Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Mr. Wong Vung Lung, December 16, 1908
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Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Mr. Wong Vung Lung, December 16, 1908
Subject
Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Mr. Wong Vung Lung, December 16, 1908
Description
Typed letter sent from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Wong Vung Lung. States other Chinese students have had similar issues with exchange rates. Believes Holt and Company will be reasonable. Asks how schoolwork at Purdue is going. States new China will look to current Chinese students for leadership.
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16 December, 1908
Mr Wong Vung Lung
Lafayette, Ind.
My dear Wong:
Your letter reached me this morning. I appreciate your situation and the difficulties attending the settlement of your bills. I have found that several of our Chinese boys have experienced the same trouble, owing to the poor exchange in China just now Holt and Company will be reasonable. I am sure, in view of the patience which they have already shown I hope, however, that it may be possible for you to make a settlement before long.
My latest reports from Jimmie Lee indicate that he is hoping to answer Exeter in the near future, I imagine he found it pretty lonely up in Vermont.
I shall he interested to hear how your work at Purdue is progressing and I shall be disappointed if the year does not prove in every way a most happy and satisfactory one to you – You boys have a wonderful opportunity to do a great work in the world when you return to China, and in order that that opportunity may be fully accepted, it is imperative that you should make the best use of every hour and of every chance offered you here in America. The new and greater China of the future will look to you for leadership, and she must not look in vain. It is because I feel this so strongly that I feel more than the usual interest in the Chinese boys that come to us. Frankly, I was a good deal disappointed in your record at Andover, but I realise that the poor results were not altogether your fault. and I most earnestly hope that the weak spots been strengthened and the dangerous tendencies eliminated.
With the best of wishes for a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, and a most successful and influential future. Believe me.
Very sincerely yours.
Mr Wong Vung Lung
Lafayette, Ind.
My dear Wong:
Your letter reached me this morning. I appreciate your situation and the difficulties attending the settlement of your bills. I have found that several of our Chinese boys have experienced the same trouble, owing to the poor exchange in China just now Holt and Company will be reasonable. I am sure, in view of the patience which they have already shown I hope, however, that it may be possible for you to make a settlement before long.
My latest reports from Jimmie Lee indicate that he is hoping to answer Exeter in the near future, I imagine he found it pretty lonely up in Vermont.
I shall he interested to hear how your work at Purdue is progressing and I shall be disappointed if the year does not prove in every way a most happy and satisfactory one to you – You boys have a wonderful opportunity to do a great work in the world when you return to China, and in order that that opportunity may be fully accepted, it is imperative that you should make the best use of every hour and of every chance offered you here in America. The new and greater China of the future will look to you for leadership, and she must not look in vain. It is because I feel this so strongly that I feel more than the usual interest in the Chinese boys that come to us. Frankly, I was a good deal disappointed in your record at Andover, but I realise that the poor results were not altogether your fault. and I most earnestly hope that the weak spots been strengthened and the dangerous tendencies eliminated.
With the best of wishes for a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, and a most successful and influential future. Believe me.
Very sincerely yours.
Creator
Dr. Alfred E. Stearns
Publisher
Phillips Academy
Date
December 16, 1908
Rights
All Rights Reserved By Phillips Academy
Language
English
Type
Correspondence