Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Frank Winsor, Metropolitan District Commission, Boston, October 7, 1926
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Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Frank Winsor, Metropolitan District Commission, Boston, October 7, 1926
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Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Frank Winsor, Metropolitan District Commission, Boston, October 7, 1926
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My dear Mr. Winsor:
Mr. Arthur Sun, a Chinese ward of mine who hopes to secure his degree this fall from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is applying, I understand, for a position with the Metropolitan Water Supply Company in order to secure the practical experience that such a position would give him. I am sending this note merely to express the hope that you will be able to act favorably on this application.
Arthur Sun is one of over sixty Chinese boys who have been under my care during the last twenty-five years while they were students in our American institutions. The boy's father is a prominent wealthy and progressive Chinese who has generously aided good causes at home and abroad. He was chairman of the Chinese Red Cross during the World War and has served in the same capacity on a number of famine and flood relief committees in his country since that time. Naturally I feel a good bit of responsibility towards his four children who have been under my care in this country for the last five years, and I am especially anxious to make possible the realization of Mr. Sun's expressed wish that his son should have a year or two of practical engineering experience following the Technology course. Any assistance you can consistently extend to the boy will be very deeply appreciated.
Very sincerely yours,
Mr. Arthur Sun, a Chinese ward of mine who hopes to secure his degree this fall from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is applying, I understand, for a position with the Metropolitan Water Supply Company in order to secure the practical experience that such a position would give him. I am sending this note merely to express the hope that you will be able to act favorably on this application.
Arthur Sun is one of over sixty Chinese boys who have been under my care during the last twenty-five years while they were students in our American institutions. The boy's father is a prominent wealthy and progressive Chinese who has generously aided good causes at home and abroad. He was chairman of the Chinese Red Cross during the World War and has served in the same capacity on a number of famine and flood relief committees in his country since that time. Naturally I feel a good bit of responsibility towards his four children who have been under my care in this country for the last five years, and I am especially anxious to make possible the realization of Mr. Sun's expressed wish that his son should have a year or two of practical engineering experience following the Technology course. Any assistance you can consistently extend to the boy will be very deeply appreciated.
Very sincerely yours,
Creator
Alfred E. Stearns
Publisher
Phillips Academy
Date
October 7, 1926
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All Rights Reserved by Phillips Academy
Language
English
Type
Correspondence