58 10 3636 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/94e17e557680db9048a0623855e1ba1f.jpg c27a5125f21219afd2a24bc7be1c5018 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 29 Sun Siblings 1931, Head of School (Stearns) Records Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to National City Bank of New York, London, February 26, 1931 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to National City Bank of New York, London, February 26, 1931 Relation A related resource Dear Sirs: Att. C. P. N. - 3 Thank you for your note of February 16, advising me that the draft for three thousand dollars remitted to me on January 23 last was for the account of Mr. C.Y. Sun. I had assumed that this was so, but am glad to have my assumption confirmed. 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 February 26, 1931 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Rights Reserved by Phillips Academy Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Correspondence Dr. Alfred E. Stearns National City Bank of New York https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/efe5992c69fb7f108a27e115652e4c84.jpg 711a1b24cb37c9952156127fcbf1e9df https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/d2975f9a1df4359acfbba812a728ebcd.jpg de2c14757e9f12532338dc5dc16440eb Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 29 Sun Siblings 1931, Head of School (Stearns) Records Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter from Mary Sun to Alfred E. Stearns, February 28, 1931 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Mary Sun to Alfred E. Stearns, February 28, 1931 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Mary Sun Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Phillips Academy Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource February 28, 1931 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Rights Reserved by Phillips Academy Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Correspondence Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Mary Sun https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/c3fcaf83e261a329e550ad7c8cfb03ba.jpg 2352ccdf97f9f069740515151a1214ec Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 29 Sun Siblings 1931, Head of School (Stearns) Records Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Mary Sun, New Haven, Conn. , March 4, 1931 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Mary Sun, New Haven, Conn. , March 4, 1931 Relation A related resource Dear Mary: Thanks for your good letter, which evidently came while I was away from Andover earlier in the week. If I remember correctly, though I haven’t yet had a chance to look up your father’s letter, your father approves heartily of your remaining in this country so as to be present at the regular University graduation exercises in June, and to receive personally your diploma at that time. All of our recent correspondences has been based on the assumption that you would not start for home until after that event. Consequently, if you are able to find a good job, especially one that will give you further experience along the lines of your training, to fill in the intervening time, I should accept it by all means. When it comes to the three weeks’ vacation, I don’t quite know what to advise. A trip to Oklahoma is a pretty long and expensive one, but you are entitled to a good vacation, and if that trip seems to offer the best thing in its line, I am inclined to believe that your father would approve of the expenditure involved. Just as soon as you can send me a statement of your accounts, I shall be glad to see that you have additional funds if they are needed. In the meantime, success to you on these examination tests. Always 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 March 4, 1931 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Rights Reserved by Phillips Academy Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Correspondence Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Mary Sun https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/4a9deb0168563b5cbac4f1d242eceffc.jpg 0189f8409021b99a3042afb88f893775 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 29 Sun Siblings 1931, Head of School (Stearns) Records Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter from Mary Sun to Alfred E. Stearns, March 7, 1931 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Mary Sun to Alfred E. Stearns, March 7, 1931 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Mary Sun Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Phillips Academy Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource March 7, 1931 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Rights Reserved by Phillips Academy Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Correspondence Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Mary Sun https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/cdd39e45ebea26e0fa4903b5f7848a4b.jpg 4762d0134b07c7961523438347f6ffaa Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 29 Sun Siblings 1931, Head of School (Stearns) Records Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Mary Sun, New Haven, Conn., March 9, 1931 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Mary Sun, New Haven, Conn., March 9, 1931 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 9, 1931 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Rights Reserved by Phillips Academy Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Correspondence Relation A related resource Dear Mary: Thanks for your letter received this morning. No, I haven't heard anything further from your father, though I wrote him two or three times urging that Tom he permitted to go home with you, and that you he relieved from the trip to Europe, which doesn't seem to appeal to you. Now that I think of it, there is just a chance that I did not argue on this latter point, though my recollection is that I spoke of it, at least. I did urge very strongly, however, that Tom he allowed to go home this summer. No word has come in answer to my letters, so that I don't quite know what to do. Fortunately, travel