307 10 3636 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/75887adf504b01b90f2f681817a9b3fd.jpg 34b930952d5fd48dcfba3c573d57f3c5 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/e2ba0b9646a820cd0340d80d4085a647.jpg c564ce28d191fc0d46a0db4a31503fac Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Stearns Folder 5037, 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 Tsai Shou Kie, Tientsin, to Alfred E. Stearns, November 17, 1921 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Tsai Shou Kie, Tientsin, to Alfred E. Stearns, November 17, 1921 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Tsai Shou Kie 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 17, 1921 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Rights Reserved By Phillips Academy Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Correspondence Relation A related resource Tientsin, Nov. 17, 1921 Dr. A. E. Stearns, Andover, Mass. Dear Dr. Stearns:- I am in receipt of both of your letters and wish to express my most heart-felt appreciation for the care and concern you are giving to Kuo Feng’s welfare. I am not in the least worried over the after-effects of the operation, as over a month had now elapsed before your letters had reached me, and in the interim, "no news was good news". As regards your authorizing the operation to be performed without my previous knowledge of the boy’s precarious plight, it would indeed have been a great indiscretion on your part, if any time was lost in getting my sanction before the commencement of the operation. The boy is in your hands, and opportunity is taken in this instance to express once more my wish of having him completely under your guardianship both in name and in fact. There is nothing you may do for his welfare which will not be approved of by me and his brothers. Of course, I hope you will send me whenever it is ready, the entire bill for the fees and charges incidental to the operation, and I shall remit you the sum upon receipt of same. I presume he will have to give up his athletic activities for some time to come. Just now our eyes are focussed towards the Washington Conference, and we hope as your President ,and I believe, the rank and file of the Americans hope that the program as laid out by your Representatives will be adopted in its entirety and that satisfactory solutions will be found for all the stupendous problems in the Pacific, which may be a menace to the future peace of the world. If reasons and "fair play" prevail, if intrigues and conspiracy are not fostered, if secret diplomacy is banished, and if subtle propaganda are not perpetuated when the old World’s diplomats come together with our next door neighbor to block the success of the Conference, then I am very sanguine to believe that the Biblical saying, "Love thy neighbors as thyself", and the Confucian maxim, "All within four seas are bretherns" will find their fulfillments, the complete realization of which has taken over twenty centuries to do so.  I would very much like to take a trip to America if I were ten years or so younger. I had such an opportunity in 1913 when I was offered and honored by an appointment as Minister to Washington, but as I had then already made up my mind to retire from official life and devote all my time for my family, I declined the post. Now I find that I am so fondly attached to my hearth-stone that during the last five years, I have been scarcely been out of Tientsin for more than three occasions. But on the other hand, I hope you will follow the footsteps of Professors Dewey and Monroe of Columbia, and Bertram Russell of Cambridge, or the American Educational Mission headed by President Wooley of Mount Holyoke, and the Board of trustees of the Peking Union Medical College of the Rockefeller Foundation, and make a trip out this way in the near future.This hope is cherished and shared by all your former students and friends in China. You contact, your magnetic personality and your altruism will gove them increased courage and fortitude to face the task they are performing. My sons, Kuo-tsao and Kuo-pao, and son-in-law, Yit Sing Wong ('07) all join me in sending their friendliest greetings and best wishes to you. With kindest regards, I am, Very sincerely yours, Tsai Shou Kie Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Tsai Shou Kie https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/f452fc1f6e896e2cf92f0712fc0b5a19.jpg 4cffb18a219b4ddb66c43a14d2d0cffe Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Stearns Folder 5037, 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 Tsai Shou Kie, Tientsin, to Alfred E. Stearns, April 23, 1923 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Tsai Shou Kie, Tientsin, to Alfred E. Stearns, April 23, 1923 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Tsai Shou Kie Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Phillips Academy Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource April 23, 