Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to George C. Gardner, Springfield, Mass. November 24, 1922 (regarding Tommy Liang)
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Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to George C. Gardner, Springfield, Mass. November 24, 1922 (regarding Tommy Liang)
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Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to George C. Gardner, Springfield, Mass. November 24, 1922 (regarding Tommy Liang)
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Dear Mr. Gardner:
On receipt of your wire I telephoned Mr. Perry at Exeter, who got in touch with young Liang, and he came down to see me yesterday. He had lunch with me and I took him to Lawrence early in the afternoon to catch the express for Exeter so that he would not lose his afternoon recitations. It has been arranged for the transfer to take place today for, after going over carefully with the boy and the instructors here, the problems connected with his schedule have straightened out and it seemed to us all wise that the new start should be made at as early a date as possible, At first I was inclined to concur in Mr. Perry’s suggestion that it might be well to let the boy finish out the current term at Exeter and come to us at the opening of the winter term. After discussing with Liang, however, the work he is doing, and, in view of the fact that our fall term lasts eight days longer than that at Exeter, we both agreed that the earlier change would be to the boy’s advantage.
Liang was very much pleased to find two or three of his old friends here at Andover whom he had not realized were with us, and he tells me that he is really eager to come to us, so that my lingering doubts as to the wisdom of urging the change have disappeared, and I hope and believe that the boy will find the new environment a happy and beneficial one. He will take a room in my house for the present, though he has already assured me that he would prefer to stay there definitely. For my part I am not quite sure that this would be wise, but we can tell a bit better later.
Very sincerely yours,
On receipt of your wire I telephoned Mr. Perry at Exeter, who got in touch with young Liang, and he came down to see me yesterday. He had lunch with me and I took him to Lawrence early in the afternoon to catch the express for Exeter so that he would not lose his afternoon recitations. It has been arranged for the transfer to take place today for, after going over carefully with the boy and the instructors here, the problems connected with his schedule have straightened out and it seemed to us all wise that the new start should be made at as early a date as possible, At first I was inclined to concur in Mr. Perry’s suggestion that it might be well to let the boy finish out the current term at Exeter and come to us at the opening of the winter term. After discussing with Liang, however, the work he is doing, and, in view of the fact that our fall term lasts eight days longer than that at Exeter, we both agreed that the earlier change would be to the boy’s advantage.
Liang was very much pleased to find two or three of his old friends here at Andover whom he had not realized were with us, and he tells me that he is really eager to come to us, so that my lingering doubts as to the wisdom of urging the change have disappeared, and I hope and believe that the boy will find the new environment a happy and beneficial one. He will take a room in my house for the present, though he has already assured me that he would prefer to stay there definitely. For my part I am not quite sure that this would be wise, but we can tell a bit better later.
Very sincerely yours,
Creator
Alfred E. Stearns
Publisher
Phillips Academy
Date
November 24, 1922
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All Rights Reserved by Phillips Academy
Language
English
Type
Correspondence