299 10 3636 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/6c15a9741292821f96c87a828c26da0a.jpg 916de509d80cb66e87190de1a6d257d2 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/cff9e62760ae3b2bd7ebeef6be1a50a0.jpg 3e96f973f65f63ed7f0eb36eefa754cb https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/13e6c932297f3658ae96e0ff5a712b47.jpg 595d115644255531aa2c132522786716 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 1931, 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, March 31, 1931 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Thomas Sun, New Haven, Conn., to Alfred E. Stearns, March 31, 1931 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 March 31, 1931 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 put me in a rather ticklish position. It is not that I am unwilling to make a broader-itemized report, but it is the fact that I put down every cent I spent exactly in the tables I sent to you. Besides those, I have no other record, except the bank-book stubs. But the difficulty there is that I made practically all the checks out to "Cash" because I prefer to pay bills in cash if there are any bills to be paid; but mostly because when I draw out a check for $20.00, I use that money for everything under twenty dollars and record such expenditure in those tables I sent to you. But I shall try to make an estimate, because I can not be exact when I have not the tables to guide me. By my check-book stubs, I notice the following items: Yale University 235.00- tuition and room Whitlock’s (book-store--for typewriter) 21.00 Arena Garage 7.00 for February Student Laundry 4.23 Pressing Co. 5.50 Edward Malley’s (clothing)- 5.00 Comm. of Motor Vehicles 14.75 Ludwig’s garage 5.00 for March Photo Reflex 3.00 first payment The above $299.98 were noted in my stubs as I stated above, but the other $200.02, or except whatever I have left, were drawn out in parts by checks make out to "cash”. Out of that amount, $200.02, I remember these following items: Easy-chair at Malley’s 20.00 Photo Reflex—last payment-- 9.50 29.50 I also made a trip to Middlebury, but I do not remember the exact amount. However, do not let me to mislead you. I did not pay for things in checks made out in ’’cash", in which case, I would have noted, but paid for things in cash currency. That is the reason why I know little of my expenses outside of the records which I sent to you. Subtracting the $29.50 from $200.02, there remains $170.52. Out of this amount, I had to pay, in currency, my board, school books for the second semester, other school supplies, clothing, trip to Middlebury for fraternity initiation, laundry not listed above, tailoring, recreation, and every other expenditure which I did not mention. I received the last amount from you on Feb. 6. The number of days which elapsed till to-day is 54. Granting that my subsistance rate for board is about $1.50 a day, my board bill for that period would be $79.00. Subtracting that from $170.52, there remains $91.52 for all my other expenses which I paid in currency for a period of 54 days. I have left in the bank $27.00, and subtracting that from §91.52, there remains $64.52 which I used to pay for laundry, recreation, trip to Middlebury, and all other expensed which I did not mention such as clothing, haircuts, etc. The average per day would be $1.194. The following table may be of some advantage to enlighten the matter: Expenses as noted by bank-book stubs $299.98 Expenses not noted, but remembered 29.50 Total known expenses without record $329.48 Estimated subsistance rate at $1.50 per day— for 54 days 79.00 Left in bank 27.00 106.00 106.00 Amount accounted for as expenditures 435.48 Received-2/6/1931 500.00 amount accounted for as expenditures 435.48 amount for expenses not listed above but listed in records such as recreation, trip to Middlebury, clothing, tailoring, school supplies, etc., etc, 64.52 Therefore, I had but 64.52 dollars to pay for other incidental expenses for the period of 54 days from Feb. 6 to March 31, to-day. These incidental expenses are laundry, recreation, trip to Middlebury, clothing, school supplies, postal supplies, telephone, etc. and many others. The average, as stated above, for each day is $1,194 plus, which is indeed economical considering I had to pay rather large amounts on one day and spend none the next. I hope the statement will make you understand better what I conveyed in the records which I sent to you. I am frank to say that I have been as economical as possible. I realize the silver exchange situation and how hard it is for Father to furnish me money in gold dollars, and consequently I spent just what I had to and no more. I hope you can trust my judgement in being economical, which to my mind is wise spending. Expenses may be a wise expenditure one day and not wise the next. I am just trying to figure out wise speeding in relation to myself, and I hope my judgement will stand the test, of which I am sure. I try to hide nothing, because every cent which I spent was down in the records which I sent to you. It is impossible to make a inclusive broad statement so as to include every cent, because there are so many incidental expenses which can not be classified under any broad heading. For example, I can not very well classify $.50 for haircut under