80 10 3636 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/cc46d28f4e2586e4d944346dbabab963.jpg c3a387a4d7a823fe4caabdf4c12e090e 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 Hsu Shian Lin (father of Frank Lin), Japanese Concession, Tientsin, to Alfred E. Stearns, November 18, 1922 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Hsu Shian Lin (father of Frank Lin), Japanese Concession, Tientsin, to Alfred E. Stearns, November 18, 1922 Relation A related resource Dear Sir, I beg to acknowledge with thank receipt of your kind favour of Sept. 27th. advising receipt of chairs and also conveying the news of my boy’s admission to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. I am delighted to note your remark concerning Frank’s behaviour during his stay in your house and am sure that his good conduct is the result of his close contact with you, but he will be henceforth the loser for not having your fatherly care and protection as in the past, so I pray that you will treat him in a likewise manner wherever he has an opportunity of calling on you again in the future. Thanking you for your kindness to my son and wishing you the compliments of the season, I beg to remain, Yours sincerely, Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Hsu Shian Lin (father of Frank Lin) 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 18, 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 Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Frank Lin Hsu Shian Lin https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/21bdc8a748358662da827a81e68f0724.jpg 223fd261a213e37823c0bc6ccadbbc28 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 Stearns to Chung Ying (C.Y.) Sun, Tientsin, November 29, 1922 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred Stearns to Chung Ying (C.Y.) Sun, Tientsin, November 29, 1922 Relation A related resource Dear Mr. Sun: I am enclosing herewith the statements of the children and Quincy Sheh for the past year. The receipts for the bills involved will be sent you under separate cover if you desire, or held here for possible future reference. Whichever plan you prefer will be perfectly satisfactory to me. I believe we have been able to cut down expenses a bit, this past year, though even so prevailing prices carry the outlays far higher than would have been the case in the older days, and than I wish might be true today. The children are all exceptionally well and seemingly happy. Arthur writes me encouragingly of his work and progress at the Institute of Technology and it is a real pleasure to be able to welcome him at the house over the weekend from time to time when he finds it possible to get away from his work. I hope to have all the boys at the house over the Christmas holidays. Tom seems to be doing much better this year. His work does not come so easily to him as it does to the other boys, but his spirit has been good and I feel sure that he is really trying hard to give you good returns. Charles has developed wonderfully. That boy ought to go far and be a real factor in the life of his country during the years just ahead of us. He has a fine mind, well balanced judgment, and a most manly and friendly disposition which win the confidence and respect of those whom he touches. Mary is making a good record at Abbot Academy. I have talked recently with her teachers and they all speak in very high terms of her ability and spirit. So far as her studies are concerned I have nothing whatever to complain of. In other matters it is not so easy to get a good response for, as you know, Mary has a stubborn streak in her; of value at times no doubt, but on other occasions a bit distressing. Both Miss Clemons and I have felt that Mary should have a reasonable amount of fresh air and exercise, her tendency being to stick to her books and in her room, from which fresh air is pretty rigorously excluded. Many attempts have been made to induce Mary to see the value of these recommendations, but they have met with little success, until we have almost given up hope of securing co-operation. I am sure you are as anxious as we are that Mary should grow strong physically as well as mentally, and it is with that belief that we have tried our best to induce her to observe a few rules of hygiene, on the wisdom and necessity of which all modern doctors are agreed. As the Christmas season draws near please accept the greetings of your friends across the world, and their expressions of esteem and friendly good will. I wish you might be here to join in the festivities of this holiday season in which, for the past two or three years, our Chinese friends have played the most important part. We expect a generous gathering of them again this year, with representatives from Harvard and Technology, and perhaps even Yale. If you could ever join that group our pleasure would be complete. With warmest personal regards, and every best wish for the days ahead, believe me, Very sincerely yours, Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Alfred 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 29, 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 C.Y.Sun Dr. Alfred E. Stearns https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/07dc0c8fd0e18e0126720a869033289b.jpg 30a9b7d05119541f0a8ee6c3319d8bc1 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/b86059d949a73ffbba2780e9ae2d9c41.jpg f6cee337137647d588ee0762506474cf 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 Stearns to Chung Ying (C.Y.) Sun, Tientsin, September 9, 1922 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred Stearns to Chung Ying (C.Y.) Sun, Tientsin, September 9, 1922 Relation A related resource My dear Dr. Sun: Your letters of June 25, July 16 and 22 have been too long unanswered. They reached me, however, during the summer months up at my camp in the goods where letter