It may due to my reaching maturity or nearing to it--with a realization of a home. Ten years of it and going on eleven is enough for me, and I think it is enough for most people. Eventually I have to go home, and when I do go home, the prospects will be even darker for me. I just can not get along with them. I have tried with the Chinese here in Yale, and I found that my efforts with them are total losses. I do not know what they think of me, but I do not think much of them. I am not ashamed to say it, but facts are facts. I even do not want to walk with one. What is wrong with me, and please tell me what to do. It seems funny why I should trouble with all this talk. Charlie was in this country also, and I don’t think he bothered you with any of this. I don’t know why, but I want to get this out of my system. May be I am frank about everything, but that is not to the point. There is something with me that is radically wrong. I know what it is or rather they are, but I am skeptical of telling anyone about it. All the above things, I ask your advice and opinion. I hope most sincerely that you will answer me each one of the questions singularly. I am most anxious to know. I find the work here very hard. But as soon as I get used to the system which they use here in the graduate school, I think it will come easier to me than it is now. I am getting used to the environment also. In a couple of more months, I think I will be totally used to the town, however, I will never like New Haven as well as I liked Middlebury, and I am always homesick for Middlebury. But I am getting along better. Most sincerely yours Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Thomas 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 27, 1930 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 Tommie [Tom] Sun