tailoring, and I can not classify 5 ¢ for telephone under Postal supplies, etc. That is the reason why I made a rather detailed record-report to you. Every time I have to make out a new sheet for recording, I balance expenditures with balance, and I can make it balance to the cent. Therefore, every cent was recorded, and they are on the records for you to examine. You have reason to think that I am a little extravagant because of my Andover School days. But those days are past and gone forming a part of my past history. Ever since I went to college, I tried to reform myself, and feel that I have succeeded. In examining the above tables in this letter, I wish you will keep one thing in mind. I can not be exact to the cent without the records to guide me. Those amounts which I listed because of the bank-book stubs and those which I remembered are exact to the cent. But as for subsistance rate for board and others, I can not be positive. The amount I have left in the bank is correct. But I can not be positive as to the expenditure of the $64.52, because I have not the records. "I can guarantee that you will find every thing I listed in this letter in the records. But as for expenditures of from 4 ¢ for a paper to larger amounts for a shirt or a suit of pajamas, I am afraid you have consult my records. They are listed to the cent. I am afraid I can not tell you any more than I did, because I know no more. With the records as compared to this letter, I think you will be able to arrive at some conclusion. With kind regards, I am Very sincerely yours Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Thomas Sun https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/e8502f3e7f712283ac874ada088c8887.jpg ec230580cf026742d323abdea92cf745 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/c1cf5f7fac1fcd08748e076a44fb9451.jpg 3af1501e27f685f7c53dc06543041ed3 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, November 8, 1930 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Thomas Sun, New Haven, Conn., to Alfred E. Stearns, November 8, 1930 Relation A related resource Dear Dr. Stearns, I received your very good letter two days ago, and I am indeed thankful for what you said therein. As for the money part of it, I just merely mentioned for you to give me all the money as a pass word. It was a result of one of wondering thoughts from which I can not shake myself loose for a long time. However, I am a little better composed now, so you need not be alarmed over any more crazy ideas from me for quite some time. I am beginning to get used to Yale and its surroundings. I came to the conclusion that I am not at all alone in my contentions and opinion of the University. Majority of the graduate students know no one except their most immediate friends, and this is true to a very large extent among the undergraduates also. So I am not the only lonesome one here. If they can stand it, I should think I ought to be able to do it also. As I said in my last letter that I would be needing some more money in the near future, I am writing you this letter to ask you of that favor. I have told you that New Haven is a rather expensive place, especially when the university is in session. I encountered my heaviest expenses during the first few weeks here, when I was trying to get settled. Then I bought things which I thought essential. Now I am well stocked with whatever I need for the rest of the winter, I hope. The only thing I might need now is may be another winter suit. I don’t think I have to have that even. I have one now, and I think that will carry me throw all right. The following figures will give you a rough idea of how my expenses run: — Typewriter- $60.00 Suit 45.00 Top-coat 35 .00 Hat, shoes, and gloves 18.00 Shirts, socks, ties, underwears—14.85 Laundry to date 10.18 Room-rent to date 45.00 Garage rent 24.00 Board averaging 10.60 per week 95.40 Tobacco, magazines, amusements---20.00 Football season ticket 8.00 2 Trips to New York-- 15.00 Gas and oil for oar— 5.25 Books, file cards, notebooks, card¬holders, official documents,etc ink, paper, stationary, and other supply 28.85 Toilet articles 2.50 Y.M.C.A. membership 15.00 $442.03 The above is my total expenditures. I have now at this moment $207.93 on hand. As yet they have not sent my tuition to me, and they promised that I would receive the bill by the second week of this week, which will take at least $150.00 from what I have left. $150.00 is the regular tuition, and whether they will add anything onto it or not, I do not know, but I see no reason why they should. After I pay that, I will have 57.93 left, and I hope that will last me till the money which I hope you will send me comes. Send me whatever amount you wish. I am still a little green about expenses down here in New Haven. You sent me $650.00 last time. I think you know better than I do about it, although I have been down in New Haven for over two months. However, with Xmas vacation coming, I think the same amount will be about right. I will reserve my judgement for your better vision. If I can receive the money within ten days or a week, my mind will rest easier, because I don’t know what turns up next. From what the physical examiner told me at the University Department of Health, I have to visit dentists, doc¬tors and whatnot. Whether or not I