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 35 Racecourse Road, Tientsin,China,April 23, 1923. Dear Dr. Stearns: On march 22 I wrote you about the plan for Kuo Fang’s future studies, and presume you have received that letter. I trust you will agree with in preparing him for a business school instead of putting him in the university, I am sending you herewith enclosed a draft on New York No.23/295, dated April 23, 1923, first bill of exchange, for $500.00 for Kuo Fang’s allowance. The regular allowance will be sent to you again in August. Very sincerely yours, Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Tsai Shou Kie https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/9b22932b514e60c00a099c6a384eb28e.jpg a0622217896f32f595693a232c1507aa Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Stearns Folder 5037, 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 Tsai Shou Kie, Tientsin, to Alfred E. Stearns, April 26, 1924 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Tsai Shou Kie, Tientsin, to Alfred E. Stearns, April 26, 1924 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Tsai Shou Kie Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Phillips Academy Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource April 26, 1924 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 81 Council Road, Tientsin, April 26, 1924. Mr. Alfred E, Stearns, Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass. U. S. A. My dear Mr. Stearns: Many thanks for your kind letter of March 18. I greatly appreciate the accommodations you have made for Kuo Fang’s account. On the 23rd instant I remitted to you for Kuo Fang’s expanses a sum of two thousand dollars gold ($2,000) by telegraphic transfer thru the International Bank of New York. I shall be ever obliged if you will be good enough to arrange for Kuo Fang to come home with his brother Kuo Tsao as soon as the school session closes this June. After his return here I shall decide as to what should be done for his education in the future, and I shall advise you accordingly. I am so glad to hear from you that Kuo Tsao has spent a few days with you and that his health has shown much improvement.He was married in New York on the 26th of March and expects to return here about the end of June. Again thanking you for the deep interest you have taken in my boy and with my sincere wishes and warm regards, Most sincerely yours, Tsai Shou Kie Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Tsai Shou Kie https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/b3330405295ac289612e2eba03bb875b.jpg 945d006655df373c2c44c65be80fd31c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Stearns Folder 5037, 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 Tsai Shou Kie, Tientsin, to Alfred E. Stearns, August 29, 1924 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Tsai Shou Kie, Tientsin, to Alfred E. Stearns, August 29, 1924 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Tsai Shou Kie 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, 1924 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 Description An account of the resource 81 Council Road Tientsin, China, August 29, 1924 August 29, 1924 My dear Mr. Stearns: I beg to inform you that a sum of two thousand gold dollars ($2,000) was remitted to you by telegraphic transfer on the 28th instant thru the International Bank of New York for Kuo Fang’s expenses. With reference to Kuo Fang’s future, I have instructed Kuo Tsao to see what best arrangement can be made for him. In case it comes to the decision of sending the boy home, then whatever the balance left on hand, after a complete settlement of all his accounts, may be turned over to Kuo Tsao. If it should be better for the boy to remain and further his studies in the States, it is my earnest wish that you will be kind enough to continue in giving him the benefit of your guardianship. I presume you have by this time received my letter of July the 5th. The last I heard of Kuo Tsao that he is recuperating himself in the Catskill Mountains. He has no date of returning to China yet. With kindest regards in which Kuo Pao joins, Very sincerely yours, Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Tsai Shou Kie https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/68acdb5ffaac3d248b2b51a3878fdb9c.jpg b6e4b86624bb363ca32a9d2c29d61a53 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Stearns Folder 5037, 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 Tsai Shou Kie, Tientsin, to Alfred E. Stearns, February 6, 1920 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Tsai Shou Kie, Tientsin, to Alfred E. Stearns, February 6, 1920 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Tsai Shou Kie 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 6, 1920 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 5 Race Course Road, Tientsin, China, February 6, 1920. Mr. A. E. Stearns, Phillips Andover Academy, Andover, Mass., U. S. A. My dear Mr. Stearns:- I