47 10 3636 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/585fd3dca30afe40de3559d6b3b290b9.jpg 76bf9a0f8f233b3b516e6170f3023f75 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 Eastman Business College, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. October 7, 1924 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Eastman Business College, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. October 7, 1924 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, 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 8 October 1924, Eastman Business College. Poughkeepsie Dear Sirs: The bearer of this letter, Mr. K.P.Tsai, or commonly known in this country as Charlie Tsai, has been a student at Phillips Academy for several years and my ward during that time. His two older brothers were here before him and his father, an early American student, is a prominent official in China. Mr. Tsai has been taking work with us preparatory to a college course. but he has not made the progress hoped for largely because of illnesses.His brother, who is now in this country, has discussed the problem with me and it has seemed wise to give the boy a business training from now on. 'The Eastman College has been selected and I hope that you will be able to admit the boy and give him the courses he desires. I feel sure that you find him as we have found him, a responsive and likable fellow who will prove a desirable member of your student body. Very sincerely yours. Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Eastman Business College https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/1b482c264819776031f31dd9ab611316.jpg 288ef5a365aab9a528eaf14cf9f34bf8 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/d88d57f2b3412254fdbbe8f90e938249.jpg 21e9257ab00fa784296da6410cd9354e 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 1920-1924, 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 Edward H. Chandler, Twentieth Century Club, Boston, September 9, 1920 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Edward H. Chandler, Twentieth Century Club, Boston, September 9, 1920 Relation A related resource My dear Mr. Chandler: On my return to Andover from my summer vacation I find your letter of August 23rd. My desk also contains numerous letters, from Chinese friends and others, relating to the arrival in Andover in the near future of the group of Chinese boys and girls who are to be placed in my charge. Mr. M.T. Liang had already written me that one or two boys were to come in this way; but I have only just become aware that the group was to be so considerably enlarged. You may assure your nephew that these boys and girls from the other side of the world will receive my most careful thought and attention. For years I have dealt with Chinese students, nearly a hundred of them at one time or another having been temporary wards or semi-wards of mine, and no individual task connected with my work here at Andover has proved more satisfying or inspiring than this one. Under the circumstances I am ready to assume this new and still larger responsibility with real pleasure, fully as I realize the added burdens and anxiety that the task must impose. It is my present intention to look after the younger members of this group by keeping them, for the first few weeks of their stay at least, under my own roof; but I think arrangements can be worked out that will prove satisfactory. It will doubtless be necessary to allow some of the boys to eat at one of the school boarding houses or at the school dining hall in order that the domestic problem may not become too complicated. The young girl, however, I feel sure can be taken into my own family circle and treated exactly as a member of the family. In any case the parents and friends of these boys and girls may rest assured that the youngsters will have every care and consideration that one who is sincerely interested in their welfare can give them. 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 September 9, 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 Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Edward H. Chandler https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/3ac62359db0825dee8fc026e7ee319d2.jpg cb2432e41ee363cfde6e690f8e98432d 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 Edwin Spooner, Long Lake Lodge, North Bridgton, Maine, July 15, 1919 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Edwin Spooner, Long Lake Lodge, North Bridgton, Maine, July 15, 1919 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Alfred E. Stearns Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Phillips Academy Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource July 15, 1919 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 July, 1919 Mr. Edwin C. Spooner Long Lake Lodge North Bridgton, Me. My dear Mr. Spooner: Thank you for advising me of Tsai’s safe arrival. I don’t know anything about Yung. Unlike Tsai, who was placed under my special care and oversight he manages his own affairs. If we discover any way of getting in touch with him we shall be only too glad to ask him to get into communication with you at once. Our Chinese boys as a whole have proved remarkable reliable, but every once in a while they have a queer way of taking things for granted without taking others into their confidence. I shall be greatly indebted to you if you will keep an eye, more or less, on Tsai, especially in the matter of his expenditures. His older brother, who was extremely popular when he was here, was pretty level-headed too. My only fear is that Tsai may possess the same qualities which made his brother popular, but may also be tempted to spend a bit too freely. If he needs money at any time, I shall be glad to have you approve his request, and the funds will be forthcoming promptly. Wishing you a most successful summer, believe me Very sincerely yours Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Edwin V. Spooner