writing at best is difficult and where my mail almost invariably gets away from me. I trust, therefore, that you will understand the reasons for and pardon my delay. We are now back in Andover. The boys, including Lin and Sheh, having preceded us by a couple of days. Mary drove down with us in the car. The trip at best is hard for her, as she is apt to be troubled with car-sickness, something which comes to [illegible] her, and to an even greater degree on the train. She stood the journey well, however, and is in the best of spirits now. The boys seem to have had a wonderfully happy and worth-while summer. I have no doubt they will write you about it. The camp was well managed this year and a great satisfaction, especially in view of the poor start which was made last summer. The chief difficulty I find with the boys is duly impressing upon them the importance of being neat and tidy about their rooms and the handling of their clothes and other possessions. During the actual camp session they did splendidly under the somewhat strict supervision of those in control. I allowed them to remain at the camp several days after the formal closing, camping out with themselves and the guide, and I confess that the condition in which I found things at the end of that time utterly discouraged me. They had done so well during the camp session that I was doubly surprised and disappointed. In other respects they had done all, and more, that one could wish, and I hope and trust that we shall be able to eradicate this weakness in their make-up. I thank you sincerely for your report of Mr. Liang and his activities. I value his friendship highly and am delighted to hear of the new honors that have come to him. I hope that even though his children are not to be under my charge and are to be located in another part of the state, they will occasionally find it possible to visit my home and mingle with the other boys. Accept my congratulations on the award of a Tsing Hua Scholarship to Arthur. The boy has earned it fully, in my judgment, and I am sure that the investment will prove a good one. The money will be duly credited to his account, as you have requested, and I shall be glad to advise you on its receipt and to give you any particulars I may learn later that seem likely to prove of interest to you. I assume that the money will be sent to me without any request on my part. I have already acknowledged the receipt of your check for $5000, and I am glad to learn from your letter, following the check, that my original assumption was correct; namely that $1000, each, shall be credited to Arthur, Charles, Thomas, Quincey, and Mary. Just so soon as the opening rush of the school year is over I hope to find time to draw off and send you copies of the individual accounts of the boys and Mary up to date. With warmest personal regards and trusting that you and your family are in the best of health, believe me Very sincerely yours, Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Alfred 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, 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 C.Y.Sun Dr. Alfred E. Stearns https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/896bb29ee8455716b58984150e826503.jpg 229ed572e8a5fd2c29e0e2b6fbe2f70e 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 C.Y. Sun, Tientsin, to Alfred E. Stearns, July 22, 1922 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from C.Y. Sun, Tientsin, to Alfred E. Stearns, July 22, 1922 Relation A related resource My dear Stearns;- In continuation of my letter of 16th inst, I regret to have to say that the information I previously gave in respect of the amount receivable by Arthur from his Tsing Hua Scholarship was not correct. It appears from a letter from the Tsing Hua College Authorities recently received here that the partial Scholarship awarded to Arthur would only entitle him to a receipt of G. $480,00. a year payable in 12 monthly instalments [sic]. You will be interested to know that the 2 youngest Children (Grace and Thimaos [sic]) of Mr Liang are to proceed to the States in August next for the completion of their education. They will be put under the charge of Mr G.C. Gardener of Springfield, Mass, whose father had looked after Mr Liang when he was in America 40 years ago. I anticipate taking a short trip to Shanghai to participate in a scheme for the conseravcy [sic] of the Hwai River that is proving such a havoc to central China by its frequent overflooding. My interest in the project is purely philanthropic as these perennial visitations are too sad to be allowed to continue without affecting all of us. The Government should be undertaking work of this nature and it is believed that if private individuals should interest themselves in the initiative the powers-that-be may be sufficiently awakened to do the needful. there is a proposition of inviting Dr. John R. Freeman of Providence, R.I. to come to China to assist in the carrying out of the scheme. You may know him. With kind regards to all Yours very truly Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource C.Y. 