is seemingly going to be very light this summer, so that an early reservation may not be required. Under the circumstances, I imagine that our best policy is to wait a little longer and in the hope that we shall have some more definite word from your father. If I don't get my expected chance to drop off at New Haven and see you during the spring, I do hope you will find it possible to run up to Andover so that I can at least get a glimpse of you before you start back lot the homeland. In the meantime, I will look up your trunk as suggested and forward it to you. I hope it can be found, but since my house was moved last summer. I have sometimes found it a bit difficult to locate my own belongings. With all best wishes, believe me Ever sincerely yours, Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Mary Sun https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/c2b384eacfb102c8f6a676eb77d15be4.jpg ce6821877586d469de421e6c73ab035c https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/19a195192a6f83776dc9b1ff39c7b8a1.jpg f317179dbad12d90f54492e438d13201 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 29 Sun Siblings 1931, Head of School (Stearns) Records Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter from Mary Sun to Alfred E. Stearns, March 27, 1931 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Mary Sun to Alfred E. Stearns, March 27, 1931 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Mary Sun Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Phillips Academy Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource March 27, 1931 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Rights Reserved by Phillips Academy Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Correspondence https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/fe4086ed4c83d734445c655914dac0d7.jpg f368d444ae860e5d3cc9b4489eb0c1aa Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 29 Sun Siblings 1931, Head of School (Stearns) Records Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Mary Sun, New Haven, Conn. , March 28, 1931 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Mary Sun, New Haven, Conn. , March 28, 1931 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 28, 1931 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Rights Reserved by Phillips Academy Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Correspondence Relation A related resource Dear Mary: Thanks for your letter received this morning. No, I haven't heard anything further from your father, though I wrote him two or three times urging that Tom he permitted to go home with you, and that you he relieved from the trip to Europe, which doesn't seem to appeal to you. Now that I think of it, there is just a chance that I did not argue on this latter point, though my recollection is that I spoke of it, at least. I did urge very strongly, however, that Tom he allowed to go home this summer. No word has come in answer to my letters, so that I don't quite know what to do. Fortunately, travel is seemingly going to be very light this summer, so that an early reservation may not be required. Under the circumstances, I Imagine that our best policy is to wait a little longer and in the hope that we shall have some more definite word from your father. If I don't get my expected chance to drop off at New Haven and see you during the spring, I do hope you will find it possible to run up to Andover so that I can at least get a glimpse of you before you start back lot the homeland. In the meantime, I will look up your trunk as suggested and forward it to you. I hope it can be found, but since my house was moved last summer. I have sometimes found it a bit difficult to locate my own belongings. With all best wishes, believe me Ever sincerely yours, Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Mary Sun https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/4076e989e97bcd019e700c8ccb1eae71.jpg 5e82963c064b6b8986d945fc6ab4300c https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/5c8d2029a1f03132dc733d174e8580ed.jpg 5da7776277fee415d81612d1dce83937 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/3e2d337fbc28c1eca8f6dad88656bdce.jpg 4a9976ca21376d5aef1502bd9cde5986 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/abc9cef617e3e418344e90150a038f4a.jpg 74b99e8b2a9f66653b52f4cfb60d7c6a https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/e6e4f3c705bf9d0fe8560c94e0584246.jpg fa85bb3cad16408f8d5c84425d5689c2 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/2843690488ff6d8508d807b39c9a7b88.jpg 0ba0ee04e1a3b3f70cba3b7ced870349 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/aa76050d5a386d8c986c95cd47d7bc13.jpg 5903e82c527403e478137f0234d4ebd1 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/43ebea668717dd7f116ae9a620808c63.jpg 22ecf52de3193700bc32b1283f904c85 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/d5282152a6c7e772b7a9c6eb639d7954.jpg c0c27adfa15a9cf2020444d5addd3025 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/e70e3fd3ac0b568dd2c2ff1eaa9578d3.jpg c834cf90a12d96113c7e930b98bb6ca2 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/dc51df42f5a92a87aec5bf9d141feb07.jpg 3c3d0158cf7d75a04b599b2f2c5c0bd8 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 29 Sun Siblings 1931, Head of School (Stearns) Records Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter from Thomas Sun, New Haven, Conn., to Alfred E. Stearns, March 25, 1931 (includes detailed financial account November 8, 1930 to March 24, 1931) Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Thomas Sun, New Haven, Conn., to Alfred E. Stearns, March 25, 1931 (includes detailed financial account November 8, 1930 to March 24, 1931) Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Thomas Sun Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Phillips Academy Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource March 25, 1931 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Rights Reserved by Phillips Academy Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Correspondence Relation A related resource My dear Dr. Stearns, By the