45 10 3636 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/1f73b6ff7a2a812ec940de7402467e5c.jpg 84a49486be13c68be35eb91b5bc4799e 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 Alfred E. Stearns to Charlie Tsai, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. June 15, 1925 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Charlie Tsai, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. June 15, 1925 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 June 15, 1925 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 15 June 1925. Mr. Charles Tsai. Kings Courts 42-4 Cannon Poughkeepsie, N.Y. Dear Charlie: Many thanks for your nice letter of June 10th. It reached at the very busiest season of the year so that I am sending only an acknowledgment but with it the expression of the oldtime good will and friendly interest. I am sorry that you have got to study through the summer but do hope that by September you will have cleaned the slate completely and be ready for the fresh and higher start. Are you going home at that time or will you pursue further work in this country? With all best wishes, believe me Ever faithfully yours Charlie Tsai Dr. Alfred E. Stearns https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/df0124de51421c6f71567beb6a6fc32e.jpg 8e75ca05763891989c1e2eeed494ce9b 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 Alfred E. Stearns to Clarence H. Wickham, Hartford, Conn. April 26, 1923 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Clarence H. Wickham, Hartford, Conn. April 26, 1923 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 April 26, 1923 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Rights Reserved By Phillips Academy Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Correspondence Relation A related resource April 26, 1923 Hartford, Connecticut My dear Mr. Wickham: I have your letter of recent date and shall be delighted to meet you at a time mutually agreeable, and for the purpose of discussing Charlie Tsai’s situation. The two older boys, as you know, were pretty much in my charge when they were here in school a member of years go. The oldest one and his father went out of their way when I was in China in 1912 to extend all sorts of friendly courtesies to me. I shall always be their debtor for this , and my interest in this latest representative of the family is intensely keen. He has been something of a puzzle to me, however, and I have been very anxious about him at times. Just now he seems to be taking hold with good spirit in my brother’s small home school up in New Hampshire; but the distractions of the life in a big school like ours seem to have been a bit too much for him. Anyway, I shall be only too glad to discuss the whole problem with you. I am more sorry than I can tell you that I missed you when you last called. It is too bad that I did not know of your plan in advance. Charlie himself evidently failed to bring me the message reported by you, else you would have heard from me before this. I expect to be in Andover almost constantly from now until the end of the school year, barring a few trips close at hand, almost none of which will take me away for a whole day; consequently I think I can arrange to meet you at almost any time that would prove most convenient for you. Just notify me a day or two in advance if you can, either by letter or telephone. Very sincerely yours Clarence Horace Wickham Dr. Alfred E. Stearns https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/a27eea26b627413e787e8853b8d9c12c.jpg 5552b723b0fc92c9d774e39f35253923 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 Alfred E. Stearns to Clarence Horace Wickham, Hartford, Conn. May 18, 1923 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Clarence Horace Wickham, Hartford, Conn. May 18, 1923 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 May 18, 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 May 18, 1923 Mr. Clarence H. Wickham, Hartford, Conn. Dear Mr. Wickham: Many thanks for your note. It was a real pleasure to meet you and get better acquainted. I wish that our trails might cross oftener. Certainly I shall keep in mind your friendly invitation to step off at Hartford if my travels make possible a little extra pleasure of this kind. I enclose the last report received from my brother in regard to Charlie Tsai’s work. Apparently the boy is taking hold with pretty good spirits, though it is generally easier for a boy to get higher marks in a small school than in a large one. The last time I saw my brother he spoke very optimistically of the youngster’s attitude and progress to date. Faithfully yours Clarence Horace Wickham Dr. Alfred E. Stearns https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/057f577ce515d0e5d67f6ce852eed8a5.jpg 4fab6215aeb8a880b976e64cd41cb6d2 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 Alfred E. Stearns to D.V. (Dan) Thompson, Roxbury Latin School, May 5, 1925 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to D.V. (Dan) Thompson, Roxbury Latin School, May 5, 1925 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 May 5, 1925 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 May 5, 1925 Dr. D.V.Thompson Roxbury Latin School Roxbury, Mass. Dear Don: I have your note of May 4. These Orientals are hard fellows to keep track of, and the trails often end in the clearings or woods. The last word I had from Charlie Tsai, or Kuo Fang, if you want his Chinese name, was from the Eastman Business College at Poughkeepsie, New York, where he was supposed to be taking the business course. I have had two or three postals from Europe, supposedly from Charlie’s older brother who is working his way back to China, and I have never felt quite sure whether he had decided to take the younger brother with him or not. If the Eastman Business College cannot give you any light, I think it is a safe guess that Charlie is either on his way to or has reached his native land. Ever yours. D.V. (Dan) Thompson Dr. Alfred E. Stearns