83 10 3636 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/3817986c2a901fc68cd617a0f74b3567.jpg 21cb417826ffebe70b5018cc71f03af0 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, February 7, 1921 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from C.Y. Sun, Tientsin, to Alfred E. Stearns, February 7, 1921 Relation A related resource My dear Dr. Stearns; I hope that my letter dated the 26th December last has reached you safely. I am indeed pleased to receive Arthur’s term report, in which I found that his record is not very good, especially in English and Drawing. I hope that his failure in passing all the subjects he studied with best marks, if not with distinction, are not due to negligence in study, but in all probability due to his delayed entrance into your College. No doubt you will be pleased to give him the necessary precaution so that he may succeed better in his studies this term. In the same report therein marked "Absences unexcused 2" which must mean some neglect on Arthur’s part. Though you are kind enough not to demerit him, possibly satisfactory explanations were given, I hope that you will caution Arthur to keep the best attendance he can hereafter. Availing the opportunity of a friend of mine who is proceeding to America via Europe with a Mission, I am sending through his care to you a fur overcoat skin and a fur collar which I hope you will accept as a little remembrance from me. Had I known your fit I would have had the overcoat made complete here. With the fur I am also sending to Miss Stearns a silk embroidered blouse which I hope you will permit her to accept. I must apologize for the remark I made in my last letter that Arthur needed further Christian home training as I was under the wrong impression that he has been staying in some home other than yours. Now I am very pleased to learn that you have not only taken Arthur into your own home but also young Quincy. Regarding the term reports of the other boys and Mary, I hope that they were on their way to China. I am just in receipt of my children’s letter telling me how very delightful and enjoyable Christmas they had in your dear house. I see from the pictures they sent me they are enjoying nice and healthy outdoor Winter sports. In conclusion I must hope that my children are not given you too much trouble. With best compliments of the season to you and your family. Yours respectfully, C.Y.Sun 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 February 7, 1921 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/7d9e7e9f8968b48d6d4ce7b796c0e7e2.jpg d3498a5f911d3eea9b0ecb6a5a55c1ef https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/fa603e24f5bcd30b7cf95c0e57f4286d.jpg 977204e26d3f7f2cdf20f5da065fb2bc 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, December 26, 1920 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from C.Y. Sun, Tientsin, to Alfred E. Stearns, December 26, 1920 Relation A related resource My dear Dr. Stearns, It is most gratifying to receive your kind favour of November the 5th and to note its contents. I appreciate deeply all the arrangements that you have made for all the children and especially so the admission of the three youngsters into your own home, —the very thing I cared most, as, their being admitted into a home like yours ensures good discipline which is an important part of their education. I am convinced that failures in life are always due to lack of religious home training during the so-called impressionable age of a youth. I feel greatly pleased over the kind remarks that you have made about Arthur, but I am of the opinion that he still needs further Christian home training to ensure his characters being perfectly adjusted. I wonder if it is possible or not too much for me to ask you to try to put him into a real, good Christian home for at least a certain length of time so as to enable him to get acquainted with the American home ideals. However, I leave the question to your best judgement, should you consider it otherwise. I thank you for your kind invitation for advice, I am sorry I have nothing to suggest any more than to say that I hope our children will be so trained and so educated as those best American Citizens that you turned out in the States. Besides, I don’t think one could give any advice after a reading of the introduction on page 16 of the report of Phillips Academy for 1919-1920 sent to me by Arthur. He also has been good enough to send me "The Phillips Bulletin” (Oct. 1920 issue). I read carefully and with interest your article entitled "Andover and China". Both writings represented to me a perfect knowledge of the Chinese youth and their mission to Phillips. A perusal of them leaves no room for any suggestion. Generally speaking, a Chinese youth should be taught especially the meaning as well as practice of the following ideals: Punctuality Frugality Discipline Self-sacrifice for a good cause Self-respect, self-denial, self-control, self-defence Respect for righteousness Exactness. As you are such a good, sympathic [sic] friend our younger generation, I venture to tell you the insufficiency in these virtures [sic] of our people. These faults have caused my nation being placed under an autocracy for the last centuries. We are now trying to get rid of it, and therefore it is absolutely essential to deroot these basis faults of the nation from our younger generation most vigoriously [sic]. I now wish to point out some of the short-comings of my children; first as regard to Arthur, I am afraid he needs to be exact in his habits; Charles is a very smart boy but his obstinate temperment [sic] requires