44 10 3636 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/5668a6530e512a7e14a683214219bbe4.jpg bf348cb2738556771f0d43a55cfdc2d3 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, Amherst, Mass., November 16, 1927 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Charles Sun, Amherst, Mass., November 16, 1927 Relation A related resource Dear Charlie: I have just received your letter of November 13 and am not surprised that you should have wondered at my absence from the Inauguration exercises at Amherst a short time ago. I had fully expected to be there and had counted on the opportunity that the trip would furnish me to have a nice little visit with you Unfortunately the appearance in our midst of infantile paralysis made it necessary for me to cancel all outside engagements at this time, including a meeting of the College Entrance Examination Board in New York and the Amherst Inauguration, and to stay right here on the job. You can be sure that only something of real importance would have kept me from taking part in the Amherst festivities, especially when I had just been initiated into membership on the Board of Trustees. What you write me of the flood and of the contests with Williams are most interesting. It would take a good deal of water to bring the old Connecticut up on top of Amherst Hill. Naturally I was interested to hear what happened up at Connecticut Lake where the river starts, and a letter received from Ike Brown only a few days ago tells met that the road into my camp and the one leading down from the barn to the little cabins where you boys were lodged, especially the latter, have been badly washed out. Fortunately the lake had been drawn down during the late summer and early fall, so that when the freshet came the dam didn't go out as it doubtless would have done if the Lake had been full of water at the time. I hope you will be able to pull your work up if it has suffered of late, so that you can continue the splendid record which you have made up there to date. Incidentally, and if you get the chance, look up some of the Andover boys who have entered Amherst this fall, for there are some extra good fellows in the lot, and I am sure that you will find them congenial. With all good wishes, believe me, Ever faithfully yours, AES/G Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Alfred E. Stearns Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Phillips Academy Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource November 16, 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/eadf7d9f6d262172866ce27ce518c1dc.jpg 93b5c8bc187f5748a1fbc4a1d9fe87f3 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 September-December 1926, 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 M.A. Harris, Dean, Elmira College, October 9, 1926 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to M.A. Harris, Dean, Elmira College, October 9, 1926 Relation A related resource My dear Miss Harris: I have just received a copy of your circular letter to parents and guardians in which you refer to the arrangements at the college for outside social life, etc. So far as I can see, there is no reason why my ward, Mary Sun, should not be able to secure at the college itself all the social life and contacts that are necessary for her welfare; so I don't deem it desirable to authorize any special outside permissions at this time. Should any particularly attractive opportunity develop which you, yourself, felt should be accepted by Miss Sun, I shall be perfectly willing to leave the final decision to your own best judgment. Very sincerely yours, Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Alfred E. Stearns Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Phillips Academy Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource October 9, 1926 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 M.A. Harris https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/1c8a785ffb9e8f695d2f73cc4d46e82a.jpg 363ce074ecaf61e87500e4508205b1b3 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 Thomas Sun, Middlebury College, October 25, 1927 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Thomas Sun, Middlebury College, October 25, 1927 Relation A related resource Dear Tom: Your letter came last week just as I was leaving town, and I did not have a chance to comply with your request and send you a check until my return Saturday night. I did send you then a check for $25.00 which I hope has reached you safely. Frankly, I sent the check with some misgivings, for I can’t for the life of me understand how you could have disposed of $500.00 in a single month, unless you have met most of your college expenses for a long way ahead. If this is not so, you will break all records before the year is over, and naturally I cannot view that prospect with anything but alarm. I felt so happy over your achievements last year that this wholly unexpected development comes as all the greater shock. I won’t comment on it farther, however, until I have received your detailed statement of expenditures which you have promised me. Sincerely yours, AES/G 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 October 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 Tommie [Tom] Sun https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/40340f2b42fc99f21243264763063020.jpg 69ebd91f95065083ad1309a71e22992b 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 September-December 1926, 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 William Spencer Murray, Grand Central Terminal, New York City, October 9, 1926 (regarding Arthur Sun) Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to William Spencer Murray, Grand Central Terminal, New York City, October 9, 1926 (regarding Arthur Sun) Relation A related resource My dear Mr. Murray: I am exceedingly grateful to you for your prompt and generous reply to my recent letter of inquiry. Please don't burden yourself with this matter, much as I should appreciate any assistance you may be able to give me and the boy in hoping up the best course for the latter to follow at this particular time. A letter received from Arthur Sun in the same mail with your own brings the good news that he has passed the last of his Technology examinations and will be awarded his degree at Christmas time. The boy's present address is: Arthur Sun, Suite 2, 333a Harvard Street, Cambridge, Mass. If it should prove possible for you to meet him later in Boston for an interview, I should, of course, be immensely grateful to you for giving him such an opportunity. Very sincerely yours, Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Alfred