am enclosing a draft on the International Banking Corporation, New York, for $1660.00 U. S. Currency, in your favor, which will pay for the year's expenses of my son Kuo Fang, who is now with you. I wish to take this opportunity to again thank you for your kindness in looking after his welfare and his education. I feel that he cannot possibly be placed in better hands and I am greatly indebted to you. Kuo Fang writes me often and tells me about his experiences in America and of your kindness towards him, and I have no cause for worry. His work as Chief Locomotive Superintendent of the Tientsin-Pukow Railway keeps my son Kuo Tsao very busy, and he tells me that he has not written to you as often as he should and as he would like to. But he promises to write you a good long letter in the near future and tell you all the news. My other son Kuo Pao is in business as Manager of the Pacific Trading Company at Hankow. His business takes him from one city to another and he is continually on the go, which explains his failure to write to you. I recall with a great deal of pleasure the good times we had together in Hongkong on the occasion of your last visit to China several years ago, and hope that sometime soon you may have another opportunity to visit us once more and see some of the changes that have come over this country. With kind personal regards. Gratefully and sincerely yours, Tsai Shou Kie Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Tsai Shou Kie https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/d57ca745a45fbd5909e0d356223440cc.jpg bb68178db5dfb751d5bb94d69bd222d6 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Stearns Folder 5037, 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 Tsai Shou Kie, Tientsin, to Alfred E. Stearns, July 5, 1924 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Tsai Shou Kie, Tientsin, to Alfred E. Stearns, July 5, 1924 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Tsai Shou Kie 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, 1924 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 81 Council Road, Tientsin, China July 5, 1924 My dear Mr. Stearns: I thank you heartily for your kind letter and the unusual interest you have taken in Kuo-Tsao’s welfare at the time of his illness. The fatherly care you have given to Kuo-Fang ever since he has been with you is something for which I am also grateful. In fact, under your proper guidance all my sons in Andover have turned out to be boys of strong character, an asset so valuable to their future, of which I am well proud. This they owe entirely to you. I feel, therefore, greatly touched that there are at least a few warm-hearted friends in America who have given so much attention to and concern over my boys. Indeed, words are too feeble and inadequate to express my profound appreciation for all you have done for them, I assure you. I am glad that you have shown rigidity to Kuo-Fang in money matters and I sincerely hope that you will continue to exercise your discretion over his expenditures. As Kuo-Tsao’s trip home has to be postponed on account of his health, the arrangement for Kuo-Fang’s return has to be automatically cancelled. During his vacation, school at the summer camps may be good for him. Perhaps you have already arranged for him for the summer. As to his school in the coming fall, I have decided to leave the entire matter to Kuo-Tsao who will no doubt consult with you. Thanking you again for your kind concern and attention, and with warmest personal regards, believe me Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Tsai Shou Kie https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/52cdd3b0a32bb76b7cb4250bab3ebc70.jpg eaa85bcf44c3478823eeb9962696411f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Stearns Folder 5037, 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 Tsai Shou Kie, Tientsin, to Alfred E. Stearns, March 22, 1923 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Tsai Shou Kie, Tientsin, to Alfred E. Stearns, March 22, 1923 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Tsai Shou Kie 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 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 Relation A related resource 35 Racecourse Road Tientsin,China,March 22, 1923 Dear Dr. Stearns: I have for acknowledgment your letter informing me of the decision of the faculty in having Kuo Fang to withdraw from school owing to his poor scholarship records. I and his brothers were very sorry to hear of his failure to measure up to the Andover standards, and hope you will forgive us in having in the first place thrust upon your guardianship such a ward, who has been such a disappointment. Please rest assured that we appreciate, as only those who have come under your influence and tutelage can appreciate, the deep interest which you and the Faculty have manifested towards the boy. As I understand from Mr. Wickham of Hartford, the boy has already gone to Keene, N.H. , presumably