will obey their orders, I do not know. As yet I have had no trouble with my health whatsoever, and I see no reason why I should visit doctors when there nothing wrong with me. That will remain to be seen. At any rate, I do wish you can send me whatever sum you consider right in a week or ten days. Very 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 November 8, 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 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 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/e7afd439ef84ac964780356534ab98ff.jpg 4ad1de542b6645eab1a0c59f3fe04d4d 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, September 21, 1930 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Thomas Sun, New Haven, Conn., to Alfred E. Stearns, September 21, 1930 Relation A related resource My dear Dr. Stearns, As you may see I am now located in New Haven at the above adress [sic]. I am here awaiting the opening of Yale University, right at the present moments, I am very busy with unpacking and tryong [sic] to get settled so that I will have no worries during the year. After Middlebury, New Haven impresses rather queer. I am not so sure whether I will like the town. It is a typical college town along the same line as Middlebury but on a larger scale. But the attitude of the people here is strikingly different from that of Middlebury. I have lost count of just how many times I was yelled at in the streets as follows "Hello, there, you Chink". Knowing such remarks are not forthcoming from the better type of people, I did not pay much attention to them, but after a while, it becomes a little annoying, and so far I have been able to withstand such fun-making using as much diplomacy as possible,— but there is liable to be a breaking point to my sensitive nature. Everywhere I go, I was gazed at as a newcomer into the ranks of the exclusive. I am not at all at ease. I have been trying as much as I can to be nice to them, but that only makes me more conspicious. I am really at loss as to what to do. As a result, I have been in my room all the time when I am not out for meals, which is really a necessity when I must go out onto the streets. Physically, I am comfortably settled, but mentally, I am not. All the other Chinese students in town as what any American might picture them to be--sloppy, lazy, meekly and whatnot. Since I am a new comer into the ranks of them, I was not favorably received by the students here or by anybody. After a while it might prove a little discouraging. But, however, I am here to stay till something drastic happens. Other Chinese students endured it, and there is no reason why I can not. I haven’t met a single soul I know as yet, and chances are that I shall not if the attitude continues. Of course, in a larger college, one can not expect to know everyone. At the same time, I like to know someone who is worth knowing. I think I will join the Y.M.C.A. By that I hope to make some acquantances [sic] with the better elements of New Haven. I also received a bid from the Cosmopolitan Club of Yale University which is a club formed by the foreign students of Yale University, with which I do not know what to do. All my courses are concentrating in the department of Political Science. They promise to be hard, and I hope that I will be able to swing them all right. 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 September 21, 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 Tommie [Tom] Sun https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/908041e52966fc914725b80de9d1670b.jpg 3ca53430e0ebdb77a677b0c812f666d5 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/9389f3a550af8b9c75ed9262ce285d9e.jpg a685e91d700d4a6f82b7a86dbf0886df 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, September 29, 1930 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Thomas Sun, New Haven, Conn., to Alfred E. Stearns, September 29, 1930 Relation A related resource My dear Mr. Stearns, Your good letter reached me Friday. I wholly appreciate your words of consolation, and I will attempt to live fully by your advice. I have already joined the New Haven Branch of Y.M.C.A. hoping in part to meet some people as well as some place where I may exercise. I also received letters from the Chinese Students Club of Yale asking me to join. All these activities seem to overwhelmed me, because they at first seemed to me as impossible in a larger place. As yet, I have had no classes. This afternoon, I start the academic year in earnest. All my work is concentrated in the field of Political Science, and two thirds of which is within the scope of Functional and Organizational Problems. I am also taking a course in Political theory. The Professors discourage me strongly in my proposal to try for the M.A. degree in one year. They informed me that it is almost next to impossibility. However, I will try to make it in one year and a half. The Yale requirement is "two years' of satisfactory work” regardless of how many courses are taken. If I go to some summer school during the summer, I may be able to make it, provided the professors will listen to my reason. That is if I don’t have to take German for my Doctor’s degree. I am beginning to feel rather at home in my own way—that is when I am alone. But when I go out for my meals or to