treatment by explanations and persistant [sic] checking; Thomas is not so smart as the rest of the children but is a good hearted kid, his impulsiveness and sulkiness can easily be remedied by the application of the same method as I suggested for Charles. Mary is a very ambitious girl like her brothers, I think she will soon be more familiar with your family. She tells me she desires to learn violin besides other musical instruments. Finally, I wish to thank you most heartily for your consent to accept the guardianship over my children; your interest in them is so vital and valuable not only to our family but also to our nation. We all appreciate the great task that you so kindly and generously undertake to educate our younger generation. For this we are always grateful. Yours respectfully, 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 December 26, 1920 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Rights Reserved by Phillips Academy Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Correspondence C.Y.Sun Dr. Alfred E. Stearns https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/7d73cd4a4b79155990b996e8dd537968.jpg ba7edacbe2879ce1ddb15258cd495141 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 29 Sun Siblings 1920-1924, Head of School (Stearns) Records Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to M.T. Liang, Tientsin, December 13, 1920 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to M.T. Liang, Tientsin, December 13, 1920 Relation A related resource My dear Mr. Liang: Your nighty nice letter of October 29th is before me. Quincy Sheh arrived at about the same time and has apparently found little difficulty in adjusting himself the new conditions, and already looks like a full fledged Phillipian. He has been at the house several times and his old friends here were most glad to welcome him. He seems like a very attractive fellow. Just now the family circle is pretty well keyed up over the coming Christmas. We are planning a true, with all the fixings. I mean to make the event one which none of our eastern friends will be likely to forget. They are entering into it with the finest spirit and enthusiasm, which will mean much to the enjoyment of the affair by us all. I find that most of the other Chinese boys of the school are likely to be in town over the holidays and I have asked them to join us at the tree. This will make a group altogether of about twenty or more, which will keep Santa Claus a bit busy. I have heard with deep distress of the wide spread and terrible famine from which so much of China is suffering at this time. We have already taken one collection among our boys to aid your good work in alleviating the suffering of these stricken people, and we hope to do more next term. What a suffering world this is these days, with cries for help rising from all sides; and the worst of it all is that a vast portion of this suffering is due indirectly, if not directly, to the incompetency, greed and selfishness of man himself, and his utter disregard of the Golden Rule. Perhaps we need something wide spread like this in the way of calamity and suffering to bring us to our senses and make us duly humble, which, after all, must be the starting point of all accomplishment and real reform. With sincere good wishes for the Holiday Season and the coming New Year, believe me Always faithfully 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 December 13, 1920 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Rights Reserved by Phillips Academy Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Correspondence Dr. Alfred E. Stearns M.T. Liang https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/019e66b49e146962f404da8c483c8fbc.jpg e7a79688fbc187bc36a1fecf04bb8b9a https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/b2f1cbe570a25e7f8c2f90eb8390358a.jpg eb86aea7a031b9de8827fd73c3a9f2d4 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 5, 1920 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred Stearns to Chung Ying (C.Y.) Sun, Tientsin, November 5, 1920 Relation A related resource My dear Mr. Sun: Now that the members of your family have been with us long enough to get acquainted a bit, at least, and I myself have had a chance to come to know them, I feel that you ought to have a word from me by way of report at least. We are still living in such absolute confusion at my house, owing to somewhat extensive repairs that are being made, that my only wonder is that the youngsters have not grown utterly discouraged and been ready to seek another home. They have borne the order, however, splendidly, and with the finest spirit, and I am hopeful now that within the next two or three weeks at the latest we shall be able to give them some idea what the interior of an American home is really like. If they have not already formed some strange opinions on this subject I should be very much surprised. Let me say at the outset that I have enjoyed, and continue to enjoy even more keenly as the days go on, the presence of those bright and responsive children in my home. In using the word children I do not mean to include Arthur, who is a man in more than years, and on whom I feel I can lean and with whom I can consult with confidence and immense profit. I don't know when I have met a boy who has impressed me so favorably as has Arthur as a boy of character, stability and poise. The youngest members of the family are also entitled to their full share of commendation. Their faults, if they have any, are only those of youth so far as I can judge. Charles inspires affection. Thomas, though a bit impulsive and