E. Stearns Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Phillips Academy Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource October 9, 1926 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 William S. Murray https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/952144b29668deab89dc436c7973249f.jpg 2a3d340bf237455b5f407b9ebe80dab7 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 Thomas Sun, Middlebury College, October 8, 1927 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Thomas Sun, Middlebury College, October 8, 1927 Relation A related resource Dear Tom: I have read with great interest your letter of October 6 and congratulate you on being able to express yourself so clearly and so well. You write a good letter. As to your courses, I don’t know just what to say, though it seems to me that you have sized up the situation pretty well for yourself and that the plans you have outlined are sensible and sound. I share your feelings about the value of shorthand, unless, after your return to China, you are to deal wholly or largely with English speaking people. I don’t suppose that the shorthand you would learn in this country would be applicable to the Chinese language. If you can master type-writing, however, you are sure to find that of real value, I think, all through life. When it comes to Physics, I am confident that you will find the subject of real value, no matter what you choose for a life work later. It is in the realm of Physics and Chemistry that the great discoveries and advances in science are being largely made today, and no one can afford to be without at least an elementary knowledge of these subjects. Frankly, I don’t believe that you will gain enough by emphasizing music, except in so far as you can train and develop your own voice, where I judge there are real possibilities. Whatever you accomplish in that line is likely to be for your own pleasure and that of your friends but not of commercial value, at least. Personally, I can’t believe that your father would desire you to spend as much as $3.00 an hour for the doubtful results to be secured in this line. I had a most interesting letter from Quincey several days ago. He tells me that conditions in China are worse than they were before the fighting and writes in a most discouraging vein. He also adds that he finds little, if any, of the reported hatred of foreigners but quite the reverse. When he wrote he was 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 October 8, 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 Tommie [Tom] Sun https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/e807693306eb800fda97271c1f776889.jpg 00db78d509fa700c093b1e8aea0ec818 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, Elmira College, October 3, 1927 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Mary Sun, Elmira College, October 3, 1927 Relation A related resource Dear Mary: Thank you for explaining your change of front in regard to the course at the Yale Nursing School. Anyway, I don’t believe that my letter to your father can do any harm, and I am still far more in favor of nursing than of typewriting and stenography for you, for it seems to me that you have special gifts in that particular line and I am not sure just how well you would do at the other job. Obviously, Helen Tsai’s father has recently written me asking that Helen be given special work in English and that she add to her regular studies as stiff a course as she can carry in typewriting. He feels that there is a real opportunity in China for girls who are well trained in this line. No, I have not the slightest objection to your putting in the Christmas vacation at Elmira, though, of course, you may receive in the meantime some special invitation that you will not feel like rejecting. I had a nice letter from Quincey yesterday. He is very much distressed over the condition of things in China and tells me that the whole situation is much worse than it was before the fighting and than it has been reported here. He says also that he finds little of the so-called hatred of foreigners but indeed quits the reverse. Evidently he feels a good bit discouraged about the future, and I can’t wonder. I am glad to know that the new year opens up so promisingly for you and do hope that it will end with a record of steady good health and steady progress in your college work. Always sincerely yours, AES/G 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 October 3, 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/ef046caefc28be264a02afc521eb47f6.jpg 8401043cca1a8e3fa886417889021a6b https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/c6169dcd850803998d1216d84b27a845.jpg 246ef8467872163b672be3bec18201eb 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 September-December 1926, 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 William S. Murray, Grand Central Terminal, New York City, October 7, 1926 (regarding Arthur Sun) Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to William S. Murray, Grand Central Terminal, New York City, October 7, 1926 (regarding Arthur Sun) Relation A related resource My dear Mr. Murray: Arthur Sun, a Chinese boy who graduating from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology this fall, is seeking a position with some American construction or engineering company whereby he will be enabled to gain the practical experience his father wishes him to have before he returns to China. The boy has specialized, I understand, in sanitary engineering and at the moment is hoping to secure work with the Metropolitan Water Supply Company of Boston, though this is only one of a number of concerns to which he has applied for a job. Arthur Sun and his two brothers and sister have been in my charge for the past five years during their student days in America. They lived for several years in my own home: so that I have a very strong personal interest in them. The father, Mr. C.Y. Sun of Tientsin, China, is one of the most prominent and progressive Chinese in the home land and holds exceptionally high ideals for his children. As he has been rash enough to place them entirely in my hands during their American stay, I feel pretty heavy responsibility in the matter and am very eager to help them realize his ambition. My purpose, in writing to you is to ask whether, by chance, you have any suggestions to make which would aid me in placing Arthur Sun for a year or two with some competent concern, where he would gain the practical experience desired and put the finishing touches, so to speak, on his Technology training. As a layman, I must admit that I know very little