https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/c91dc8a0bbb0645e0118556ebdd34b99.jpg 9c02de4f9a8d972cb1821e88ac086a43 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 Edwin Spooner, Long Lake Lodge, North Bridgton, Maine, July 2, 1919 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Edwin Spooner, Long Lake Lodge, North Bridgton, Maine, July 2, 1919 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Alfred E. Stearns Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Phillips Academy Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource July 2, 1919 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 2 July, 1919 Mr. Edwin V. Spooner Long Lake lodge North Bridgton, Me. My dear Mr. Spooner: I am very grateful to you for advising me of your decision to accept young Tsai. As Tsai has just arrived from China and has never been connected with Phillips Academy it seems to me that your decision is justified and that the Andover delegation need not be regarded as weakened through the advent of this new recruit. If Tsai is anything like his brothers, and his father too for that matter, you will find him a most genial member of the camp. As he has been placed entirely in my hands I am particularly anxious that he should be under the best influences and supervision. That is why I have so strongly urged his admission to Long Lake Lodge. I am sending the formal application as requested and the accompanying check for $25.00 to cover the deposit. You may hold me personally responsible for the boy’s bills, since his father has asked me to act as his guardian for the present at least. Wishing you the most successful season ever, believe me Faithfully yours, Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Edwin V. Spooner https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/cd29bd94c36885bc80e71510f224ee4a.jpg 7d5a543a5cc56166a7df2388f3802c71 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 Edwin V. Spooner, Exeter, N.H., March 21, 1922 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Edwin V. Spooner, Exeter, N.H., March 21, 1922 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 March 21, 1922 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 21 March, 1922. Mr. Edwin V. Spooner Exeter, N. H. Dear Mr. Spooner: I am returning Tsai's application for admission to Long Lake Lodge this coming summer and with it the check for $25, covering the deposit. Tsai is proving something of a problem this year, chiefly because of seeming ill health. He appears not to have recovered fully his physical vigor since an operation for appendicitis last term. I hope and believe, however, that the summer with you will do him a lot of good. With kindest personal regards, believe me always Very sincerely yours, Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Edwin V. Spooner https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/221ec6f4ef9f399ac3288f3da0c2ac51.jpg ccee3ce1e9ea69739a8d750dabbcc92e 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 Edwin V. Spooner, Long Lake Lodge, North Bridgton, Maine, September 11, 1922 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Edwin V. Spooner, Long Lake Lodge, North Bridgton, Maine, September 11, 1922 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 September 11, 1922 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 September 11, 1922 Mr.Edwin V. Spooner Long Lake Lodge North Bridgton, Me My dear Mr.Spooner: Thank you for your letter of September 6 with its information about Tsai and the detailed statement of his bill at Long Lake Lodge. If I do not soon receive a check from the boy’s father, I shall arrange a temporary loan for him so as to meet this and some other obligations which ought not to be permitted to run much longer. I am grateful to you for your patience thus far. Wishing you the best kind of a year and with kindest regards, believe me, Very sincerely yours, Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Edwin V. Spooner https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/e36e044b6cc762fc14fd73db60aa1277.jpg ab7e59ba9170bbe54b9ed59ce1be2d9c 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 Edwin V. Spponer, Phillips Exeter Academy, September 11, 1923 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Edwin V. Spponer, Phillips Exeter Academy, September 11, 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 September 11, 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 11 September 1923. Mr.Edwin V. Spooner, Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, N.H. My dear Mr.Spooner: I thank you for your letter of September 4th and for the welcome information you have given me about Charlie Tsai and his summer work. I mailed you a few days ago a check for $400 to cover the payment on the boy’s tuition for the summer, Since then I have received the complete bill, including extras. I am sending you, therefore, an additional check for $34.66 to cover the balance due. If you will kindly return the receipt for the total amount as shown on the accompanying statement, I shall he indebted to you. The bill would have been settled long ago but for the fact that the boy had overdrawn his account rather heavily and the customary remittance from China was a bit delayed. Trusting that the summer has proved a happy and prosperous one for you and with best wishes for the new school year just opening, believe me Very sincerely yours. Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Edwin V. Spooner https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/c476a173bc1f0a918b4ee52217dbab70.jpg 77c919e1e31999165e57159aba19ff67 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 Elmira College, September 16, 1926 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Elmira College, September 16, 1926 Relation A related resource I enclose check for $350.00 which I understand from your catalogue is the first payment due on the account of my ward, Mary Sun, who is entering Elmira College this fall. Kindly send me the receipt for the same that I may forward it to Miss Sun's father. May I request that all matters relating to Miss Sun's expenses at Elmira be referred to me, as I am acting, at her father's request, as her guardian during her stay in this country. Very sincerely yours, May I request that all matters relating to Miss Sun's expenses at Elmira be referred to me, as I am acting, at her father's request, as her guardian during her stay in this country. 