occasionally disposed to sulk, is at heart sound and increasingly responsive. Mary has won the affection of us all and fits beautifully into the home life, where no one could be more cheery, responsive and helpful than is she. At present the boys are taking their at the house. This is because of the complications involved in the servant question, which is always a very difficult question in this country. I am still hoping, however, that a bit later I may be able to keep all three of the children with me for all the meals. From all I can gather the three children are doing well in their studies at the public school. The first reports of the term have not yet come in but I have reason to believe that they will prove in every way satisfactory when they come. All three seem keenly interested in their studies, though they are a bit digressed to make too free use, in their private conversations, of their mother tongue, for the best and quickest comprehension of the English language. In due season I count on them to appreciate for themselves the desirability of strengthening their English by a more constant use of it, without in any way lessening their knowledge of and love for their native tongue. Please understand that this is a brief report only, and a little later I hope to write you more fully, though I have no doubt that the children themselves will keep you informed from time to time of their work, life and progress. If there is anything in these reports to suggest that I can, by a clearer appreciation of their needs and problems, be of further and greater help to them I shall count on you to advise me with the utmost frankness, for it is my earnest desire to co-operate in every possible way in order that the American experience and education of your boys and girls may be best advanced, and that the great sacrifice which you and they are making to this end may bear fullest and richest fruit. With kindest regards believe me always, 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 5, 1920 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Rights Reserved by Phillips Academy Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Correspondence C.Y.Sun Dr. Alfred E. Stearns https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/5947de20960e38d7500e169973196c4e.jpg 82212b717024b8018aedaa5752be9e23 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/3f3b0c98009505c23ba3a88bc775dc80.jpg 54654b86e0ac8496fb7167529efab36c 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 M.T. Liang, Tientsin, to Alfred E. Stearns, October 29, 1920 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from M.T. Liang, Tientsin, to Alfred E. Stearns, October 29, 1920 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource M.T. Liang Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Phillips Academy Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource October 29, 1920 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Rights Reserved by Phillips Academy Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Correspondence Dr. Alfred E. Stearns M.T. Liang https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/4bfb643629cadc728615d45a102df69c.jpg d09fd3c1280ea980fbc0572845f64758 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 Arthur G. Robinson, International Committee of Young Men's Christian Associations, New York, to Alfred E. Stearns, September 17, 1920 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Arthur G. Robinson, International Committee of Young Men's Christian Associations, New York, to Alfred E. Stearns, September 17, 1920 Relation A related resource Dear Mr. Stearns: It is my pleasure to write you regarding the coming to Andover of five Chinese students from Tientsin, China. They are boys whom I have known for four years and whose fathers I have known very well nearly as long. They come from very fine Chinese homes and I am very eager on account of my relationship with their fathers, especially as well as on account of my interest in the boys, to see that they have the happiest sort of introduction to our American school life. From two of the boys’ father I had a letter about their coming, which I shall be glad to show you. Originally he had left the matter of their education partly in my hands, but made an unexpectedly sudden decision to send the boys this year, and I do not know what led him to choose Andover. Last April I left Tientsin where I have been in Young Men’s Christian Association work for the last five years, and was not prepared for their coming so soon. It is good to know that they are going to such a splendid academy as yours. My home used to be in Waterville, Maine, and you can imagine how proud I am to have them come to New England and to such a fine old school as Andover. I should be very glad indeed if you would write me as to what you have heard regarding their coming, and want to help to get them situated there with you. You can hardly understand, I believe, how much these personal relationships mean to the people in the Orient, especially in China. My relations with these boys' fathers have been particularly intimate and close. I feel I must do everything in my power to help them and I hope you will pardon anything that seems like an intrusion on my part. Mr. Sun wrote me that the boys were all to be placed in fine Christian homes. He and I had many talks about this matter of the boys’ life in this country and I hope that his idea has been carried out with regard to their living there at Andover. If I go with them from here I believe I shall be able to give some assistance in Andover to such homes as may be opened to them or in helping you to understand some adjustments that may be necessary. Hoping that you will understand my interest and the motives that prompt my seeming intrusion into affairs that you perhaps would first think out of my province. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Arthur G. Robinson 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 17, 1920 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Rights Reserved by Phillips Academy Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Correspondence Arthur G. Robinson Dr. Alfred E. Stearns https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/1b482c264819776031f31dd9ab611316.jpg 288ef5a365aab9a528eaf14cf9f34bf8 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/d88d57f2b3412254fdbbe8f90e938249.jpg 21e9257ab00fa784296da6410cd9354e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 29 Sun Siblings 1920-1924, Head of School (Stearns) Records Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Edward H. Chandler, Twentieth Century Club, Boston, September 9, 1920 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Edward H. Chandler, Twentieth Century Club, Boston, September 9, 1920 Relation A related resource My dear Mr. Chandler: On my return to Andover from my summer vacation I find your letter of August 23rd. My desk also contains numerous letters, from Chinese friends and others, relating to the arrival in Andover in the near future of the group of Chinese boys and girls who are to be placed in my charge. Mr. M.T. Liang had already written me that one or two boys were to come in this way; but I have only just become aware that the group was to be so considerably enlarged. You may assure your nephew that these boys and girls from the other side of the world will receive my most careful thought and attention. For years I have dealt with Chinese students, nearly a hundred of them at one time or another having been temporary wards or semi-wards of mine, and no individual task connected with my work here at Andover has proved more satisfying or inspiring than this one. Under the circumstances I am ready to assume this new and still larger responsibility with real pleasure, fully as I realize the added burdens and anxiety that the task must impose. It is my present intention to look after the younger members of this group by keeping them, for the first few weeks of their stay at least, under my own roof; but I think arrangements can be worked out that will prove satisfactory. It will doubtless be necessary to allow some of the boys to eat at one of the school boarding houses or at the school dining hall in order that the domestic problem may not become too complicated. The young girl, however, I feel sure can be taken into my own family circle and treated exactly as a member of the family. In any case the parents and friends of these boys and girls may rest assured that the youngsters will have every care and consideration that one who is sincerely interested in their welfare can give them. Very sincerely yours, Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Alfred E. Stearns Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Phillips Academy Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource September 9, 1920 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Rights Reserved by Phillips Academy Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Correspondence Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Edward H. Chandler https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/ecbfcb515221a49fe8ac42830cdc645c.jpg 7c743374d901ef15eec7b7e02f7b22a4 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/059aaf0bc128a185dac7422a830e9718.jpg ff2c1758cc1a59cb86607208cc95463c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 29 Sun Siblings 1920-1924, Head of School (Stearns) Records Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to M.T. Liang, Tientsin, September 9, 1920 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to M.T. Liang, Tientsin, September 9, 1920 Relation A related resource My dear Mr. Liang: On my return to Andover this week from my summer vacation I find your letter and several other communications relating to the advent in the near future of the group of students from China who are to be placed in my charge. I can't begin to express to you how deeply I have been touched by this evidence of confidence and good will on the part of yourself and your friends in China. The significance of the responsibility now placed upon me I fully realize; but I welcome, and most gladly, this new opportunity for increased service, and especially when that service and be rendered for those who are so universally appreciative and responsible as I have always found the Chinese students to be. I can only assure you that to the best of my ability I shall endeavor to carry out the expressed wishes of yourself and the parents of these boys and girls and that in health and sickness as well they will have my most careful attention and will be given every care that I am accustomed to give my own children. These are busy days just now, as school is to open next week; and I can only send you a brief note at this time. Later on I will write you more fully as to the arrangements which have been decided upon and as to how things seem to be working out for all concerned. On the arrival of the group in Andover I shall be ready to take care of them. Temporarily at least I may find it necessary to house all of those who are to remain here in my own home, since accommodations on Andover hill at the present time are taxed to the utmost limit. Indeed I am inclined to think that