96 10 3636 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/b545744e300b121c6401fea60396b50a.jpg b1fba69e831b7ca0c79190cb70cebfc5 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 29 Sun Siblings September-December 1926, Head of School (Stearns) Records Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter from C.Y. Sun, Tientsin, to Alfred E. Stearns, August 22, 1926 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from C.Y. Sun, Tientsin, to Alfred E. Stearns, August 22, 1926 Relation A related resource My dear Dr. Stearns, I am in receipt of your kind letter of July 16th informing me the receipt of the remittance of G. $7,500.00 for the account of the children for which I wish to thank you. The statements of the accounts of my children & Quincy Sheh that have sent to me by your Secretary Mr Greenwood recently I found Quincy has the biggest credit balance than others, I therefore suggest that you credit him with $500.00. Instead of $1,500.00 out of the last remittance of $7,500.00., as to the $1,000,00. difference thus created I propose to place to the credits of Mary’s & Tom’s accounts each with $500,00. Trusting this will not give you too much trouble. With kindest regards very cordially yours 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 August 22, 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 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/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/472d3f93922b83a9e158281da0992f97.jpg 43be3f4e6bd7a454ef2d5af9d19221f2 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/bde30b436b5ac0bc7783bfe7b6f08e8d.jpg 5885dfbce2bc5094dfa1fcbbca7d9d42 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 11, 1921 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from C.Y. Sun, Tientsin, to Alfred E. Stearns, July 11, 1921 Relation A related resource My dear Dr. Stearns, First of all I wish to acknowledge receipt of your three letters dated March 7th., April 16th. and May 24th respectively. I am not unaware of my guilty in not having fully answering them much sooner than this and having allowed your letters to accumulate. But since August last, I have been exceedingly busy in the famine relief work. It is strange to say that it had taken almost all my time and energy and today I feel the effect of such an effort. During the last month, I was compelled to go to the mountains for a complete rest. Answering your letter of March 7th., allow me to say that while having never been in your country and come into intimate contact with the economic situation in America, I fully appreciate the effect of high cost of living upon every phase of American life. I can readily understand your servant problem. And I sincerely consider what you charge for my children’s room and board is only fair and just. As I have repeatedly assured you, what in your judgment to be right is satisfactory to me. I am much indebted to you for the care you exercise over my children in every other way than the financial matters, which are so well taken care off. Let me thank you also for the statements so carefully prepared showing a balance on March 1st. to be: Arthur $185.59; Charles $491.14; Thomas $483.82; Mary $587.41. I am glad to hear that the children are not unruly and are happy. I have no doubt that they have improved greatly since they were placed under your oversight. In this connection, I am not ungrateful to the kindness of Miss Clemons who takes such a care of them. My especial thanks are due her for her care to Mary when she was sick with a cold. I also very deeply appreciate your kindness to Chareles [sic] when he was operated upon. In short, I consider it a great fortune to the children to have the help they receive from you. Regarding the plan for the summer, I will again leave the matter entirety to your judgment and, moreover, my letter will reach you after such plans are made I know you will give them the best that is obtainable. I am glad Mr. Robinson has paid you a visit recently. He has been a good friend of ours when he was in Tientsin and it is really good of him to have come to see the children, and talked over their well-being with you. I am afraid, some of the children, knowing my situation, may have given you the impression that their expenses are a little higher than their parents would them to bear and even made to suggestion of going to some summer camp where fees are relatively lower. I must say such suggestions are altogether unwarranted. I am glad you did not approve of their going to the camps they suggested. From the letters I receive from the children, Charles and Thomas are members of the Boyscotts [sic]. I am glad they are. If there is a girlscott [sic] in Andover, I wish Mary will also join. From the last paragraph of your letter dated May 24th., the party in your house is about to be broken up next fall. Arthur going to Boston, Charles and Thomas entering Phillips and Mary going somewhere else. If you think time has come when these youngsters are qualified to be away from your personal guildance [sic], let them go where they will receive the fullest benefit. I know you will not fall in placing them always under the best Christian influence for I wish to see them develop to be true Christians. As to Arthur's language difficulties, I am much concerned, I think he should be fully equipped with facilities to express himself fully when he returns. I consider an education is not complete without a thoroughly efficient command of the English language, however well he may be informed in technical subjects. I know you will