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 September 16, 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 Elmira College Mary Sun https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/1c366e801732dcea2ef5624bd5d81af5.jpg 411e144671d33616c6e728ed988e4378 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 Elsie Sun, Tientsin March 24, 1929 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Elsie Sun, Tientsin March 24, 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 March 24, 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 My dear Mrs. Sun: Your two interesting letters of February 17 and 20 have been duly received and I thank you for them. Naturally I am dreadfully distressed to learn of your father-in-law's serious illness, though your second note with its reassurances brought much relief. I passed the good word along at once to the children who had heard of their father's illness, and were greatly disturbed. I assured them further that I felt confident that if there had been any further developments in the case that were unsatisfactory, they would have received some later word from home, and that no news could therefore be fairly regarded as good news. I hope that this judgment was correct. I had already acknowledged the receipt of the telegraphic remittance of four thousand dollars for the accounts of the three children. Doubtless my letter will have been received by this time. All three of the children seem to be in good health and the boys are doing steady and high grade work. Mary seems to find continued difficulty in her studies, though I am very much hoping that a better report will come in before the end of the year when she will have had a chance to become thoroughly familiar with the new work and the character of the demands it makes upon her. Please give my warmest and friendliest greetings and good wishes to your father-in-law. I shall look forward eagerly to some further and I earnestly hope more encouraging word of his improvement and ultimate restoration to full health and vigor. Very sincerely yours, Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Elsie Sun https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/009a58c58ec422ce52432bd7fbf0847d.jpg 2769d8dd72af8af147fbd7b1f2acf497 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/485132d0fc428950241ede644d02dbdb.jpg ed4fbdf2a2a477ff94ede06e57da2915 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 27 Folder 4 Alfred and Helen Tsai, 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 Emma Hillard (Mrs. Daniel B.) Nye, South Weymouth, Mass., December 19, 1929 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Emma Hillard (Mrs. Daniel B.) Nye, South Weymouth, Mass., December 19, 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 December 19, 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 My dear Mrs. Nye: Thank you for your letter with the accompanying statement of disbursements. I will send the statement as requested to Mr. Tsai. Sr., though I am sure that he will not feel that it is necessary for you to go to so much trouble and detail. I am sending you an additional check to replenish your depleted reserve account. You are unquestionably right in increasing Helen’s allowance. I have never attempted to limit my Chinese wards to the exact amount of their monthly allowances, and have frequently added five and ten dollars here and there for extras and indeed have increased the amount of the formal allowance as they have gone on in their school and college work and have attained more maturity. I am perfectly sure that Helen will never be over-extravagant, though I would hardly feel justified in saying as much for Alfred. Even Alfred, though, seems to be exercising a little more control in this respect than formerly. The charge of $2.00 a day for room and board when the children are with you is if anything altogether too small. Several years ago when I had four or five of the Chinese in my own family, I tried to figure out exactly what it cost me a week and to charge them accordingly. Of course, in a big house the charges and wear and tear necessarily mounted accordingly. My first thought was that it could be done for about $15.00 a week. Later I became convinced that this was altogether too little, and the charge was raised to $20.00. Still later, after figuring not only board and room but proportionate light and heat, wear, and tear, etc., it was clear that even this amount did not cover the actual outlay. I had to have an extra servant in the house and hire a man to come in for extra cleaning, all of which made the outlay mount rapidly. Like you, I would have been delighted to do the thing for nothing, but simply could not afford to do so. I am perfectly clear, therefore, that if anything you are charging too little at a $2.00 a day rate. Alfred’s marks are not yet in for the current term, but I do hope that they will be as he writes you, “very good” ones. Alfred is a glorious optimist, however, all the time, and I shall feel more comfortable when I see the marks actually on paper. He has been doing, however, much better this year than formerly, so that I am increasingly encouraged. It is with the keenest regret that I hear of the strain and sorrow to which you have been subjected during these recent months, and I can only offer my sincerest sympathy and the earnest hope that Dr. Nye will completely and speedily regain his full health and vigor. May I wish you none the less the blessings of the Christmas season and a happy New Year. Very sincerely yours, Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Emma Hillard Nye