I shall decide to keep the youngest member with me throughout the year; though it may be necessary to allow two of the boys to take their meals at the school dining hall, owing to the difficulty of handling the domestic problem in a private home when the family circle becomes too large. Miss Clemsons is delighted at the thought of being able to be of service in this way; and as she has always devoted her life to the care of young children, a work in which she has been eminently successful, you may count on the best of oversight and interest on her part. Again let me assure you of my deep appreciation of this renewed evidence of the confidence and trust which my Chinese friends are willing to place in me. I can only hope that I may be able to prove myself worthy of it all. Believe me, with warmest personal regards, Always most sincerely yours, Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Alfred E. Stearns Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Phillips Academy Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource September 9, 1920 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Rights Reserved by Phillips Academy Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Correspondence Dr. Alfred E. Stearns M.T. Liang https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/b56d8b715e35b8b42229f8a59f9e4658.jpg 5e3b468e0536a4447ce4f11ab1a462d9 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/afa120c592f185b8c5b4647beb0e8afd.jpg 44b3eef75520363907cef4cd57108aa5 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 29 Sun Siblings 1920-1924, Head of School (Stearns) Records Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Henry Smith Leiper, American Board Mission, Tientsin, September 9, 1920 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Henry Smith Leiper, American Board Mission, Tientsin, September 9, 1920 Relation A related resource My dear Mr. Leiper: Yours is, I believe, the fifth letter that I have dictated this morning to either parents or friends of the group of Chinese students who are expected to arrive in Andover in a couple of weeks. The party to which you refer in your letter has evidently grown a bit since you wrote; though I am still not quite sure whether five or seven will be the final number. I feel confident that I understand fully just what the parents desire for their children; and you may rest assured that I shall not betray the trust and confidence which they have so generously placed in me. I have been more than touched by it all, and tremble a bit as I realize the responsibility which the trust involves. Of one thing these parents may rest assured, and that is that their children will have as constant and thoughtful care from me as would my own. At present I am hoping to be able to provide accommodations for several of the group in my own home. It will probably be necessary to allow the boys to board at the school dining hall or outside the house, in order that the strain on the kitchen may not become too great. The young girl, however, I think I think I can include as a regular member of my family circle; that, at least, is my present intention. On this basis she would be able to go as a day scholar to Abbot Academy, or perhaps even better, for a year at least, attend our local high school where my daughter is at present enrolled, and where I believe, with such help as she would undoubtedly secure from my housekeeper, who has devoted her life to the teaching of children, she would gain as much in the way of American education as could reasonably be expected at the present time. From an experience of fifteen or twenty years with Chinese students, I have come to appreciate pretty fully what those parents and youngsters desire; and I know the depth of that desire through the knowledge of the immense sacrifice involved in sending those dear ones to the far corners of the world to secure those things which are believed to be necessary for this high accomplishment. They shall have the best I can give them in interest and affection; more than this I cannot well promise to do. With deep appreciation of your thoughtfulness in sending me such full information in regard to those travelers, and with warm personal regards and sincere good wishes, believe me always Faithfully yours, Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Alfred E. Stearns Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Phillips Academy Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource September 9, 1920 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Rights Reserved by Phillips Academy Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Correspondence Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Henry Smith Leiper https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/b73700b58d69b75f14b2ca55719f4009.jpg 5bd6574e3179c406e280d248b8c682ae https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/2d93dc7040793f64592a336cfb109163.jpg 6ac43dea45e2f199a6839681661afa19 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 Edward H. Chandler, Twentieth Century Club, Boston, to Alfred E. Stearns, August 23, 1920 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Edward H. Chandler, Twentieth Century Club, Boston, to Alfred E. Stearns, August 23, 1920 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Edward H. Chandler 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 August 23, 1920 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Rights Reserved by Phillips Academy Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Correspondence Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Edward H. Chandler