to the Stearns’ School, where he was last year after the operation. If he is there and under your brother’s care and supervision, he will be very well looked after. I have already written very strongly urging him to make good and to show himself worthy of further expectations from his teachers and friends, who have taken so much interest in him in the past. I fully realize that his foundation, in subjects other than Chinese, is very sandy and poor, but in spite of such habdicaps I have discerned decidedly wonderful improvement in his English, for which I have to thank you and your colleague of the Academy. I have decided to give him another chance, and hope you will be able to find a smaller school for him. The Stearns’ School in New Hampshire will probably be the best place for him now until the end of the school year. In sending him to the States, I never entertained the thought of his ever taking a full collegiate course on account of his poor foundation. All that was expected of him was to acquire sufficient secondary education in order to enable him to take up business training, either experience to be acquired by working or by attending some business school. In spite of your disappointment of the boy, I hope you will continue to take an interest in moulding his future career, as you have done for Kuo-tsao and Kuo-pao. I hope you will agree with me that the best course for him to follow between now and the end of the school year is to remain in the Stearns’ School. As for next year, I shall await your advice before anything else is done. Kuo-tsao and Kuo-pao join me in sending their kindest regards and best wishes to. you. Very sincerely yours Tsai Shou Kie Dr.A.E.Stearns, Principal, Phillips Academy, Andover,Mass. U.S.A. Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Tsai Shou Kie https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/250b0b3d191455558aa590a598bfcbcb.jpg 85a8e6194afae3de36c2af0028b61286 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/32d81ed84e737aefb49a48f78664f079.jpg a62a1cc1fd5bbf0bfa91d8e818357483 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Stearns Folder 5037, 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 Tsai Shou Kie, Tientsin, to Alfred E. Stearns, May 22, 1923 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Tsai Shou Kie, Tientsin, to Alfred E. Stearns, May 22, 1923 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Tsai Shou Kie 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 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 Relation A related resource 81 Council Road, Tientsin, May 22nd, 1923 Dr.Alfred E.Stearns Phillips Academy Andorer, Mass, U.S.A. My dear Dr. Stearns, I do not know how to express my appreciation for the persevering attention you have given to Kuo Fong, it is a great relief to me to know that he is taken better care of than at home. Please do not feel too concerned over his attack of nervousness. It was not altogether a surprise to me because I know he had always been so affected. This complaint seems to run in the family. His brother Kuo Tso has been under electrical treatment for this illness, and is now quite recovered. Constant worrying, I believe, is the main cause, and I agree with you that with less occasions for excitement, Kuo Fong should be able to control his attitude of mind and thus make a decisive gain towards his physical improvement, and general welfare. Concerning, his plans for entering Amherst this fall, I have no particular objection, although, personally, I would like to have him in a business school, in this matter, however I do not want to force him against his own wishes. As long as he obtains your approval before actually carrying out his ideas, I shall be quite satisfied. Since receiving Kuo Fong’s letter, I have already sent you a check covering his overdrawn account. I am sorry this has happened so whenever due to some unexpected expense the regular allowance will not be sufficient, I would like to be notified if possible before the fund becomes exhausted so as not to bother you with making loans for overdrawing. His August remittance will be made as usual. To discuss the present situation in China is very discouraging. We have a government which has no authority and consequently cannot be held absolutely responsible for any action or lack of same. As an example of its powerlessness, the bandits who held up our only train de luxe are holding daily conferences on an equal footing with our Minister of Communications over conditions and demands submitted by the bandits for the release of foreign and Chinese travellers who were captured and kept as hostages, still we are hoping for the best. A change of the Cabinet is again expected; something might be accomplished by the new administration. Among the older boys who had been under your guardionship, I know quite a few. in fact I have three in my own family. S.S.Kwan and Tommy Lee are both in Tientsin, and they both remember Andover well. A few copies of