see that his English is improved even he has to spend a little more time just for this particular subject. I am perhaps too ambitious to entertain the hope that these children will come back to China with the best education and will be ranked among the returned students as among the best. I envy our friend Mr. M.T. Liang whose elderest [sic] boy, Paul, recently returned from England with the highest degree and is now rapidly gaining reputation in Tientsin as a surgeon. In this connection, I doubt if it meets with your approval to have some of the younger children to take up Latin next fall. I think foreign language can be best learnt while they are yet young. If you think none of them is yet ready to study Latin this coming fall, any foreign language perhaps will be just as suitable to them. At any rate, I leave this, as all other matters, to your best judgment. Once more, let me thank you, dear Dr. Stearns for all the care I imposed upon you. I also wish to thank Miss Stearns for her kindness to Mary. With my best wishes and regards. Yours gratefully, P.S. I enclose a letter addressed to my children. Please be good enough as pass it onto them. 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 11, 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/74daa8f542ece73285f3ee02af407dfe.jpg fd8c4542d889590c4766318b6d6c14cb https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/875e68fed54595be4c2057869da3bbef.jpg 583b629e0265312706c4f195c030f671 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, August 10, 1921 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from C.Y. Sun, Tientsin, to Alfred E. Stearns, August 10, 1921 Relation A related resource My dear Dr. Stearns; Mr. Liang has been good enough as to show me your letter to him dated the 24th June. It goes without saying that I was much interested in its contents. I am glad that the children, under your eminent guidance, have met with successes in their career. Mary wrote to me about the ball game, Andover vs. Exeter. I am much astonished at her excitement she betrayed upon Andover's victory and how she went to ring the school bell. She was rather a reserved girl a year ago. It is such a change in her temperament. During the year past she must have learned the true meaning of sympathy and how to respond freely and fully to the right stimuli I feel that she is now free from that restraint common to our old custom and observed by our young girls. After reading carefully once more the letters you wrote me and the letter I sent to you on July 11th, I have just one more word to add. From your letter I gathered the impression that all the four children are likely to be separated by the coming term. I hope you understand that their leaving your house is the least thing I desired. Though under changed circumstance and with your approval, I must agree to their seeking new homes elsewhere. It is most gratifying to learn from Mary that she will go to the same school with your daughter. As to Charles, Thomas, I hope you will still keep them in your house as they are to enter Philips [sic] Academy only. I wrote to you in my last letter about these youngsters to learn Latin. Whether they should take it up or not I leave the matter wholly to your expert judgement, though I think that these children may be benefitted by acquiring a scholarly preparation now besides whatever profession they may take up afterwards. From my observation they have the languist [sic] talent. Do you think it would be advisable for them to take up German besides French and English. Regarding to Arthur I have not heard definitly [sic] about his having passed his examination, as I have only received 3 diplomas. From the tones of the letters I received I presume he will be qualified to enter college. I am glad to hear that Arthur has joined camp Aloha of New Hampshire with Quincy and that the three younger ones are enjoying camping with you. Inclosed please find herewith a draft on Irving Rational Bank of N.Y. No I2/226 dated Aug. 3rd ’21, to your order amounting to $3,000. Please credit same as follows; $1,000. to Arthur, $1,000 to Quincy Shih (by his father’s/request) /$400, to Mary and $300. each to Charles and Thomas, and much oblige. In conclusion permit me to thank you most sincerely for all the trouble you have taken on my childrens' behalf. Your very sincerely, 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 August 10, 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/aea6ddeeec31b79f468d23a6ee1c4340.jpg aae75fe6d3665c700ddf33aedf3a94bb https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/68a0be074d26a44a7013a0892a2585a9.jpg dbd7ad9b6286b22b42462648b4642177 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, January 15, 1922 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from C.Y. Sun, Tientsin, to Alfred E. Stearns, January 15, 1922 Relation A related resource Dear Dr. Stearns, First of all, I wish to offer you my apologies for having delayed to reply to your letter dated September 16, 1921 for such a long time, propbably [sic] you will excuse me if you know that ever since your kind letter was received, I spent all my time in Shanghai until day before yesterday. In Shanghai, I was fully engaged in the campaign to send relief to the millions of suffering people from floods in Kiangsu, Anhwei and Chekiang, three densely populated provinces in mid-China. In Kiangsu, not all the flood water has subsided. It is still six or seven feet deep in many places. From your letter, I noticed that my remittance of $3,000 has been received and placed to the