contents of the enclosed papers, I am sure, you immediately came to the conclusion that I am again asking you for some more money. In truth, I am. College bills took most of the last amount you sent to me last time, and everyday expenses took the rest, I still have some left in the bank, but not a very substantial amount--about fifty dollars. With the approach of Easter vacation, I hope to go away for a few days, and my present finances will not permit me to do that, I am also having my pictures taken for the first time for a long time, I shall leave it all to you as regards to the amount you will send to me, but I hope it shall not fall below three hundred dollars. With that I hope to last through the year. I have heard several times from home during the past month, but I failed to find anything concerning the prospects of my going home this summer. I looked into my diary the other day and calculated that you wrote to Father about the first of February and Mary wrote about a week later. If that is true, no answer will probably be received till the middle or the end of next month. Furthermore, I think Father will delay answering such a request for some time allowing him time to think the matter over. Mary is rather expectant and practically sure that I will be going home with her. In fact, I am hoping secretly that I may go myself. However, I am making preparations for further study, because in case I can not go, it will not be too much of a disaapointment [sic] with me, and on the other hand, I will be able to embark with more enthusiasm. Mary is still uncertain as to the time she is going to leave. She is waiting to hear from home about my prospects, and in case I can go with her, she will probably decide a time sometimes during the latter part of July or the first part of August. I could get nothing definite from her, and she is constantly changing her plans concerning when to quit her position, and when to sail. I think, though, she has decided that she will not want to go home by way of Europe. I hope to see her to-morrow night, and if I can, I shall try to get her to decide definitely regardless of me. In the meantime, if you hear anything from Father, I shall be most anxious to learn of it. Weighing the situation from all angles, I am afraid that Father is not very keen on my going home this summer. And if he should decide in my favor, I think he will ask me to come back after a year’s stay. Looking at the facts away from the sentimentalities of homesickness, Father is rather insistent on my getting a Doctor’s degree. He wrote to me several times that his desire is to see me come home a most "learned scholar". The meaning of his intention is apparent, and if he is stubborn, I see no way out of staying here for two more years and may be three. Frankly, I am rather fed-up on studying. I want to get out and work. Although, my age is tender, I think I have seen enough of life to make me to want to SETTLE DOWN. During the course of my college days I have become rather frank and willing to look at things in a rather counter- conventional standpoint, as against the customary run of things. However, I am not in anyway radical--not even socialistic. But just modern. With that in view, I hope my viewpoint of things may be better understood. With that, I think I prefer to leave that particular remark more or less in-the- air. With kind regards to Miss Clemens and Marjory. Sincerely yours P. S. I am sending to you my complete account, an itemized graph from day to day, so that you can see just where my money is going, and also you will be able to understand my expenses by looking at the continuity and average of expenditures. I hope the "tables" will help you to “connect up" from one day to another my expenses. Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Thomas Sun https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/a7e0e078bfb8c77df1744201479871a3.jpg d3119efdf9b95fcd4d2b36ed99932c55 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 29 Sun Siblings 1931, Head of School (Stearns) Records Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Thomas Sun, New York City, March 28, 1931 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Thomas Sun, New York City, March 28, 1931 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 28, 1931 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Rights Reserved by Phillips Academy Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Correspondence Relation A related resource Dear Tom: I have your letter and the elaborate graphs or memoranda or whatever you call than covering your expenditures. The latter are most interesting, but really I haven't quite the time to interpret them. Please just write me frankly, and under a few headings only, where your money has gone. In other words, the main items, of course, are board, room, clothes, etc. My wish is to see just how these balance up. As I sent you five hundred dollars only this last month, I can't for the life of me see why another remittance is required just yet. Last year I sent you five hundred and fifty dollars in December and that lasted until the latter part of March. Of course, if another remittance at this time is going to carry you through the collegiate year, I should Just as soon you would have it now as later. Last year I sent you a remittance in May. I had supposed that that would be about the time that you would require one this year. Please straighten me out on this, for I am at a little loss to understand the whys and wherefores of your present financial stress, if such it be. I am still waiting word from your father, having heard nothing in reply to my letters urging that you be allowed to go home and suggesting that Mary would prefer to give up the European trip. It is too bad your father as that slant on "learned scholars”, although it is a natural Chinese inheritance, of course, and one that is in itself most commendable. My own judgment, however, is that if fewer of the Chinese students who have cane to this country in recent years had returned to their homeland as "learned scholars”, and instead has set out to acquire knowledge and