Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Mary Sun, Springfield, Mass., September 11, 1926
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Title
Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Mary Sun, Springfield, Mass., September 11, 1926
Subject
Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Mary Sun, Springfield, Mass., September 11, 1926
Transcription
My dear Mary:
I am just back in Andover and find your letter of September 9. Here is a check to cover the trip to Elmira, etc., but I am sure that the bill for your opening expenses can and will be sent to me if you so instruct the office. Please ask them about this as soon as you reach Elmira and explain how your funds are handled. I will see that a check is sent at once on receipt of the bills. This, of course is much better than to attempt to give you money to cover them when neither of us knows what the charges will amount to. Perhaps I can find out from the catalogue, and, if so, I will send a check to the college treasurer at once. Be sure to keep careful account of this sum I am sending you now.
The coat is here at the house, and I am forwarding it to you today. Frankly, I can't tell, of course, just what you require in the way of clothes, as Miss Clemons always handled that phase of your affairs. If, however, you and Arthur are both convinced that a coat is necessary, you should have it. The price you mention seems a dreadfully high one, though I know clothes are excessively high everywhere. Anyway, it becomes more than ever important to keep the expenses of the coming year down to the lowest ebb in order to average up, so far as possible, on the past year's expenses.
Mr. Robinson, I believe, is arranging for accommodations for you at Elmira, and I hope that everything will turn out well and that you will find the new life and work happy and in every way profitable. Let me know as soon as you can what the final address at Elmira is to be.
With all good wishes, believe me
Ever sincerely yours,
I am just back in Andover and find your letter of September 9. Here is a check to cover the trip to Elmira, etc., but I am sure that the bill for your opening expenses can and will be sent to me if you so instruct the office. Please ask them about this as soon as you reach Elmira and explain how your funds are handled. I will see that a check is sent at once on receipt of the bills. This, of course is much better than to attempt to give you money to cover them when neither of us knows what the charges will amount to. Perhaps I can find out from the catalogue, and, if so, I will send a check to the college treasurer at once. Be sure to keep careful account of this sum I am sending you now.
The coat is here at the house, and I am forwarding it to you today. Frankly, I can't tell, of course, just what you require in the way of clothes, as Miss Clemons always handled that phase of your affairs. If, however, you and Arthur are both convinced that a coat is necessary, you should have it. The price you mention seems a dreadfully high one, though I know clothes are excessively high everywhere. Anyway, it becomes more than ever important to keep the expenses of the coming year down to the lowest ebb in order to average up, so far as possible, on the past year's expenses.
Mr. Robinson, I believe, is arranging for accommodations for you at Elmira, and I hope that everything will turn out well and that you will find the new life and work happy and in every way profitable. Let me know as soon as you can what the final address at Elmira is to be.
With all good wishes, believe me
Ever sincerely yours,
Creator
Alfred E. Stearns
Publisher
Phillips Academy
Date
September 11, 1926
Rights
All Rights Reserved by Phillips Academy
Language
English
Type
Correspondence