81 10 3636 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/2e2d055a517ac879fe2f3a1e7b5b716c.jpg bae3b9076f1e3077081d66040bd0c47a 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 Sao K. Alfred Sze, Chinese Legation, London November 14, 1929 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Sao K. Alfred Sze, Chinese Legation, London November 14, 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 November 14, 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 Doctor Sze: Your letter of October 30, enclosing that of Mr. C.Y. Sun dated July 20, has just reached me. On receipt of your letter I cabled you as follows: "Have instructed Charles Sun arrange passage England earliest possible date" Please pardon my seeming carelessness in not sending you an earlier message, but I had assumed that Charlie Sun himself would advise you direct of his plans. Only yesterday I received word from Charlie that he was to sail today on the S. S. "Bremen". Doubtless he will have reached you before this letter appears. I am sure that you will find Charlie Sun as fine a boy as it has ever been your privilege to meet. Of all the Chinese boys with whom I have been thrown in intimate contact for the past thirty years, Charlie, I think, has proved on the whole, as able and satisfactory a lad as any of the group. He has been conscientious and faithful in his work, always dependable, and yet possessing social qualities which have not led him astray into social excesses by any means, but which have rendered him as acceptable companion and friend to those who have had the opportunity to meet him. I feel sure that he will be able to render you at this time a real service and that as the years go by he will exert no little influence for all that is best in his own homeland. I am naturally very much interested in what you write me of the piece of jade which Mr. C.Y. Sun has so generously consigned to me through your good offices, nothing could be valued more highly by me than a gift of this kind and there is no one from whom more than Mr. Sun it would prompt deeper feelings of appreciation. Under the circumstances, I believe that it will probably be best for you to ship the jade direct to me, if this can be done in safety, for I do not know how soon if at all I could delegate some friend to bring it over in person. If you feel that there is any serious risk involved in shipping it, I shall of course defer to your judgment and try to discover some one during the months ahead who will be coming back to this country and who I can perhaps persuade to secure from you and bring in person to me the article in question. With warm personal regards, and wishing you every success and happiness in your life and work in England, believe me Very sincerely yours, Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Sao Ke Alfred Sze https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/8a9fa450c2be471fb668ce249496f3a6.jpg 2804444e441b8756a283c29ea74f17d4 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 Sao K. Alfred Sze, London December 26, 1929 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Sao K. Alfred Sze, London December 26, 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 26, 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 December 26, 1929 Dear Doctor Sze: Thank you for your letter of December 4, advising me of Charlie Sun's arrival and your receipt of my letter of November 14. Charlie has already written me several times, and I judge from the tone of his letters that he has been passing through the natural period of homesickness and distress associated with readjustments to new conditions and the making of new contacts with strangers. I am glad to feel that a good friend like you is standing by to help him in this process. It will be wholly unsatisfactory to me to have Mrs. Sze bring the jade to New York with her when she makes the trip later. My own son is located in New York now and I can easily arrange to have him meet her if desired on her arrival. Wishing you and yours the happiest of New Years, and with kind personal regards, believe me Very sincerely yours, Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Sao Ke Alfred Sze https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/73a667c8e5acf67a97bd99358029b83d.jpg da039d58e4cc4187919c7091b9d8055a Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 29 Sun Siblings January-June 1927, Head of School (Stearns) Records Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Sao-Ke Alfred Sze, Chinese Legation, Washington, D.C,. February 5, 1927 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Sao-Ke Alfred Sze, Chinese Legation, Washington, D.C,. February 5, 1927 Relation A related resource My dear Dr. Sze: I wish to thank you for sending me so promptly the copy of Miss French's letter. 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 5, 1927 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Rights Reserved by Phillips Academy Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Correspondence Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Sao Ke Alfred Sze https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/84c0c2bcd7d5ef96b8aedcf1825af78b.jpg 31c399d04386bbff338fbae256659a3c 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 1923-1926 Folder 1, 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 Sao-Ke Alfred Sze, Chinese Legation, Washington, D.C. June 11, 1926 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Sao-Ke Alfred Sze, Chinese Legation, Washington, D.C. June 11, 1926 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Alfred E. Stearns Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Phillips Academy Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource June 11, 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 Relation A related resource June 11, 1926 Dr. Sao-Ke Alfred Sze Chinese Legation Washington, D. C. My dear Dr. Sze Thank you for your letter of June 7, which I find on my desk on my return from a hurried trip to New York. I am asking the Principal of Sea Pines to send you the literature of the school that you may have a clear picture of the place and its life and work. Miss Bickford writes me by this morning's mail that Mary seems increasingly contented and happy; so that I am disposed to agree with you that the best arrangement I can make for Mary is to continue the Sea Pines connection through the summer, and I hope that Mary herself will feel that this is really the best thing to do. I received only a few days ago Mr. Sun’s letter to which you refer. Apparently he is inclined to approve all of the steps we have taken thus far to provide for Mary’s 'further stay in America and her college course. Trusting that you will have a most enjoyable and restful simmer, believe me Very sincerely yours. Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Sao Ke Alfred Sze https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/4f440ae47ed913d27111592f0517b394.jpg 9154d5286b9b4d84ca53ebaf9b8af5f7 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/2cbbefdf1604d908b74e97b70fd1a92d.jpg 43e4ab7ed4b26c17f7d70b992e56be9d 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 1923-1926 Folder 1, 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 Sao-Ke Alfred Sze, Chinese Legation, Washington, D.C. June 2, 1926 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Sao-Ke Alfred Sze, Chinese Legation, Washington, D.C. June 2, 1926 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Alfred E. Stearns Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Phillips Academy Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource June 2, 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 Relation A related resource June 2 1926 Hon. Sao-Ke Alfred Sze Chinese Legation Washington D. C. My dear Dr. Sze: Since my last letter to you, I have been giving further and some anxious thought to Mary Sun’s plans for the summer, my chief concern being to make satisfactory arrangements for the period between the close of her work at her present school and the beginning of the earner work at Ithaca or elsewhere. Some one with whom I happened to be discussing the matter recommended strongly the Sea fines School at Brewster, Mass., down on Cape Cod and of a somewhat unusual and distinctly good atmosphere. I have known of the school for years and have always heard it very highly spoken of, and at one time I had even considered it seriously as perhaps the proper school for Mary. When this last suggestion was made. it occurred to me that I might be able to persuade the Principal, Miss Bickford, to take Mary for a limited time, and I at once got in touch with her by telephone. To my great satisfaction Miss Bickford expressed her willingness to take Mary in at once, although her regular school, session is shortly to close. Miss Bickford happens to be in Boston at present and has agreed to take Mary back with her to school on Thursday of this week. She will keep her there as long as authorized and at a very reasonably rate, $25.00 per week. The more I have thought over the problem, the more I am inclined to hesitate to approve of a summer for Mary in the surrounding which she would naturally encounter at Cornell. I know that these college summer schools invite all kinds and classes and that the problem of supervision and guidance for the individual student may often became a very complicated and difficult one. As the Sea Pines School has a regular summer session, is attractively located on the Cape Cod 8 Shore, and is in charge of a woman of exceptionally fine character and high ideals. I am wondering if, after all, this might not prove the best plan to continue through the summer, assuming, of course, that we find after the first two or three weeks’ test that the place is all I how believe it to be. Since you have been so kind and have gone to so much trouble already in this matter. I do not feel like abandoning at once and altogether the plan you have already proposed, and I should welcome your full approval of the one suggested above before taking any further steps to make it permanently operative. If I had thought of it earlier, I would unquestionably have expressed my preference for it over the Ithaca proposition, which, with all of its attractions, has its distinct drawbacks as well. I really can’t get very enthusiastic over the thought of leaving Mary in a large college dormitory for the summer, regardless of the person who is in charge of it. for I know from experience that college summer schools are generally pretty free and easy affairs and the supervision at best rather casual. Please write me frankly how the suggestions I have made above strike you, and don’t hesitate to criticize them if you have any grounds whatever for doing so. Very sincerely yours. Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Sao Ke Alfred Sze https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/fc7a09e777eb7ddb8d0c3744a481351a.jpg b0433096dbc128cccd08b8d1aa124b46 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/ce2394452e933aec76ec92aff717eadf.jpg b931acd1607fa74fb91ad9cbe6c671b1 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 1923-1926 Folder 1, 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 Sao-Ke Alfred Sze, Chinese Legation, Washington, D.C. June 5, 1926 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Sao-Ke Alfred Sze, Chinese Legation, Washington, D.C. June 5, 1926 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Alfred E. Stearns Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Phillips Academy Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource June 5, 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 Relation A related resource June 5. 1936 Hon. Sao-Ke Alfred Sze Chinese Legation Washington. D. C. My dear Dr. Sze: Again my thanks for your prompt reply to my recent communication. Miss Bickford tells me that applications for the summer session at Sea Pines threaten to overcrowd them already and she is anxious to have me decide definitely within the next few days whether I wish to enter Mary for that session or not. Of course in sending Mary down there at this time I had in mind providing for the interim period between the closing of her last school and the opening of the Cornell session. At the same time, I recognized that, if the arrangement should prove satisfactory to all concerned. it might seem from all points of view wise to continue it through the summer. Naturally I should not have thought of this, had the original plan of having Mary live and tutor with a member of the Elmira faculty proved workable. Unless, therefore, you feel that there are reasons why Mary ought to go to Ithaca. I shall feel disposed to tell Miss Bickford that I am inclined to favor the Sea Pines