https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/db27f77a5c5c7d7b06144cf4335edb2a.jpg d3852544cc2a4f6e22ec23beb30e61a5 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 Alfred E. Stearns to Dean Annie W. Goodrich, Yale School of Nursing April 12, 1929 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Dean Annie W. Goodrich, Yale School of Nursing April 12, 1929 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 April 12, 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 April 12, 1929 Dean Annie N. Goodrich 330 Cedar Street New Haven, Connecticut My dear Miss Goodrich: I am very grateful to you for your cheering letter of April 9, which brings me really about the first encouraging word I have had of Mary Sun and her work for the past few years. My impression is that Mary will do distinctly better when she comes to the practical side of the work than she has been able to do with the more distinctly scholastic side of it. I am fully in accord with your suggestion as to how Miss Sun may best make up her deficiencies and go on with her course. I shall take great pleasure in passing on to Mary’s father the cheering news that your letter contains. Very sincerely yours. A2S/C Annie W. Goodrich Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Mary Sun https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/669e20762ba17a16799797503972921c.jpg 711bb5f945d483e7efb828eec8c0ae47 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/d5c16bc3d6197c50292d690ce6e03ee2.jpg 9dade4b69bcd204c9a3252bdabb8d513 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 Alfred E. Stearns to Dean Annie W. Goodrich, Yale School of Nursing February 16, 1929 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Dean Annie W. Goodrich, Yale School of Nursing February 16, 1929 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 February 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 February 16, 1929 Dean Annie W. Goodrich 330 Cedar Street New Haven, Conn. My dear Miss Goodrich: The morning’s mail brings me your letter of February 15 and one of the same date from our friend Mary Sun. Needless to say the news conveyed in both letters is not altogether pleasing. I am writing Mary advising her to follow your suggestions and to arrange for immediate tutoring in Physiology, for I agree with you that this should not be postponed until a brief summer vacation. I am assuming that you will be able and willing to recommend a competent tutor for Miss Sun. Mary's father is perfectly capable to bear the expense, and I am sure it is a legitimate one in view of the conditions that confront us at the moment. Mary's record at Yale has been a keen disappointment to me, and I have about given up trying to fathom her mind and purpose. Her father has always been extremely anxious that she should get a college degree in this country from one of our best colleges for women. It seemed very doubtful for several years whether Mary would be able to meet such high standards. I made a special trip to Washington to talk the matter over with Mr. Sze, the Chinese Minister, who is a personal friend of Mr. Sun, and on his recommendation entered Mary in Elmira College out in New York State. She was seemingly unhappy there from the start and floundered pretty steadily in her work. The Dean at Elmira gave me reports almost identical to yours and intimated that Mary had much more ability than she professed or than her achievements indicated. All of this time Mary was constantly pleading with me to be allowed to study nursing. Her father, being an old-fashioned Chinese, could not look upon nursing as a high grade profession. I vigorously advocated the plan to study nursing, however, believing that Mary would be able to do her best under the influence and inspiration of this profession. When she was a member of my household a few years ago, she impressed everyone there with her natural gifts in this direction. I finally succeeded in persuading Mr. Sun that this was the proper thing for Mary to do, and he gave his consent. You can understand, therefore, that it is tremendously disturbing to me to feel that Mary is not doing her best in this particular work for which she claims such a deep interest and in which she unquestionably has talent. Mary's older brother who is at Amherst and who is a sterling follow is as much disturbed over the situation as I am and is inclined to agree with me that if at the end of the year Mary shows that she cannot or will not meet the proper requirements of your school, she should be sent back to China. Anyway, I shall await with keen interest the results of the new arrangement and shall hope most earnestly to hear that Mary io making real progress with the assistance of such outside help as she may be able to secure under your guidance and approval. Very sincerely yours. Annie W. Goodrich Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Mary Sun https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/273d0b4e39664c45ee8407b38c2ff6e7.jpg fc52c2d9e97a5764993b785c6d342672 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 January - June 1928, 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 Dean M.A. Harris, Elmira College, April 17, 1928 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Dean M.A. Harris, Elmira College, April 17, 1928 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 April 17, 1928 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 Miss Harris: I am grateful to you for your very frank letter about Mary Sun, and I am taking the liberty of sending a copy of that letter to Mr. Sun, Sr., for it may help me in my efforts to persuade that oriental gentleman that he is pushing his daughter in the wrong direction, at least in my judgment. In the meantime I hope you can be patient with Mary until I can get at least one more reaction from the father and in the hope that that reaction may enable us to handle the case in a way that will tend to arouse Mary's fast lagging ambition and give her a new start. Very sincerely yours, Dr. Alfred E. Stearns M.A. Harris