Letter from C.Y. Sun, Shanghai, to Alfred E. Stearns, July 16, 1926
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Letter from C.Y. Sun, Shanghai, to Alfred E. Stearns, July 16, 1926
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Letter from C.Y. Sun, Shanghai, to Alfred E. Stearns, July 16, 1926
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Shanghai, 16th July 1926
Dr.Alfred E.Stearns,
Principal, Phillips Academy,
Andover, Mass.
My dear Dr. Stearns,
I must apologise for not answering your two letters of the 7th & 24th June. I have been on a visit to Shanghai,and your letters were sent on to me here which caused delay. You have no doubt received the G.$7,500.00 which should have reached you around the 10th.July
Your two letters brought me most cheering news about Mary, and I am really very very grateful to you for all the work you have put into the arrangements, as well as the kind thought and large hearted interest in Mary. I do not know how to thank you enough for all you have done, not only for Mary but for all the children. Please accept my most greatul thanks, and I hope one day to be able to thank you in person, and, until then, all I can do is to try and put together a few words on paper, but they cannot convey how I really feel towards you for all the care and interest you have taken particularly in Mary. I am glad she is being admitted to Elmira; and I feel sure that the arrangements you most kindly made for her during the summer (when Dr.Sze’s tutoring arrgt. fell through) will work out all right and not only prove a good holiday and change for Mary but enable her to brush-up her work before she makes her entry into Elmira. Again I am much indebted to you for the kind arrangements made for Mary’s summer.
As to Tommy-it is so difficult being so far away, and after a period of years separation, to have very settled views as to what ought to be done. I am leaving the matter to you, and if you decide that a military school is what is necessary then I am quite willing. I am writing to Tommy, and he will follow your decision. His trouble has been that he was too popular in things other than lessons. You all did your best for him, but, in spite of all the warnings he has had, he has let things slide, and now he cannot complain if he has to make up for lost time. I am writing him quite plainly so that he falls-in with whatever plans you may decide on for him.
Once again allow me to thank you most sincerely for your most generous help and deep sympathy and interest in my children.
Very cordially yours,
C.Y.Sun
Dr.Alfred E.Stearns,
Principal, Phillips Academy,
Andover, Mass.
My dear Dr. Stearns,
I must apologise for not answering your two letters of the 7th & 24th June. I have been on a visit to Shanghai,and your letters were sent on to me here which caused delay. You have no doubt received the G.$7,500.00 which should have reached you around the 10th.July
Your two letters brought me most cheering news about Mary, and I am really very very grateful to you for all the work you have put into the arrangements, as well as the kind thought and large hearted interest in Mary. I do not know how to thank you enough for all you have done, not only for Mary but for all the children. Please accept my most greatul thanks, and I hope one day to be able to thank you in person, and, until then, all I can do is to try and put together a few words on paper, but they cannot convey how I really feel towards you for all the care and interest you have taken particularly in Mary. I am glad she is being admitted to Elmira; and I feel sure that the arrangements you most kindly made for her during the summer (when Dr.Sze’s tutoring arrgt. fell through) will work out all right and not only prove a good holiday and change for Mary but enable her to brush-up her work before she makes her entry into Elmira. Again I am much indebted to you for the kind arrangements made for Mary’s summer.
As to Tommy-it is so difficult being so far away, and after a period of years separation, to have very settled views as to what ought to be done. I am leaving the matter to you, and if you decide that a military school is what is necessary then I am quite willing. I am writing to Tommy, and he will follow your decision. His trouble has been that he was too popular in things other than lessons. You all did your best for him, but, in spite of all the warnings he has had, he has let things slide, and now he cannot complain if he has to make up for lost time. I am writing him quite plainly so that he falls-in with whatever plans you may decide on for him.
Once again allow me to thank you most sincerely for your most generous help and deep sympathy and interest in my children.
Very cordially yours,
C.Y.Sun
Creator
C.Y. Sun
Publisher
Phillips Academy
Date
July 16, 1926
Rights
All Rights Reserved by Phillips Academy
Language
English
Type
Correspondence