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 July 22, 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 C.Y.Sun Dr. Alfred E. Stearns https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/b6067b73d3f4264d10fb7435f785d3b2.jpg aa448ae3b9bc44c29f5d4eb2e3c4458c 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 C.Y. Sun, Tientsin, to Alfred E. Stearns, July 16, 1922 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from C.Y. Sun, Tientsin, to Alfred E. Stearns, July 16, 1922 Relation A related resource My dear Dr. Stearns;- You will be interested to know that Arthur has been awarded a Tsing Hua Scholarship (these scholarships are given to promising studnets [sic] from the fund resulting from the waiving of a part of the Indemnity payment by your Government in connection with the so called Box Outbreak of 1900). I understand that a Tsing Hua Scholarship is entitle to G. $ 80- per month payable quarterly and the tuition of the institution of the holder that is to say that Arthur would be given G. $ 240- each quarter and the tuition of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. I presume what is due to Arthur would be paid you and when received I shall be very glad to know about it with such pariculars [sic] as you may deem of interest to me. Should there be any unduly delay in your receipt of these periodical payments please communicate with the Commissioner of the Tsing Hua Students C/O the Chinese Legation , Washington. These receipts may be entered in the boy's account as though receipts from China mentioning, of course, their sourse [sic] and the quarter for which they are paid. They should not be treated separately to avoid extra clerical work. The polical [sic] situation is still in a confused state. As you have seen in the papers we have recently had quite an anxious time through the quarreling of two military heads one functioning in North China and the other in Manchuria. As soon as this ended, a fracas occurred in Canton which is not yet over. With feudalism prevailing all over the land as a result of the usurpation of the military magnates outbreak here & there, now and then are only to be expected. We are all displeased at the present state of affairs but powerless so patience must be our lot. We are well and hope you all are enjoy good health as usual. Yours every cordially Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource C.Y. Sun Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource July 16, 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 C.Y.Sun Dr. Alfred E. Stearns https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/f75320b6becca0e368166f82da32baac.jpg 5a9a832daff6246c0a0dbedd85bd610a https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/1a24406c04550008734e868a8708c0de.jpg a4c9691b57647f9b02bd8145f7177950 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 C.Y. Sun, Tientsin, to Alfred E. Stearns, June 25, 1922 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from C.Y. Sun, Tientsin, to Alfred E. Stearns, June 25, 1922 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource C.Y. 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 June 25, 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 My dear Dr. Stearns;- I have received both of your kind letters bearing dates of 19th April and 5th May for which please accept my sincere thanks. It is most grartifying [sic] that Arthur is developing so nicely and that he is doing at the Institute in Boston is impressing you. Mary, it is presumed, was not sufficiently advanced in her studies to have enable her to keep pace with the Northfield curriculum so it was well that she was taken away for further preparation. You speak of trying to find a suitable institution for her in which, I am certain you will be successful. In regard to Charley and Thomas I am glad to her that they are promising. Thomas is probably too young to keep up with his brother and, as you say, his being put back to repeat his work would probably be best for him. Referring to your letter of 5th May I should repeat that my letter of 7th April was not meant further than as an offer of suggestions and I am delighted that you had accepted it so very cordially. Being so far distant from your place and unacquanted [sic] with the life requirements of the Eastern States, my notion of what students needs must, under the circumstance, be a matter of conjecture which I should be the first to acknowledge. I may state I am most glad to hear from you that the young folks we have with you are duly conscious of the expediency of their early training in economy and with your guidence [sic] available to them at all times they will do, it is certain, as all of us would like to have them do. As you have surmised, Mr Liang has seen us and aside from giving a splendid account of all at Andover has told us that Foodstuff, Clothing and living in general in your country have all gone up tremendously in cost in recent years. He has also told us the beautiful home you are keeping and that all who paricipate [sic] in its enjoyment must, in the natual [sic] order of things contribute in a reasonable measure towards its upkeep. Mr Liang's story was such as to give us entire satisfaction in every way and we (inclusive of Mr Sheh & Mr Ling) have you and Miss Clemons to thank for the gratifying state of things pertaining to our children. As you say, we presume our young people are outgrowing the clothing they took from China and in renewing it we feel thankful to Miss Clemons is making such special effort to secure reasonable bargains. The other items you have dealt upon have also been noted by me and will be conveyed to Mr Sheh & Mr Ling who will be interested to hear about them. I have referred to our mutual friend Mr Liang and I know that a few lines more about him will be of interest to you. Mr Liang, although a retired official, has been requested by our government to undertake further service for a short time in heading our Commission to negotiate with the British Commission for the rendition of Wai Hai Wei in terms of the Washington Conference. Mr Liang I may add, is an intimate friend of mine of very long standing and that being so, his movements are watched by me with friendly concern and as you, too, is one of his esteem friends this little item about him will, we imagine, interest you no less than ourselves here. With most kind regards to yourself, Miss Clemons and the rest of the family. I remain My dear Dr. Stearns yours truly P. S.;- I beg to inform you on 8th inst, I have authorized a T.T. remittance to you. The cable reads as follows;- ( Sent by Russo Asiatic Bank