https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/081208d8967e4620a1bab71228088cb0.jpg 739edda3e7cb2f6c2385a6ddc0e18e46 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 January - June 1928, 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 Dean M.A. Harris, Elmira College, April 10, 1928 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Dean M.A. Harris, Elmira College, April 10, 1928 Relation A related resource My dear Miss Harris: I have your formal notice of the Dean’s warning given to my ward, Mary Sun. I am wondering if you would be willing to write me frankly just what Mary’s difficulties seem to be and what advice you have to offer that would perhaps aid us in contributing to their remedy. Naturally I feel a pretty big responsibility for these foreign wards of mine, and Mary has always been a problem. On the whole, though, when she was here she worked hard at her studies, but I have never been able to feel that she had given her best to the work at Elmira, and largely, I judge, because of no real interest in it. She has pleaded for several years now to be allowed to study nursing, a plan of which her father has never approved. On the other hand, she has often expressed her lack of enthusiasm for the work which she is doing, and I am afraid that it is the reflection of this attitude that accounts in large measure for the poor results. I am anxious, however, to do everything I can to help the girl avoid a real disaster, for a failure to meet the college requirements would, as you know, be far more seriously regarded by upper-class Chinese parents than it would by American fathers and mothers. 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 April 10, 1928 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 Mary Sun https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/e37083dc061a1b0f48b7ad71ba725759.jpg b2cbd3ecd71716fbd3d294aea1961109 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 1571, 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 Doctor E.A. Eastman, July 17, 1911 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Doctor E.A. Eastman, July 17, 1911 Description An account of the resource Typed letter sent from Alfred E. Stearns to Doctor E.A. Eastman. Asks for itemized bill. Asks if bill is for Lun Cho Sun or brother Fayuen Sun. Was unaware of bill. States both boys were told no bills to be contracted without Stearns' knowledge or consent. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Phillips Academy Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource July 17, 1911 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 Andover, Mass., July 17, 1911. Doctor E. A. Eastman, Dear Sir: On my return to Andover I find your letter of the 14th instant relating to a bill of Mr. Sun. Will you kindly advise me whether the bill in question was contracted by Mr. Lun Cho Sun of his brother Fayuen. I have charge of the funds of both of these boys and am obliged to keep their accounts separate. I was not aware that the bill had even been contracted since these Chinese boys are noticably [sic] reticent about their financial obligations in spite of the fact that they have been distinctly told by their guardian in China that no bills were to be contracted without my knowledge and consent. Kindly send me an itemized bill so that I may be able to return full receipt to the guardian. Very truly yours, Principal. Dr. Alfred E. Stearns E.A. Eastman Fayuen Sun https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/8ee0c75b0f77c7b90518b90440af184f.jpg fb02732198a6e73e1951c1ad792dcb2a 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 1120, 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 Dr. Charles D. Tenney Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Dr. Charles D. Tenney Description An account of the resource Typed letter sent from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Dr. Charles D. Tenney about the Li Chien Luan. States he also received a cablegram from Li's father. Is surprised by the decision and the delay in the decision. Hopes Li doesn't have a hard time adjusting due to chaos of the fall term. Willing to act as Li's guardian, though believes Tenney would be better choice. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Phillips Academy 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 Charles D. Tenney 86 Buckingham Street Cambridge, Mass. Dear Dr. Tenney: I have just received your letter of the 12th inst. This morning I also received a cable message apparently from Mr.Li’s father, advising me of his wish to have the boy enter Philips Academy. The boy himself appeared later and said that he would be prepared to begin his work here by the end of the current week. The final decision comes to me as a good deal of a surprise. Since my earlier correspondence with you I had seen or heard nothing of the boy and had made up my mind that he had not been able to secure his father’s consent as he had hoped, and that as a result he had returned to Amherst or had taken up his work somewhere else with your approval. I do not quite understand the reason for the delay, unless his father wished to hear from you as well as from the boy before making a definite decision. My fear is that the unsettled condition of the boy’s mind thus far this term will make it rather difficult for him to adjust himself to the work of our classes here, but I am hopeful that his natural ability may make it possible for him to overcome his handicap. If it is your wish I shall be glad to act as the boy’s guardian as you have suggested, though your experiences in handling the funds of various Chinese boys. And your knowledge of their tastes, would naturally render you a more satisfactory guardian of the funds than I could hope to be. I do wish, however, to shirk any responsibility in the matter, or to burden your unduly with the affairs of boys not directly in your charge. Please feel free therefore to follow your own best judgement in this matter. Very sincerely yours. Alfred E.Stearns Principal C. D. Tenney C. L. Li Dr. Alfred E. Stearns