Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Helen Tsai, St. Mary's School, Peekskill, New York, March 8, 1929
Dublin Core
Title
Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Helen Tsai, St. Mary's School, Peekskill, New York, March 8, 1929
Subject
Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Helen Tsai, St. Mary's School, Peekskill, New York, March 8, 1929
Transcription
Dear Helen:
Thank you for your note of Marcy 3. I am glad that the arrangement with Mrs. Nye proves so acceptable to not only you and Alfred but your father as well.
I am sorry to learn that you have been ill. This is the time of year, however, when it is pretty difficult to get through without some slight illness, and we have been having our share among the boys - mostly German measles. All have been light cases, but they have been terribly annoying and decidedly interrupting to school work.
Shortly after Christmas I received a letter from your father in which he asked me to purchase and give to you and Alfred from him as Christmas presents some good books that you would wish to add to your libraries and hold for the future. As the letter came too late to permit me to carry out the request at the Christmas season and as the period following Christmas was more than usually busy, I delayed doing my part of the job. Recently, however, I picked some books that I felt would measure up to your father's requirements and meet his wishes, and I am sending you yours by parcel post. Please understand that they are a present from your father to you, and I hope very much that you will enjoy and profit by them. They are what we would call standard works, since it seemed better to me to secure something of that kind rather than a book that might be popular at the moment but the later value of which would perhaps be questionable.
With all best wishes to you, believe me
Very sincerely yours,
Thank you for your note of Marcy 3. I am glad that the arrangement with Mrs. Nye proves so acceptable to not only you and Alfred but your father as well.
I am sorry to learn that you have been ill. This is the time of year, however, when it is pretty difficult to get through without some slight illness, and we have been having our share among the boys - mostly German measles. All have been light cases, but they have been terribly annoying and decidedly interrupting to school work.
Shortly after Christmas I received a letter from your father in which he asked me to purchase and give to you and Alfred from him as Christmas presents some good books that you would wish to add to your libraries and hold for the future. As the letter came too late to permit me to carry out the request at the Christmas season and as the period following Christmas was more than usually busy, I delayed doing my part of the job. Recently, however, I picked some books that I felt would measure up to your father's requirements and meet his wishes, and I am sending you yours by parcel post. Please understand that they are a present from your father to you, and I hope very much that you will enjoy and profit by them. They are what we would call standard works, since it seemed better to me to secure something of that kind rather than a book that might be popular at the moment but the later value of which would perhaps be questionable.
With all best wishes to you, believe me
Very sincerely yours,
Creator
Alfred E. Stearns
Publisher
Phillips Academy
Date
March 8, 1929
Rights
All Rights Reserved by Phillips Academy
Language
English
Type
Correspondence