Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Arthur G. Robinson, Kansas City, Missouri, October 4, 1926 (regarding Arthur Sun)
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Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Arthur G. Robinson, Kansas City, Missouri, October 4, 1926 (regarding Arthur Sun)
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Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Arthur G. Robinson, Kansas City, Missouri, October 4, 1926 (regarding Arthur Sun)
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My dear Mr. Robinson:
I have your letter of September 28 and am enclosing check to cover the expenses listed on your statement. Kindly return receipt for my files.
I am dreadfully sorry about this whole unfortunate mix-up over Mary's room at Elmira. Frankly, I doubt if anything would be gained by sending Mary's letter on to her father, especially since the Elmira authorities were so emphatic in their statements to me that the plan we had discussed was unwise and that Mary was acting entirely in accord with their desires and methods in taking the dormitory room. Of course you must remember that Mary has now been in this country a number of years and is older and mature than many of the Chinese girls already in college. For the past two years, especially, I have given her increasingly more responsibility in handling her own affairs, though, even so, I imagine from what I have seen that she has been more carefully directed in such matters than almost any other Chinese girls in the country today. The one thing that I most seriously blame her for in this particular mix-up is her failure to advise me that she was planning to invest the week-end on her way to Elmira with a friend in Trenton. The plan would doubtless have had my approval had it been explained to me in advance, but, as it was, I was left in the dark for the time being as to her whereabouts and that only added to the confusion and the anxiety.
Again my thanks for all you have done to aid me and my regrets for the unnecessary anxiety and trouble you have been caused.
Very sincerely yours,
I have your letter of September 28 and am enclosing check to cover the expenses listed on your statement. Kindly return receipt for my files.
I am dreadfully sorry about this whole unfortunate mix-up over Mary's room at Elmira. Frankly, I doubt if anything would be gained by sending Mary's letter on to her father, especially since the Elmira authorities were so emphatic in their statements to me that the plan we had discussed was unwise and that Mary was acting entirely in accord with their desires and methods in taking the dormitory room. Of course you must remember that Mary has now been in this country a number of years and is older and mature than many of the Chinese girls already in college. For the past two years, especially, I have given her increasingly more responsibility in handling her own affairs, though, even so, I imagine from what I have seen that she has been more carefully directed in such matters than almost any other Chinese girls in the country today. The one thing that I most seriously blame her for in this particular mix-up is her failure to advise me that she was planning to invest the week-end on her way to Elmira with a friend in Trenton. The plan would doubtless have had my approval had it been explained to me in advance, but, as it was, I was left in the dark for the time being as to her whereabouts and that only added to the confusion and the anxiety.
Again my thanks for all you have done to aid me and my regrets for the unnecessary anxiety and trouble you have been caused.
Very sincerely yours,
Creator
Alfred E. Stearns
Publisher
Phillips Academy
Date
October 4, 1926
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All Rights Reserved by Phillips Academy
Language
English
Type
Correspondence