the Bulletin come regularly and these chaps often gather around to talk of their old days. Please accept my thanks for your kindness and your constant keeping me in touch with Kuo Fong's progress. With best regards, I remain, Yours very sincerely, Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Tsai Shou Kie https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/15b66c14b21e3f6ae25d1203687e6a3f.jpg dbb0ed98ba219d89210452c122dd79d9 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Stearns Folder 5037, 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 Tsai Shou Kie, Tientsin, to Alfred E. Stearns, Phillips Academy, October 21, 1924 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Tsai Shou Kie, Tientsin, to Alfred E. Stearns, Phillips Academy, October 21, 1924 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Tsai Shou Kie 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 21, 1924 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 81 Council Road, Tientsin, China, October 21, 1924 My dear Mr. Stearns: In acknowledging your most welcome letter of September 13, I wish to express my appreciation of your kind and frank sentiments. I am indeed sorry that Kuo-fang has given you so much disappointment and discouragement. There is no one, I know, who is more anxious to make a man out of the boy and takes deeper interest in him than you are. The value of your advice and guidance will be appreciated sooner or later by him as he grows older, I am sure. Whatever indiscretion he has committed and annoyance he has caused you, I beg that you will accept my sincere regret. I have already reprimanded him in the severest terms for his failure in scholarship, the dissatisfaction in his general behavior and the manner of extravagance. I have also given him the warning that should there no immediate improvement be in evidence within a short time, I shall be compelled to resort to a drastic measure. Kuo-tsao wrote me from Haines Falls of his expected visit to New England in the latter part of September. He may have seen you by this time. With warmest personal regards, believe me always Yours very sincerely Mr.Alfred E. Stearns, Principal, Phillips Academy, Andover, Lass., U. S. A. Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Tsai Shou Kie https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/65cab79a70811fd44a9644edadaf5899.jpg c12ba78596044a65bf0db11c4c26c7b1 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/9380c1097958b06fb60cd1c1fd5ea488.jpg f485d5693b2dd31bdceb59fbfdba4893 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Stearns Folder 5037, 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 Tsai Shou Kie, Tientsin, to Dr. A. E. Stearns, August 31, 1921 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Tsai Shou Kie, Tientsin, to Dr. A. E. Stearns, August 31, 1921 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Tsai Shou Kie 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 31, 1921 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Rights Reserved By Phillips Academy Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Correspondence Relation A related resource 5 Race Course Road Tientsin,China August 31, 1921. Dr. A.E.Stearns Phillips Academy Andover, Mass.U.S.A. Dear Dr. Stearns, I enclose draft for $1600.00 U.S.Currency for the expenses of my son Kuo Fang. Please acknowledge receipt of this in your next letter. I hope Kuo Fang is getting along all right and not giving you too much trouble. From what I hear, he is progressing nicely,thanks no doubt to your kind supervision. His letters indicate that he is quite happy and enjoying himself. He writes of his visiting Mr. Wickham of Hartford, my old schoolmate, and of their going to a circus' together and so forth. I am glad to notice the great improvement in his English. He also writes of playing football and other games, and I therefore rest assured that you are making a regular man out of him. By the way, I sent you a photograph through Mr.Wickham some time ago. I wonder if you have received it yet. Mr. Wickham was in China a few months ago, so you might find it interesting to talk with him about present conditions in China if you should happen to run across him. Right in the wake of the great famine came heavy rainfall and floods. We are now seriously afflicted with floods in several sections of the country. Some portions of our railroads have to suspend traffic on this account. We also have with us resumed fighting in Hupeh, Hunan and Kwangsi, and we do not know what the outcome will be. But we are looking forward with great expectations to the coming Pacific Conference in your country, and we hope that we with the help of your people we shall ultimately procure rights and justice in our international affairs. Wishing you a most successful school year, and thanking you for all that you are doing for my son, I remain, Yours sincerely, Tsai Shou Kie Yours sincerely, Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Tsai Shou Kie