Tientsin to Irving National Bank of New York ) "Advise and pay Doctor Stearns Phillips Academy n "a/c Sun G. $5,000.00." For this sum, please credit to Mary, Arthur, Charlse [sic], Thomas and Quincy of one thounsoud [sic] dollars ($ 1,000.00.) each and oblige. C.Y.Sun Dr. Alfred E. Stearns https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/cbbf77ad5dd9168b6c827d5d5fc94bbe.jpg 0d5f1d6d494d8766ace49344fe35566a https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/cf0ecc422850a330f7d57fb113319c73.jpg 72bbefc77f2f4dd86251f26685572988 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 Stearns to Chung Ying (C.Y.) Sun, Tientsin, May 5, 1922 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred Stearns to Chung Ying (C.Y.) Sun, Tientsin, May 5, 1922 Relation A related resource My dear Mr. Sun: I have received and read with keen interest your friendly letter of April 7. Your feelings about the importance of teaching these youngsters economy are fully shared by me; but I confess that in these unusual days I find it very hard to know just where to draw the line. In general let me say that the boys personally have shown little disposition to indulge in extravagances; for the past few months they have spent considerably less than they did when they first arrived. This is only natural, for at the outset there were special expenses which had to be met to cover new conditions, expenses which are unlikely to occur again. The largest item, where I feel that a curtailment might have been made, is that relating to the past summer. Unless boys away from home can join regular summer camps it is next to impossible to find suitable conditions or places under which they may safely pass the summer months. The camps referred to vary widely in character and price. The Y.M.C.A., for example, conducts a number of camps, but almost entirely for boys of very limited means and boys who, in the main, have had little cultural background. I felt pretty confident that such an arrangement would not commend itself to you as best for the children during their first summer in America. The camp which I selected for Arthur and Quincey was well known to me and in charge of men with whom I have been associated in the past, and felt sure that the boys would live there under the best of conditions. I knew it was fairly expensive camp but did not realize until the first bills arrived that the charges had been increased considerably above what i had known them to be in the past. Under the circumstances, I shall not make use of this particular camp next summer. I think, however, that I have found another that will answer the purpose and where the charges will be distinctly less; indeed the cost of living has fallen off a bit this year, and I now from my own experience that the charges of the past summer will probably not be justified this year. Even so, the expenses in connection with running a camp of this kind are always pretty heavy, if the boys who are there are to have the proper attention and the bets of conditions. Lin from the start has been very earnest in his desire to keep his expenses low. He has succeeded pretty well too. At his own request I found him a camp last summer where the rates were about as low as any. I think it was just the place for him last year, but he, himself, admits that he needs a different environment this year, and especially older boys. One of the hardest items to meet satisfactorily is that of clothes, as the price of clothing has fallen very little from the excessive prices which came into being during the war. Tom and Charlie have been growing so rapidly They have very much outgrown most of the clothes they brought with them and even some which were purchased soon after their arrival. Miss Clemons has made a special effort to secure good bargains from reliable firms; and such purchases have been made and for which there appeared to be definite need. In justice to the boys I ought to say that they have clung tenaciously to the old clothes, even when it was apparent that these should have been discarded, if the youngsters were not to give among their mates a definite impression of real poverty. As I said before, I have many evidences to indicate that the boys, themselves, were earnest in their desire to keep their expenses as low as possible. You have probably noted that Mary's charges for this year have been five dollars per week. I wish that I could make them less and still cover actual expenses. Of course if I lived in a simple home such as I should prefer to do and would do if it were not for my official position here, the problem would be immensely simple. I can assure you, however, that I shall do everything I can to carry out your expressed and very sensible wishes in this connection. Charlie continues to make particularly good progress in his school work. His teachers tell me that he is gathering momentum very rapidly, far more so than they had supposed possible Tom, as I have already intimated, will have to repeat the current year's work next year, but he ought to be able to handle it well by that time. This will put him only one year behind Charlie where, according to his age, he would naturally belong. From all I can gather, Arthur is working hard and with good success. Mary, I believe, is getting all we can expect from Abbot Academy this year, and certainly in the classroom more than she would have secured at Northfield. My biggest problem is to find the right school for her next year; for in these days the American boarding school for girls, especially, presents a curious phenomenon, and one hesitates to intrust a girl to the influences which seem to predominate in most, at least, of these institutions. Again thanking you for your very frank and helpful letter and with warmest personal regards, believe me Very sincerely yours, Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Alfred 