Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Mr. Thomas Lee, December 18, 1914
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Title
Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Mr. Thomas Lee, December 18, 1914
Subject
Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Mr. Thomas Lee, December 18, 1914
Description
Typed letter sent from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Tommy Lee. Sent requested $45 check. Reminds Lee that father's check only squared account. States Bartlet Hall is missing its roof and top floor windows. Urges Lee to work on chemistry grade.
Transcription
Dear Tommy:
Thank you for your good letter, even though it did not bring me the best of news. For Goodness’ sake get off that “official” just as quickly as you can. You never should have been in this box anyway, and I hope you will never get in it again.
I sent you a check for $45. yesterday, immediately on receipt of your letter, so that you might have it at the earliest possible moment. You will be careful with it I am sure, for just bear in mind that the check recently received from your father did hardly more than square your account up to date, for you have been pretty well in arrears and I have had to borrow to keep the pot boiling for you. I shall try to get off to you during the holidays a complete statement of your account to date.
Sorry to hear you are not going to take a run over to China for the holidays. I think I should be tempted to join you if you were. Still, you can perhaps count on an extra day or two to indulge in social festivities if you decide to remain on this side of the planet.
Except for the loss of its roof, and the empty, staring windows in the top floors, Bartlet Hall does not look so very different from its old self. The walls are intact and we shall restore it on the old lines at an early date.
Wishing you the happiest kind of a holiday season, and hoping to see something of you before many weeks have passed, believe me, as always,
Yours most sincerely,
Thank you for your good letter, even though it did not bring me the best of news. For Goodness’ sake get off that “official” just as quickly as you can. You never should have been in this box anyway, and I hope you will never get in it again.
I sent you a check for $45. yesterday, immediately on receipt of your letter, so that you might have it at the earliest possible moment. You will be careful with it I am sure, for just bear in mind that the check recently received from your father did hardly more than square your account up to date, for you have been pretty well in arrears and I have had to borrow to keep the pot boiling for you. I shall try to get off to you during the holidays a complete statement of your account to date.
Sorry to hear you are not going to take a run over to China for the holidays. I think I should be tempted to join you if you were. Still, you can perhaps count on an extra day or two to indulge in social festivities if you decide to remain on this side of the planet.
Except for the loss of its roof, and the empty, staring windows in the top floors, Bartlet Hall does not look so very different from its old self. The walls are intact and we shall restore it on the old lines at an early date.
Wishing you the happiest kind of a holiday season, and hoping to see something of you before many weeks have passed, believe me, as always,
Yours most sincerely,
Creator
Dr. Alfred E. Stearns
Publisher
Phillips Academy
Date
December 18, 1914
Rights
All Rights Reserved By Phillips Academy
Language
English
Type
Correspondence