about the proper methods of procedure in a matter of this kind, and I trust that I am not imposing too much upon your own good nature in coming to you for advice. Any suggestions you are willing or able to offer me will be very deeply appreciated. Very sincerely yours, Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Alfred E. Stearns Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Phillips Academy Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource October 7, 1926 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Rights Reserved by Phillips Academy Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Correspondence Arthur Sun Dr. Alfred E. Stearns William S. Murray https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/776869cabbc5f1c040b99918018ba323.jpg b1e219f3fc70760541d7ca6621c46c01 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/0e04c9e147b25411ecf4c20a1d3d4010.jpg 5a53f300f178a3a5934fcb0167a41cf8 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 September-December 1926, 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 John R. Freeman, Providence, Rhode Island, October 7, 1926 (regarding Arthur Sun) Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to John R. Freeman, Providence, Rhode Island, October 7, 1926 (regarding Arthur Sun) Relation A related resource My dear Mr. Freeman: I believe that you are personally acquainted with Mr. C. Y. Sun of Tientsin, China, whose four children have been under my care during their stay in America these past five years. The oldest of the group, Arthur Sun, hopes to secure his degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology this week and is seeking, at the request of his father, a position with some engineering firm in this country where he can gain practical experience before his return to the home land. Arthur Sun has recently applied for a position with the Metropolitan Water Supply Company of Boston, and, as he has been specializing in sanitary engineering, he feels, as do I, that a position of this kind would furnish him with just the best kind of an opportunity to put the finishing touches, so to speak, on his Technology training. I am wondering if a word from you to some of the officials of this Company would not carry a good deal of weight, provided, of course, your knowledge of and Interest in the Sun family would justify you in speaking a word in the boy’s behalf. Mr. Sun, Senior, has asked me to try to help his son secure a position of this kind and naturally I feel a good bit of responsibility in the matter without knowing exactly just how to accomplish the end desired. If the above suggestion is not practicable. I shall be ready and glad to receive any suggestions from you that may aid me in carrying out the father’s expressed wishes and in giving the boy his chance with some good American firm. Thanking you in advance for whatever help you may be willing to give me, believe me Very sincerely yours, Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Alfred E. Stearns Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Phillips Academy Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource October 7, 1926 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Rights Reserved by Phillips Academy Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Correspondence Arthur Sun Dr. Alfred E. Stearns John R. Freeman https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/f00d5cc03a6980155a678d12c555bd34.jpg d7e46c43cabeb0740ea7dcffe85384aa 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 September-December 1926, 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 Frank Winsor, Metropolitan District Commission, Boston, October 7, 1926 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Frank Winsor, Metropolitan District Commission, Boston, October 7, 1926 Relation A related resource My dear Mr. Winsor: Mr. Arthur Sun, a Chinese ward of mine who hopes to secure his degree this fall from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is applying, I understand, for a position with the Metropolitan Water Supply Company in order to secure the practical experience that such a position would give him. I am sending this note merely to express the hope that you will be able to act favorably on this application. Arthur Sun is one of over sixty Chinese boys who have been under my care during the last twenty-five years while they were students in our American institutions. The boy's father is a prominent wealthy and progressive Chinese who has generously aided good causes at home and abroad. He was chairman of the Chinese Red Cross during the World War and has served in the same capacity on a number of famine and flood relief committees in his country since that time. Naturally I feel a good bit of responsibility towards his four children who have been under my care in this country for the last five years, and I am especially anxious to make possible the realization of Mr. Sun's expressed wish that his son should have a year or two of practical engineering experience following the Technology course. Any assistance you can consistently extend to the boy will be very deeply appreciated. Very sincerely yours, Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Alfred E. Stearns Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Phillips Academy Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource October 7, 1926 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 Frank Winsor https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/064fae30aa7ea042f545ca065ce8bbd4.jpg 234a296dd38baf742fa6710d93bcca28 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, Amherst, Mass., October 1, 1927 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Charles Sun, Amherst, Mass., October 1, 1927 Relation A related resource Dear Charlie: Thank you for your good letter of September 30. I am glad to learn that the data I sent you for Norwich University finally reached you in safety. I expect to be up in Amherst before the month is over to attend my first meeting of the Trustees, and I shall certainly hope to see you at that time. Please tell me whether the report that has reached me recently, to the effect that you have been taken into [illegible], is correct. If some good fraternity up there has taken you or doesn’t take you soon, I shall have a pretty poor opinion of undergraduate judgment. With best of wishes to you, believe me Very sincerely yours, AES/G Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Alfred E. Stearns Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource October 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 Charles Sun Dr. Alfred E. Stearns