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, 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 C.Y.Sun Dr. Alfred E. Stearns https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/1a8265747c8ae4ef095edecf7304d7ad.jpg 0bbb76fa9678f19e1b35dac84c067dc7 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/de07687a34a56ee1f0697f3c24509e55.jpg 521adae5ef678b2f695331c1343f9f91 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/3306413eda02d4759616484f437c0d0d.jpg 1522e678c7970744f192ba6bb01a2edd 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 Stearns to Chung Ying (C.Y.) Sun, Tientsin, April 19, 1922 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred Stearns to Chung Ying (C.Y.) Sun, Tientsin, April 19, 1922 Relation A related resource My dear Mr. Sun: Your last letter, bearing date of January 15th, has long remained unanswered; though I know that most of the information called for by it has been transmitted to you through various channels, including my last, but a bit earlier, letter. By this time I trust that Mr. Liang will have returned to Tientsin and given you this latest direct news from the members of your family in America. I am writing this brief letter, therefore, merely to indicate the present situation, though there is nothing especially new to report. Arthur has been spending the past two or three days with us, as he has had a brief vacation celebrating the Easter season; and I like to have him feel that my house is definitely his American home. I have been very pleasantly impressed with what his life and work at the Institute of Technology are doing for him. He seems more mature than formerly and talks very sensibly about life and its various problems. In scholarship he has gained steadily and, on the whole, I believe is developing very well. I find it much easier than formerly to discuss intimately with him the problems of the other members of the family, and this is a great help. As you know, at the present time Mary is living with me and attending Abbot Academy, a local and excellent boarding school, as a day student, while my own daughter is completing her course in the high school. The change from Northfield was made with regret, but it seemed necessary. In my daughter’s case overwork had seriously impaired the girl’s health; and the doctor recommended special diet and care to restore her vitality. Mary might have remained at Northfield, but the principal of the school assured me that the work, even of their lowest class, was really a bit beyond her and that she needed a further year of preparation if she were to go on there successfully. Under the circumstances and in view of this recommendation I deemed it wise to withdraw Mary from the school at the same time that my own daughter left. What to do for the coming year is still the problem. My feeling is that Mary ought to enter, as a regular student, some good girls' boarding school instead of continuing the present arrangement where she is only a day scholar and hence does not have full opportunity to mix with the other girls and enter into all phases of the school life. The problem is to find, in these strange modern days, a school which still maintains the old high standards of scholarship and Christian character building. I am constantly making inquiries among friends in whose judgment I have confidence, but am still at a loss to know just what to do. The reaction from the war have worked their distressing influence on social and moral standards in America, as they evidently have done in other lands. That the pendulum will swing back again in time is my sincere belief. The days through which we are passing cannot fail to make us all anxious. Charles and Thomas are going steadily on in their school work at Phillips Academy. Charles has gained steadily from the start and will undoubtedly secure his regular promotion at the end of the year. Thomas has found the work very difficult, and, as I was disposed to anticipate, will doubtless have to repeat the work of the lowest class next year. Possibly he would have gone ahead a bit faster, though I am inclined to doubt it, if he had gone to some other and lower grade school for this year. He was so anxious to be with his brother, however, that I finally allowed him to make the attempt here; and as his instructors felt that he was gaining much from the experience, even if he were not likely to secure his promotion, I decided to let him stay. Please let me thank you, l and most heartily, for the copy of our photograph. I feel more than ever now as if I knew you and could count you among my good friends. The photograph stands on my desk in my study and has attracted much favorable comment from many of my friends who have seen it. Trusting that you will always feel free to express very frankly to me questions that may arise in your mind in regard to your children or to offer any suggestions that commend themselves to you by which I may be better able to carry out your wishes for them, believe me, with regards and esteem, Very sincerely yours, Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Alfred 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 19, 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 C.Y.Sun Dr. Alfred E. Stearns https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/2a10ffb8e90c3d98e631a4025f2ca9a4.jpg 9c65313fc1cd6a61bef39414888736de 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 C.Y. Sun, Tientsin, to Alfred E. Stearns, April 7, 1922 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from C.Y. Sun, Tientsin, to Alfred E. Stearns, April 7, 1922 Relation A related resource My dear Dr. Stearns: I have your letters of 18th and 26th January and 22nd February last for which I sincerely thank you. They would have been acknowledged early were it not that I have journeying about in the interest of famine relief