Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Joan Y. Hsu, November 9, 1926
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Title
Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Joan Y. Hsu, November 9, 1926
Subject
Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Joan Y. Hsu, November 9, 1926
Description
Typed letter sent from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Joan Y. Hsu about Helen's invitation to Hsu's wedding. Hesitates to give permission due to disruption in schoolwork and Helen's inexperience traveling in America.
Transcription
November 9, 1926
Miss Joan Y. Hsu
905 University Ave.
Syracuse, N.Y.
Dear Miss Hsu:
I have your letter requesting my premission for Miss Helen
Tsai to be present at your wedding on November 29.
I can readily understand how much you must desire to have
Helen with you, and I should like very much myself to allow her this privilege if I felt that it could be done without seriously interfering with her school work. The trip would mean an absence of several days, of course, and not many schools are willing to allow their regime to be broken into such an extent. I shall take the matter up with Helen’s principal, however, and let you know mere definitely later.
A second reason why I hesitate is because the journey is alone, and I don’t think that Helen, at her age and in a foreign land, should make the trip alone. If she were older and more accustomed to traveling in this country, I should perhaps feel more ready to allow her to accept a responsibility of this kind. As it is, I am afraid that her father would hardly approve of the arrangement.
Very sincerely yours
Miss Joan Y. Hsu
905 University Ave.
Syracuse, N.Y.
Dear Miss Hsu:
I have your letter requesting my premission for Miss Helen
Tsai to be present at your wedding on November 29.
I can readily understand how much you must desire to have
Helen with you, and I should like very much myself to allow her this privilege if I felt that it could be done without seriously interfering with her school work. The trip would mean an absence of several days, of course, and not many schools are willing to allow their regime to be broken into such an extent. I shall take the matter up with Helen’s principal, however, and let you know mere definitely later.
A second reason why I hesitate is because the journey is alone, and I don’t think that Helen, at her age and in a foreign land, should make the trip alone. If she were older and more accustomed to traveling in this country, I should perhaps feel more ready to allow her to accept a responsibility of this kind. As it is, I am afraid that her father would hardly approve of the arrangement.
Very sincerely yours
Creator
Dr. Alfred E. Stearns
Publisher
Phillips Academy
Date
November 9, 1926
Rights
All Rights Reserved By Phillips Academy
Language
English
Type
Manuscripts. Correspondence.