Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Mary Sun, c/o Y.W. Tsao, Trudeau, New York, June 13, 1928
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Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Mary Sun, c/o Y.W. Tsao, Trudeau, New York, June 13, 1928
Subject
Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Mary Sun, c/o Y.W. Tsao, Trudeau, New York, June 13, 1928
Transcription
Dear Mary:
I have your last letter and hardly know what to advise you.
From our earlier correspondence and as the result of your urgent pleadings, I gathered that the opportunity to take the nursing course at Yale would be welcomed by you with keen enthusiasm. After the long and not altogether easy negoiations [sic] I have carried through with your father to bring this opportunity within your reach, it distresses me beyond words to have it appear that you are still undecided as to whether you should go there or somewhere else.
One thing is clear, and that is that your father infinitely prefers that you should complete a regular college course. If, therefore, you can secure admission to Mount Holyoke College, my advice is to carry through the negotiations and enroll there at once, even if this requires summer work in English or in any other subjects. I certainly have no desire to urge further the nursing course at Yale or anywhere else if you are not in a state of mind to welcome it as a great opportunity of your life. It would be a sad mistake for you to take the course if you had lingering questions in your mind on this subject, and that is why I am about ready now to urge vigorously that you make Mount Holyoke your goal. Whatever decision you make, however, should be made at once, so that the opportunity the summer offers you for meeting any necessary requirements can be used in fullest measure.
Please let me know at once what the final decision is to be.
Faithfully yours,
I have your last letter and hardly know what to advise you.
From our earlier correspondence and as the result of your urgent pleadings, I gathered that the opportunity to take the nursing course at Yale would be welcomed by you with keen enthusiasm. After the long and not altogether easy negoiations [sic] I have carried through with your father to bring this opportunity within your reach, it distresses me beyond words to have it appear that you are still undecided as to whether you should go there or somewhere else.
One thing is clear, and that is that your father infinitely prefers that you should complete a regular college course. If, therefore, you can secure admission to Mount Holyoke College, my advice is to carry through the negotiations and enroll there at once, even if this requires summer work in English or in any other subjects. I certainly have no desire to urge further the nursing course at Yale or anywhere else if you are not in a state of mind to welcome it as a great opportunity of your life. It would be a sad mistake for you to take the course if you had lingering questions in your mind on this subject, and that is why I am about ready now to urge vigorously that you make Mount Holyoke your goal. Whatever decision you make, however, should be made at once, so that the opportunity the summer offers you for meeting any necessary requirements can be used in fullest measure.
Please let me know at once what the final decision is to be.
Faithfully yours,
Creator
Alfred E. Stearns
Publisher
Phillips Academy
Date
June 13, 1928
Rights
All Rights Reserved by Phillips Academy
Language
English
Type
Correspondence