the University, I am invariably a stranger usually beheld with interest or novelty, whereas a Chinese laundryman will pass by unnoticed. I find New Haven an extremely expensive place. All the stores have borne signs signifying loyalty to Yale students including banners, slogans, and some wen go as far as having a bullitin [sic] of activities to happen that day in Yale and the like. These stores literally abound in the town, and since they are all the stores, except women’s stores, they are all the ones of importance where the students must go for their supplies. The prices in them are exhorbant [sic]. I have met so far two Middlebury people and one old Andover student by the name of Tulley, a sophomore. I also saw Ted Avery and Johnny Sprigg, but they failed to recognized [sic] me. I went to New York yesterday to see Middlebury play Columbia and I met Jack Foster, and Johnny Phillips, both old Andover and Dartmouth football men. They were scouting Columbia. Of course during the game, I met a lot of old Middlebury students. I hope to settle down from now on till the end of the year with studies and will not probably notice my loneliness. I have not seen Mary or heard from her since last June. I went over and phoned her dormitory, and they informed me that she is in Providence. They said that she will be back shortly. Hoping that Andover will have another good year. Very 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 September 29, 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 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/9d224973fc77d4558d9e279a04ccec6a.jpg 6ce28cbfe51d97f078b75d849568c98d 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 30 Sun Siblings 1929, 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 York City, to Alfred E. Stearns July 16, 1929 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Thomas Sun, New York City, to Alfred E. Stearns July 16, 1929 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 16, 1929 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 I received the money which you sent me yesterday, and I will assure you that that money will not he squandered. I received a letter from my father to-day. He stated very emphatically that I should remain in this country another [year] to get a degree or "learn some profession. I took it for granted that he meant Political Science. I am glad of a chance to further my studies, and I have made plans accordingly. Under the circumstances I will have to waste half of a year. I graduate from Middlebury at Mid-years. My original plan was to come to Columbia right at the beginning of the second semester to study for the rest of that semester and the whole of the next summer at the end of which I planned to receive my Master's degree, but unfortunately the rules at Columbia requires a year of residence in Columbia or its equivalent. That means that I can not get my master's degree at the end of the next summer session and I will have to stay here another semester in order to fulfill my one year’s residence. I have considered Harvard where I might do my graduate work, but my opinion about that institution is not very high. I have considered Syracuse. There is a special school there called the School of Citizenship and Public Welfare. This is an unique institution. I can get a five hundred fellowship there besides my tuition, because as a rule they give that to almost everyone that attends that school. It is a school and a part of Syracuse University. It is merely a special class of five or six. But what I have against it is the name of the school. A degree from Syracuse is worth no more to me anyway than a special privilege to go to a museum, because I don't like museums. In the same way I do not like Syracuse, and I believe that a diploma or a degree from there is not a honor, but almost a disgrace. Therefore I have also discarded that idea. Therefore the only institution left that I like is Columbia. I want to have your advise on the matter. I will have no chance to see you this summer, because I will be going up to Middlebury before you come down to Andover. But I will try to get down by Christmas time, if I do not have too much work to do. Trusting that you will have time to give me some sound advise [sic], I remain Sincerely yours Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Thomas Sun https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/317bd791f888fe613bf13e59fb2e009b.jpg cc1a4dff7785d24886a91fab032cc1b6 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/0a734c6f3ce1d768ee4c5301e4ae58e3.jpg 214bc617e04c48d802fddede136a6c86 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 30 Sun Siblings 1929, 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 York City, to Alfred E. Stearns July 5, 1929 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Thomas Sun, New York City, to Alfred E. Stearns July 5, 1929 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 5, 1929 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 Thomas Sun https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/40a7b7bf4d47fa629b0d976cb6c7e6fc.jpg e28530c7ac82ec1a2c7d9b771f16fec3 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/41f5e87310bb6df85a6c229a394efb8a.jpg 2f0b2dd24787d78038faf1076b3ce50a 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 