Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to M.T. Liang, Tientsin, June 24, 1921
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Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to M.T. Liang, Tientsin, June 24, 1921
Subject
Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to M.T. Liang, Tientsin, June 24, 1921
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My dear Mr. Liang:
Your fine and generous letter of May 21st has just reached me. As we are just closing the school year and making our plans for the summer I am in the midst of an unusual rush and will only attempt to acknowledge the receipt of your missive and send you a brief word of appreciation and good will.
I find it quite a problem to make satisfactory arrangements for the summer for all the Chinese boys entrusted to my care. It seems best to let them all go to summer camp, but not too many in one place. The two younger Sun boys will go to my own camp at Connecticut Lake, and probably one other of their countrymen will be in the party. Arthur Sun, Quincey Sheh and Frank Lin will be placed in other and good camps which are in the control of men who are my personal friends, and who would take special interest in the boys in consequence. Only yesterday I slipped down to the Town Hall in the afternoon to attend the public exercises in connection with the graduation of upper grade of the Grammar School. Charles, Thomas and Mary were members of the class and they were anxious to have me present, as I was indeed to be there. Each pupil was called in turn to the stage to receive his or her diploma, and friends and partisans expressed their approval by the usual hand clapping. What interested me chiefly was to find that those three children from the Far East received greater applause than did any of the American classmates, a clear indication that they had won their way into the hearts and affections of their friends and play mates over here. I am not surprised, for it would be hard to find three nicer youngsters than these, and when I attempt to express an opinion of Mary I really can't find words to do her justice. I doubt whether I have ever met a child with a sunnier, sweeter and evener disposition than that girl possesses.
Before the summer is over I hope to send you some further word of our whereabouts and doings. How I wish you might be with me to enjoy the mountain air and glorious scenery of my summer home up in northern New Hampshire.
Accept please my heartiest good wishes for the days ahead, and kindly remember me to any old and inquiring friends of mine whom you may happen to run across from time to time in your part of the world. I always remember with deep appreciation and pleasure the friendly good will of Mr. Chow, good will which must have been tested pretty severely when I attempted so unsuccessfully to do something worth while — for his somewhat rebellious son.
Sincerely yours,
Your fine and generous letter of May 21st has just reached me. As we are just closing the school year and making our plans for the summer I am in the midst of an unusual rush and will only attempt to acknowledge the receipt of your missive and send you a brief word of appreciation and good will.
I find it quite a problem to make satisfactory arrangements for the summer for all the Chinese boys entrusted to my care. It seems best to let them all go to summer camp, but not too many in one place. The two younger Sun boys will go to my own camp at Connecticut Lake, and probably one other of their countrymen will be in the party. Arthur Sun, Quincey Sheh and Frank Lin will be placed in other and good camps which are in the control of men who are my personal friends, and who would take special interest in the boys in consequence. Only yesterday I slipped down to the Town Hall in the afternoon to attend the public exercises in connection with the graduation of upper grade of the Grammar School. Charles, Thomas and Mary were members of the class and they were anxious to have me present, as I was indeed to be there. Each pupil was called in turn to the stage to receive his or her diploma, and friends and partisans expressed their approval by the usual hand clapping. What interested me chiefly was to find that those three children from the Far East received greater applause than did any of the American classmates, a clear indication that they had won their way into the hearts and affections of their friends and play mates over here. I am not surprised, for it would be hard to find three nicer youngsters than these, and when I attempt to express an opinion of Mary I really can't find words to do her justice. I doubt whether I have ever met a child with a sunnier, sweeter and evener disposition than that girl possesses.
Before the summer is over I hope to send you some further word of our whereabouts and doings. How I wish you might be with me to enjoy the mountain air and glorious scenery of my summer home up in northern New Hampshire.
Accept please my heartiest good wishes for the days ahead, and kindly remember me to any old and inquiring friends of mine whom you may happen to run across from time to time in your part of the world. I always remember with deep appreciation and pleasure the friendly good will of Mr. Chow, good will which must have been tested pretty severely when I attempted so unsuccessfully to do something worth while — for his somewhat rebellious son.
Sincerely yours,
Creator
Alfred E. Stearns
Publisher
Phillips Academy
Date
June 24, 1921
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All Rights Reserved by Phillips Academy
Language
English
Type
Correspondence