credit of Mary and the boys. I was also exceedingly glad to learn that Arthur was entering the Boston Tech., Thomas and Charles were about to enter Phillips, and Mary was going to Northfield Seminary with your daughter to whom, I am proud to learn, she is a very good friend. It has been very thoughtful of you to lighten the school work for the younger boys by allowing them to take five instead of four years to complete course so as to enable them to acquire a good, firm foundation in English. Regarding Latin and German, I happened to offer a suggestion because I was anxious that they should prepare themselves to be highly educated men. I thank you for your thought on this subject and will leave it to your wise discretion. As you knew, Arthur was baptised in China. I always wished him to be under the Influences of the Church. Now he is in Boston. I will ask you to see that he is properly guilded [sic] in that direction while he is attending college. I have just seen a letter written by Thomas to my grand nephew, Wang. In that, I could get an impression that he, too, is much inclined toward Christianity. I am very much pleased with some of the remarks he made in that letter. Now I am hoping that soon I will hear from the children that they actually join the Church. Not little have I heard about the summer camps from the children. They all wrote that they were pleased with the camping life and the lesson it taught them. Especially, Mary told me that she was very pround [sic] because she was able to help in household work. I have already written to my children about doing house-work. I suggested to them that they should offer assistance in any way possible. I think it is to their advantage that they do so. They should consider it a privilege to be permitted to participate in the American home life. I must confess that I was a bit concerned when I heard from our friend, Mr. Liang that Mary felt homesick and wanted to return to China with her sister, Mrs. Chen. I understand from the latter that she and her husband called upon you and looked up Mary in Northfield. I wired Mr. Liang to persuade Mary to stay. In the next mail I hope to receive a letter from Mr. Liang and to learn the real causes of Mary’s desire to come home. I hope Mary was comforted by the visit of her sister and that she has overcome her home-sickness now. Yes, I love to see my daughter home. But I also love to see her being educated. I shall be totally disappointed, if she returns at this time. I sent her to America because I wanted her to receive modern education. My country sorely needs highly educated women and I want to see Mary become one. Please pray for her. Permit me to say, my dear Dr. Stearns, that I am really deeply indebted to you and Miss Clemons for the added work I impose upon you in putting my children under your care. During the year that has past, they all have received untold benefits both in their studies and in life itself. If not for my prolonged trip to Shanghai, I would have already sent you a new remittance. But my work in connection with the flood relief has upset all my personal program. So I am forwarding you the remittance within this week. I hope that the delay on my part has not inconvenienced you to any great extent. Going with the same mail, I am sending you with my very sincere regards, a copy of my portrait. I hope in this way we will know each other even more intimately than ever and that you will someday favor me with a copy of your portrait. Faithfully yours, CYS/D 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 January 15, 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/50ab34ca8df7940c037793e51c02bfd1.jpg 74ae848edc9cf4af873ca3cf49359b61 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, January 27, 1922 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from C.Y. Sun, Tientsin, to Alfred E. Stearns, January 27, 1922 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource C.Y. Sun Relation A related resource My dear Dr. Stearns, I beg to advise that on Jan. 16th. I have requested the Tientsin Branch of Russo-Asiatic Bank to send you by telegraphic transfer a sum of Five thousand (5,000) dollars through their agents, the Irving National Bank of New York. Tientsin bank’s advice read: "Advise and pay Stearns Philips Acedemay [sic] account of Sun Gold $5,000" I trust you have been duly advised. For this remittance, please credit $1,000 each Arthur, Mary, Charles, Thomas and Quency Sheh. In order to enable me to make necessary financial arrangements to meet these children’s requirements, I wonder if it would give you too much trouble to send me a rough estimate of their annual expenses. I shall be deeply grateful if you could help me in this regard. Arthur is now in Boston. I understand inducements in such a big city for him to spend money are numerous. I hope his expenses are still under your control even though he is a few miles from you. I also trust that while in Boston, he is boarding in a reputable and good family where he could have an opportunity to study the life of American homes. Both my daughter and son-in-low [sic], Mr. & Mrs. Chen arrived here this afternoon on their way to Peking. At the station, they told me how kind you have been to them when they called upon you. I wish to thank you heartily for your kindness shown them. Very truly yours, 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 January 27, 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/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/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