Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Charles Sun, London, January 6, 1930
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Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Charles Sun, London, January 6, 1930
Subject
Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Charles Sun, London, January 6, 1930
Transcription
January 6, 1930
Mr. Charles Sun
49 Portland Place
London, W-1, England
Dear Charlie:
Thank you for your last letter, that of December 19, and in which you acknowledge the receipt of the thirty-five hundred dollars which I recently sent you. From what I read only this morning in the papers of the distinctly bad exchange situation which exists in China today, I am sure it will mean a lot to your father if you are able to conserve this coney so far as you can reasonably do so.
Don't apologise for writing what you term “hot headed” letters. I think I know exactly how you felt and I had a lot of sympathy for you under the circumstances. Indeed, I am surprised that you seem to have gotten over your bewilderment so well and so promptly for I figured that it would last longer than this. If I have helped you in any way by my letters and encouragement, I am more than repaid.
Minister Sze's suggestion that you take one or two lecture courses seems to me eminently wise. In the meantime, I am hoping that we will get word from your father before very long, prompted by my last letter to him, that will enable you to banish from your mind the bogey of an extra degree. It is just possible that your father may take offence at the frankness with which I have written him, but I hope that his further reaction, after second and more sober thought, will be that I at least could have no ulterior motive in the matter and that I am only desirous of recommending a course that will really mean the most to you in the end and consequently most to your father as well.
With constant good will and every best wish for the New Year, believe me
Faithfully yours,
ADS/C
Mr. Charles Sun
49 Portland Place
London, W-1, England
Dear Charlie:
Thank you for your last letter, that of December 19, and in which you acknowledge the receipt of the thirty-five hundred dollars which I recently sent you. From what I read only this morning in the papers of the distinctly bad exchange situation which exists in China today, I am sure it will mean a lot to your father if you are able to conserve this coney so far as you can reasonably do so.
Don't apologise for writing what you term “hot headed” letters. I think I know exactly how you felt and I had a lot of sympathy for you under the circumstances. Indeed, I am surprised that you seem to have gotten over your bewilderment so well and so promptly for I figured that it would last longer than this. If I have helped you in any way by my letters and encouragement, I am more than repaid.
Minister Sze's suggestion that you take one or two lecture courses seems to me eminently wise. In the meantime, I am hoping that we will get word from your father before very long, prompted by my last letter to him, that will enable you to banish from your mind the bogey of an extra degree. It is just possible that your father may take offence at the frankness with which I have written him, but I hope that his further reaction, after second and more sober thought, will be that I at least could have no ulterior motive in the matter and that I am only desirous of recommending a course that will really mean the most to you in the end and consequently most to your father as well.
With constant good will and every best wish for the New Year, believe me
Faithfully yours,
ADS/C
Creator
Alfred E. Stearns
Publisher
Phillips Academy
Date
January 6, 1930
Rights
All Rights Reserved by Phillips Academy
Language
English
Type
Correspondence