experience needed to help solve the practical problems which confront China today, a good many of the troubles of recent years would have been lessened materially, if not prevented altogether. Anyway, I shall be keenly disappointed if your father does not feel that it is wise for you to come home this summer. Ever yours, Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Thomas Sun https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/d3f48a5fc26c6fd917e009a2895fa0fa.jpg 17414e4091734034c5fa4da1c678d32f https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/d3198bdcfd26f1c013b37b97058e02d7.jpg 6ed3874ce5b2a55d89baf1ba257a684d https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/2b911d76cbcce36a9d50886141dd3aca.jpg a804a68cdc6443580b82210537e2a28a Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 29 Sun Siblings 1931, Head of School (Stearns) Records Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter from Thomas Sun, New Haven, Conn., to Alfred E. Stearns, March 28, 1931 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Thomas Sun, New Haven, Conn., to Alfred E. Stearns, March 28, 1931 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Thomas Sun Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Phillips Academy Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource March 28, 1931 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Rights Reserved by Phillips Academy Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Correspondence Relation A related resource My Dear Dr. Stearns, Soon after I mailed my last letter to you, I received a letter from home dated March 2, 1931. In the letter Father did not say anything about the prospects of my going home at all till I finish the work down here at Yale. However, the date of the letter made me think. If he mailed the letter on March 2, he must have received either your letter or even Mary’s asking him to let me to go home. And yet, he said nothing about it to me. Mary received a letter from him the same day, and he said nothing about in that either. Now I am asking you, whether or not you have heard. Any information will be greatly appreciated. One thing which I did definitely is that I wrote to Father myself asking him to let me go home. I did that right after I received the letter. In the letter, Father said that due to the exchange of silver, he has to furnish five dollars to every dollar I spend here. On that ground, I asked him to let me go, because the whole family can almost live, in Chinese money, on what he has to send to me every year in American money, I wrote rather lengthily, and I hope that he will be taken over by my sincere arguments. Maybe, a personal appeal from myself will tell him that I myself want to go home. At any rate, I hope he will consider my proposal seriously. I saw Mary last night, and failed to get her to come to a definite plan. One thing she is certain on, and that is she wants me to go with her. The situation is this: —She refuses to make any definite plans till she hears from Father about my prospects of going home with her. If I can go with her, she will probably want to go by way of Pacific if Dad will not Down to insist on her going to Europe. But if Father does insist, she will go that way and take me along with her. In case if I am not allowed to go home with her, she does not know exactly what to do. She does not want to travel alone across the Pacific, and yet she is rather uncertain about going by way of Europe. Some girl friends of hers are going to leave New York around the middle of June and go to Europe and thence to China by way of India. One of the girls asked her to go along, but the invitation was merely a casual one and Mary hates to receive any invitations of that nature. Miss Sze, the daughter of Minister Sze in London invited her to come to London and visit them for a while. Miss Sze is a student in Wellesley and plans to leave New York some times soon after her graduation from there. To Mary the invitation was a very good one, because she will have a chance to see Charlie and at the same time see Europe according to Father’s wishes. But she will not go the rest of way alone from London to Tientsin. It is not exactly safe to travel all by herself for half-way around the world, and I do not blame her for hestitating [sic]. The ride from Berlin to Pekin on the Trans-Siberian Railroad is not a very comfortable one, and Mary has to have some one to look after her. The boat trip from Genoa to Shanghai through the Suez Canal, India, Signapore [sic], and other Strait Settlement is not of the best, and I personally will hate to see Mary travel all that distance all alone. Therefore I see her point in waiting before making a decision. She wants me to go with her, because in that way she can choose to travel any one of the three ways, across the Pacific, by Trans-Siberian Railroad, or by way of India. I think I will be able to take care of her. But as for going all along, I doubt she will venture it, and I can see her reasons for refusing to do so. She is hoping, I dare say, against hope that I can go with her. Although I am hoping that I may go with her, I hold little chance of being able to do so. There is the situation, and I am at a loss as to know what to do with her. The girls who asked her to go with them casually sails far too soon for Mary's convenience. I think they plan to sail for Europe and then by way of India to China sometimes early in June even before Mary receives her diploma. That, of course, will make it impossible for Mary to go with them. Even if Mary could go, she will feel that she would be imposing upon them, because the invitation was so casual so as to be a mere formality. They asked her, because it looks nice, and I do not exactly blame Mary for refusing to go with them. It may seem that I am confusing matters up for you. But at the same time, I think Mary should not travel alone. I did not exactly see her point before, but after last night’s talk, she more or less "took me over" by her arguments. I hope you can make a valuable suggestion. Sincerely yours Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Thomas Sun