work etc. The accounts enclosed in your letter of 26th January are found satisfactory would hardly require assurance. They will be submitted to Messrs Sheh and Lin in due course. As you have asked for an opinion from me as regards the children’s expenditure I feel I should meet you but whatever I now express should only be accepted as a suggestion as I fully realize that being thousands of miles away from their locality I am in no position to have any accurate idea as to their absolute requirements. From the accounts to hand it seems that they, particularly Arthur, have been spending somewhat beyond our estimate. I understand from various quarters that the students our Government have sent to the States are allowed only $87 per month exclusive of their tuition which is attached to separately and it is said that their expenditure, all in all, average each about $1200 a year, this being the case, Arthur’s expenditure seems somewhat large. However, in view of the high cost of living at the present time in the States the $1200 per year for the Government students may hardly be sufficient to meet all their requirements. In this country of ours where economy is one of our cardinal principles, it would be wise to have the children practice what the Government students are doing. There will be no harm to make them careful in their spending so that they may know the value of money. I think Messrs Sheh and Lin would be of my opinion if theirs would be referred to-particularly at this juncture when trade is at a stand still and the fiscal matters somewhat out of gear. However, I should repeat that you knowing the local conditions would know better than any of us here as regards the children’s retrenching and on your better judgment we should rely. The children according to your letters and the reports of Captain and Mrs. Chen and Mr. Liang-who has just arrived-are getting on finely, which I need not assure you is most gratifying to us all here. With warmest regards to all about you. I remain, Yours very truly, Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource C.Y. 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 April 7, 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 C.Y.Sun Dr. Alfred E. Stearns https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/003a68efd8674fdd8e34854141a13e7d.jpg 34c746b894e88d5939dda6540c72ac5c https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/71e0bb45b72c607363e5eede71f2f5e4.jpg 0b7969c3c0c14f39a76e01bc36c39566 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 Stearns to Chung Ying (C.Y.) Sun, Tientsin, February 22, 1922 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred Stearns to Chung Ying (C.Y.) Sun, Tientsin, February 22, 1922 Relation A related resource My dear Mr. Sun: Your letter of January 29th has just reached me, and I note that the $5000. recently transferred to me by cable, and the receipt of which was duly acknowledged, is to be distributed between your four children and Quincy Sheh - $1000. for each account. I am accordingly making the distribution as requested. I mailed you several weeks ago complete statements of receipts and expenditures for each of the boys and Mary up to December last. These, I trust, will have reached you safely by this time and from them you will be able to form a pretty good idea of the amounts necessary to meet the school and other expenses of the children while they are in Americas We are hoping, of course, that prices will drop in the near future. There have been changes in recent months, but unfortunately not all have been in the downward direction, though in the matter of clothes it seems possible to meet the needs of the children at a smaller expense than formerly. Arthur's funds are still in my hands, and he is accustomed to apply to me each month for the amount seemingly necessary to meet his college and living expenses. He furnishes me a detailed statement showing just how the money has been used. So far as I can judge, he is disposed to be very careful in handling this money and has given me no cause for anxiety on this score. He tells me that he has now found a good home. His first room did not prove in every way satisfactory, and I agreed with him that a change was desirable. Of course it is very difficult in a city like Cambridge, with the tremendous demand resulting from the presence of two such large institutions as Harvard and the Institute of Technology, to find the ideal home in which to live during the college course from what Arthur tells me, however, I have reason to think that he is happy in his present quarters. I have encouraged him to come out to Andover whenever he could and pass the week-ends with me and the rest of the family. I am glad to hear that Mr. and Mrs. Chen have safely reached their home country. It was a real delight to meet them here. I only wish we could have seen a bit more of them. We have been experiencing a pretty wide-spread attack of influenza in this part of the country during recent weeks. The epidemic appeared in the school a few weeks ago and for several days we had a pretty strenuous time. Fortunately the cases were extremely light - very different from the disease of 1918; and the boys, after a several days' lay-off, were able to resume their duties in normal health. Quincy just at present is at the infirmary with a sore throat, but the doctor thinks he will be out within the next two days. Thomas also joined the group there for two or three days, but returned to us with his old-time health and vigor and has suffered no ill effects from the experience. The rest of the group have fortunately escaped thus far. With warmest personal regards, believe me Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Alfred 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 22, 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 C.Y.Sun Dr. Alfred E. Stearns