Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Mary Sun, New Haven, Conn., February 3, 1931
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Title
Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Mary Sun, New Haven, Conn., February 3, 1931
Subject
Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Mary Sun, New Haven, Conn., February 3, 1931
Transcription
Dear Mary:
Your interesting letter of January 27. timed at 2 A.M., has given me a lot of pleasure and at a time when I was beginning to wonder what had happened to you. The fact is that when I wrote Tom a day or two ago, I was a little "sore" because it seemed to me that my earlier letter to you called for prompt attention. Not hearing anything, I felt wholly at sea in view of your father's instructions and my natural responsibility to him.
Of course, when it comes to the proposed European trip, I haven’t a thing to say, for that particular proposition doesn’t interest me one way or the other except in far as it may interest you. From your father’s letter, I judged that he, at least, felt that he was offering you a real and unusual opportunity which he thought you would welcome enthusiastically. I doubt whether he would have suggested the trip, even, if he had not thought that you would feel that he was planning something well worth while for you. Under the circumstances, it seems to me that the only thing for you to do is to write direct to him and at once, and tell him just how you feel. My guess is that when he once learns the facts, he will agree with you that the right thing for you to do is to come directly home. In the meantime I am at a bit of a loss to know just what to do, for I can’t make reservations for you until I know this final decision, and these reservations ought to be made at a comparatively early date now if you are to get the kind that you wish.
I can write your father myself, of course, and tell him what you have told me. I shall have to base my arguments, however, entirely on what you have written me, so that it is very important that you should get your own story before your father as fully and as soon as possible.
There is a good chance that I may be in New Haven before the term is over, and if so I shall make an extra effort to hunt you up and talk things over with you in person. In the meantime, take good care of those babies that you are looking after, and take good care of yourself, too.
Ever sincerely yours,
Your interesting letter of January 27. timed at 2 A.M., has given me a lot of pleasure and at a time when I was beginning to wonder what had happened to you. The fact is that when I wrote Tom a day or two ago, I was a little "sore" because it seemed to me that my earlier letter to you called for prompt attention. Not hearing anything, I felt wholly at sea in view of your father's instructions and my natural responsibility to him.
Of course, when it comes to the proposed European trip, I haven’t a thing to say, for that particular proposition doesn’t interest me one way or the other except in far as it may interest you. From your father’s letter, I judged that he, at least, felt that he was offering you a real and unusual opportunity which he thought you would welcome enthusiastically. I doubt whether he would have suggested the trip, even, if he had not thought that you would feel that he was planning something well worth while for you. Under the circumstances, it seems to me that the only thing for you to do is to write direct to him and at once, and tell him just how you feel. My guess is that when he once learns the facts, he will agree with you that the right thing for you to do is to come directly home. In the meantime I am at a bit of a loss to know just what to do, for I can’t make reservations for you until I know this final decision, and these reservations ought to be made at a comparatively early date now if you are to get the kind that you wish.
I can write your father myself, of course, and tell him what you have told me. I shall have to base my arguments, however, entirely on what you have written me, so that it is very important that you should get your own story before your father as fully and as soon as possible.
There is a good chance that I may be in New Haven before the term is over, and if so I shall make an extra effort to hunt you up and talk things over with you in person. In the meantime, take good care of those babies that you are looking after, and take good care of yourself, too.
Ever sincerely yours,
Creator
Alfred E. Stearns
Publisher
Phillips Academy
Date
February 3, 1931
Rights
All Rights Reserved by Phillips Academy
Language
English
Type
Correspondence