Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to K.F. Tsai, The Stearns School, Mont Vernon, N.H., January 18, 1923
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Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to K.F. Tsai, The Stearns School, Mont Vernon, N.H., January 18, 1923
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Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to K.F. Tsai, The Stearns School, Mont Vernon, N.H. , January 18, 1923
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18 January, 1923
Mr. K. F. Tsai
The Stearns School
Mont Vernon, New Hampshire
My dear Tsai:
Thank you for your nice note. I am enclosing check for ten dollars, as requested. Kindly return receipt.
I do hope you will find that your work at Mont Vernon for the rest of this year will help you greatly in developing a little more momentum and in getting results. I can’t bear to think of the possibility of your losing out, though, as you know, I have been very anxious and at times much disappointed up to date.
Let me take this opportunity also to apologize sincerely for the unfortunate developments at the beginning of the term, for the story has come to me that you returned to Andover without any idea that you were to withdraw at this time, and that you did not discover the fact until you found some one else in your room. I thought I had made it clear to you before you left for your holidays that this was without much doubt to be the decision of the faculty. When I wrote you, therefore, during the middle of the holiday vacation asking you to come to Andover a day or two before school opened in order to decide on your plans for the future, I felt practically clear that you could interpret this letter in no other way than that the decision for the change had been definitely reached. If I had happened to be here at the very openings of the winter term, perhaps I could have eased the situation for you. Anyway I am sincerely sorry for what happened, and can assure you that whatever the humiliation to which you may have been subjected, it was all entirely unintentional on my part.
Very sincerely yours,
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Mr. K. F. Tsai
The Stearns School
Mont Vernon, New Hampshire
My dear Tsai:
Thank you for your nice note. I am enclosing check for ten dollars, as requested. Kindly return receipt.
I do hope you will find that your work at Mont Vernon for the rest of this year will help you greatly in developing a little more momentum and in getting results. I can’t bear to think of the possibility of your losing out, though, as you know, I have been very anxious and at times much disappointed up to date.
Let me take this opportunity also to apologize sincerely for the unfortunate developments at the beginning of the term, for the story has come to me that you returned to Andover without any idea that you were to withdraw at this time, and that you did not discover the fact until you found some one else in your room. I thought I had made it clear to you before you left for your holidays that this was without much doubt to be the decision of the faculty. When I wrote you, therefore, during the middle of the holiday vacation asking you to come to Andover a day or two before school opened in order to decide on your plans for the future, I felt practically clear that you could interpret this letter in no other way than that the decision for the change had been definitely reached. If I had happened to be here at the very openings of the winter term, perhaps I could have eased the situation for you. Anyway I am sincerely sorry for what happened, and can assure you that whatever the humiliation to which you may have been subjected, it was all entirely unintentional on my part.
Very sincerely yours,
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Creator
Alfred E. Stearns
Publisher
Phillips Academy
Date
January 18, 1923
Rights
All Rights Reserved By Phillips Academy
Language
English
Type
Correspondence