30 Sun Siblings 1929, 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 York City, to Alfred E. Stearns July 5, 1929 (includes account of expenses) Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Thomas Sun, New York City, to Alfred E. Stearns July 5, 1929 (includes account of expenses) 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 5, 1929 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 am sorry to do this again, but I am in a very sad need of money right at this moment, and need your assistance. I am enclosing to you an account of my expenses for the three hundred dollars which you sent to me on June 4th. last. I hope it will be satisfactory. I am convinced that New York is an expensive place to stay I can not buy a decent meal here for less than eighty cents, and two meals a day besides a breakfast is very expensive. The room here is very high considering the room that is assigned. I was forced to take a very expensive room until just recently when a cheaper room became vacant. I have paid all the larger amounts such as fees for the summer session to Columbia. But the room rent, I have not fully paid, because of the lack of funds. I had some bills to pay at Middlebury before I left. I have now but 15.91 dollars left. That will last me about a week for meals and some little incidentals. But I must have some more money so that I can pay the rest of my room rent and be a little more at ease with my finance. I have been very 'Jewish' since I came to New York, but even then, I will have to have more. As for going to shows, etc., I only went to one with Mary and her Friends. We all bought our own tickets. I haven’t been to a single movie at all. The only places that I have been to is Columbia University, and a Chinese resturant [sic]. Not that I want to go to all the places, but I just want to show you that I have been very careful with the money. I have been studying at night every night, and so far I have accomplished surveying the history of the City Manager Plan of Government, and read two other books on Government. Please let me have the money by the middle of the next week at the latest. If I can have it by Wednesday, I will be really thankful. Sincerely yours Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Thomas Sun https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/ff56bc24910ee2e397eb18031ab6ed4a.jpg 4084f9acb08317d94e4a0ebcecbea925 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 30 Sun Siblings 1929, 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 York City, to Alfred E. Stearns June 20, 1929 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Thomas Sun, New York City, to Alfred E. Stearns June 20, 1929 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 June 20, 1929 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 Thomas Sun https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/e60e3e2eeeb9e0c75e1dd27fc8279b84.jpg 0bd92cb5519ed68b0ec269fe34470a35 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/1fe79a61c95cb857aa61531f86842580.jpg e90b898a4bfb0c9d8361eb1cd38bc5d6 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 30 Sun Siblings 1929, 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 York City, to Alfred E. Stearns June 29, 1929 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Thomas Sun, New York City, to Alfred E. Stearns June 29, 1929 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 June 29, 1929 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 just received my marks from Middlebury college for the past year. They are as follows; Social Psychology- 86 Business Law-- 70 International Law—--81 Social efficiency——8l Economic Geography of Europe-- 86 Ave. 80.8 This is the highest average yet attained by me, and I think that I have done well considering the courses that I had. International Law and Business Law are the two hardest courses I ever had in one year. Last semester I got 72 in International Law, add I raised that mark to 81 for this semester. In Business Law, I dropped three points. I had an average well over eighty until I took the examination for which I got 50. That pulled my average way down. I am very disappointed in that courses. As a whole, my average improved by two whole points, and I am also satisfied as to the courses I took. They were well worth the while. I am here in Columbia for the Summer school. I haven’t decided yet what courses I will take yet, but I am sure that they will be in the Political science department. I have been thinking strongly to take some courses in International Law. I like it very much, and I sometimes think that I want to be a Diplomat rather than a Political Scientist. I realized the fact that the summer will be an expensive one for me. Whatever it costs, I value the Chinese friends whom I have met twice that amount, You do not know how much I appreciate Chinese association after four years of ‘isolation’. During those four years, I met not a single Chinese. Therefore I welcome this change to come into contact with them. Charlie came unexpectedly into my room last night. I understand that he plans to attend the Summer School at Columbia also. Mary left three days ago for New Haven where she had to resume her work. Very Sincerely yours Thomas Sun Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Thomas Sun