arrangement for the summer and am ready to make a tentative application for Mary’s enrollment there, subject to cancellation in case to find that Mary is not going to be happy under this scheme. When Miss Clemons met Mary in Boston Thursday and turned her over to Miss Bickford. Mary made many inquiries about the school. Then she found that it was on the shore, that there would be a large group of girls there for the summer, and that tennis courts and other facilities were provided for a wholesome and active life, she seemed quite enthusiastic over the plan, and said she liked the idea of it very much. If her hopes are realized, therefore, I am inclined to think that she will take kindly to the suggestion of making that her summer home, and I am very sure that she could not be under better influences. A note from the Registrar of Elmira College received yesterday tells me so that the college will allow Mary 14 1/2 credits towards her admission on the basis of the work she has already covered to date and suggests that an additional half point in Algebra be worked off during the summer. While this becomes the technical requirement for admission, I feel sure that Mary should do some further work in English and perhaps French in order that she may not find the demands of the college curriculum too severe when she actually enters upon her work at Elmira. I am sorry that Mr.Robinson has delayed his visit until so late in the year. Tom Sun tells me that he had word from his mother that Mr. Robinson will not reach Andover until July. If that is the case, I may find it a bit difficult to make a personal contact with him, though as my daughter will probably sail for Europe about the last of July, I shall be in this part of the world, at least, at that time. With renewed assurances of esteem and appreciation of your more than friendly help, believe me Very sincerely yours. Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Sao Ke Alfred Sze https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/58f45c3802245b405a9ce00addcb2539.jpg 5144145ea76c27cb55b6d17e6d233870 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/06078ab28f0461ce06dbe4d6a585d6bb.jpg 61060a236b71c2e07dca0c6291ba00fc 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 1923-1926 Folder 1, 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 Sao-Ke Alfred Sze, Chinese Legation, Washington, D.C. May 18, 1926 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Sao-Ke Alfred Sze, Chinese Legation, Washington, D.C. May 18, 1926 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Alfred E. Stearns Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Phillips Academy Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource May 18, 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 Relation A related resource May 18, 1926 Hon. Sao-Ke Alfred Sze The Chinese legation Washington, D.C. My dear Mr.Sze: In response to your recent communication I wired you at Odessa as follows: "Thanks for message. Very grateful if you can arrange for Mary Sun’s summer at Elmira in home of some reliable teacher as suggested in our last conversation. Have delayed formal application for admission pending advices from Mary’s present school as to subjects she will be qualified to offer for entrance. Expect to have this within next few days. Summer tutoring probably necessary in any case.” I hope that this message reached you safely and that you gathered its meaning. As to Mary Sun’s telegram, which you were good enough to send me, the reference to Robinson is in connection with a contemplated visit of Mr. Arthur Robinson, Y. M. C. A. Secretary at Tientsin and a very close friend of Mr. Sun, who has been here once before to discuss the problems of these children with me and who Mr. Sun writes is coming again this spring to talk over with me further the plans for the future. During the uncertainty connected with the further work of Mary Sun and her brother Tom I have written both Mr.Sun and Mr. Robinson and have asked them to discuss together the contents of these letters, since I thought that I might be able to make myself a little clearer to Mr. Robinson than I could to Mr. Sun and that he would be able in consequence to enlighten the latter. I imagine that Mr. Robinson may appear at almost any time now, though I have not heard from him for some weeks. A word about the Elmira situation. I hope to have full information within the next few days from Mary’s present teachers so as to be able to give the Elmira authorities as complete information as possible as to Mary's fitness to enter anti carry the work there. In the meantime I hope that you will be able to secure from your friends in Elmira an endorsement of some reliable member of the faculty who will be willing to take Mary into her home this summer and give her such instruction as she may need to round out her preparation. This seems to me to be distinctly the best plan I can think of for Mary's summer and, if I remember rightly. It is one which you originally suggested. My main concern is that the family selected should be of the right kind and supply Mary a home with refinement and culture and reasonable oversight. I dislike exceedingly to burden you with a matter of this kind, and I can never tell you how deeply I appreciate the help you have given me thus far. With kindest personal regards, believe me Very sincerely yours. Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Sao Ke Alfred Sze https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/f27ff45bfafc5931e94f1c509c07ced7.jpg 23bb23f5ae6445b7246a95f3d3d51b26 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 1923-1926 Folder 1, 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 Sao-Ke Alfred Sze, Chinese Legation, Washington, D.C. May 20, 1926 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Sao-Ke Alfred Sze, Chinese Legation, Washington, D.C. May 20, 1926 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Alfred E. Stearns Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Phillips Academy Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource May 20, 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 Relation A related resource May 20, 1926 Hon. Sao Ke Alfred Sze Chinese Legation Washington. D. C. Dear Mr.Sze: Thank you so much for your kind letter of May 17. I have made formal application at Elmira for Mary’s admission next fall and hope to be able to close matters soon. In the meantime I will advise Miss French so soon as I can secure from Mrs. Russell the desired information, just what subjects Mary will have to be tutored in during the coming summer. Very sincerely yours. Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Sao Ke Alfred Sze https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/f073216e4dda058bf9782ef39bed0600.jpg e648c552a7ad3d9d8e537132cab55913 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/6b71777c01222d37c6cba3b2dd6be184.jpg 8063811e61ac2af24e473b49cfa47fab 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 1923-1926 Folder 1, 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 Sao-Ke Alfred Sze, Chinese Legation, Washington, D.C. May 24, 1926 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Sao-Ke Alfred Sze, Chinese Legation, Washington, D.C. May 24, 1926 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Alfred E. Stearns Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Phillips Academy Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource May 24, 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 Relation A related resource May 24, 1926 Mr. Sao-Ke Alfred Sze Chinese Legation Washington D.C. My dear Mr.Sze: You will be delighted to hear, I am sure the good news continued in a letter which I have this morning received from President Lent of Elmira College and which reads as follows: "Our Committee on Admissions met today. Your letter was referred to them. I am glad to report that they recommend the admission of Miss Mary Sun. We are accepting her on your recommendation.” I am forwarding the statement of Mary’s work up to date in order that they may know just where she stands. I have also written Dr. Lent that it was my intention to have Mary work during the summer at Elmira with one of the members of his teaching force. Mary has just written me that her school year ends June 3, a very early date, and I am wondering whether the right person to take care of her during the summer can be found by that time and would perhaps be willing to begin work at that early date. I don’t quite know how best to handle Mary during the month of June, unless such an arrangement can be worked out. The reason here is, of course, a busy and hectic one, and there is always a demand beyond my power to supply, for accommodations and entertainment at my home from visiting guests and returning alumni. It is just possible that the Whittier school can provide some special arrangement by which Mary can continue to work there. At any rate, I shall try to find out about this before deciding on the final plan. In the meantime, now that Mary has been definitely accepted at Almira, I hope that we can soon find the right person and the right home for her for the vacation period. With warm regards, believe me Very sincerely yours Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Sao Ke Alfred Sze https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/47f8a3d6eef55ebacb9f6ffa7a49e856.jpg 1edc04ff4994f25e33c0beaff269c2d3 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/6fce824bc5af3e77269727218fefc83b.jpg 947bea64e2b13d591feadc48a329ed69 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 1923-1926 Folder 1, 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 Sao-Ke Alfred Sze, Chinese Legation, Washington, D.C. May 29, 1926 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Sao-Ke Alfred Sze, Chinese Legation, Washington, D.C. May 29, 1926 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Alfred E. Stearns Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Phillips Academy Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource May 29, 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 Relation A related resource May 29, 1926 Mr. Sao-Ke Alfred Sze Chinese Legation Washington, D. C. My dear Mr. Sze: Many thanks for your letter of May 27, which came at a most opportune time, for I have been a bit puzzled for the last few days to know Just what arrangements to rake for Mary Sun’s summer. Only last night I had a long talk with her present principal, as I recently discovered that Mary’s school closes early in June and that some final arrangements must, therefore, be speedily made. I have forwarded to Elmira full details of Mary’s work to date and am having filled out at this moment additional and supplementary papers sent me by the registrar of the College, so that they may have the information desired in proper form. Evidently this part of the arrangements can be considered as going through smoothly and according to the customary requirements of the College. I am writing to Miss French by this same mail in order to close matters for the summer. It seems to me that the Kenniston House arrangement at Cornell offers the most attractive proposition for Mary’s summer, and I am asking Miss French, therefore, if she will be willing to make arrangements for Mary there. Apparently I must find something for Mary between the date of the closing of her school and that time. It may seem best to let her come back to Andover, though I rather dread to do so, only because of the somewhat hysterical influences that might still have their effect on her. Again my thanks for your generous and most helpful assistance in what has proved a rather complicated and difficult problem. I wish you were going to be a bit nearer us during the summer but am, of course, very glad to feel that you will be within reasonable touch of Mary and can check up on the situation in case the arrangements made do not work out so well in practice and they would seem likely to do in prospect. I have been making inquiries for you in the hope of discovering something down on the South Shore that would meet your needs, but tins far without success. I mention this so that you may not think I have been unmindful of you and the suggestions you made to me about a summer home, and can only express my sincere regret that my efforts have not met with success. Frankly, I found that I had very few contacts with people who were, in touch with South Shore property conditions. I do hope, however, the plans you have arranged will prove in every way satisfactory to you and the other members of your household. I am returning Miss French's letter, as requested. Very sincerely yours. Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Sao Ke Alfred Sze