Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Mary Sun, Sea Pines School, Brewster, Mass. June 7, 1926
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Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Mary Sun, Sea Pines School, Brewster, Mass. June 7, 1926
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Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Mary Sun, Sea Pines School, Brewster, Mass. June 7, 1926
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June 7, 1926
Miss Mary Sun
Sea Pines School
Brewster, Mass.
My dear Mary
Thanks for your note received this morning.
Of course I know only too veil that you are bound to be a bit lonesome at the start with new surroundings, new faces, and new contacts. All of us have to through that. What I do feel is that, with such surroundings and facilities as you have there at Sea Pines, you ought in a short time to be happier than in any other piece I can think of. Anyway, don’t pass judgment too soon, for we must plan something for the summer and the summer work, and I don’t know where we could do better than at Sea Pines.
The Elmira authorities have written me that they will give you almost enough credits on your work to date to assure your admission to the college in the fall. They will require you, however, to do some more Algebra during the summer and strongly advise further work in English and possibly one or two more subjects. Algebra first and English second, however, seem to be the prime requisites.
By all means get the blanket if that is necessary, though, unless you are to be there during the summer, it would seem to be rather heavy expense for a month only and it is just possible that Miss Bickford may be able to arrange for you to rent for the time being certain bedding you require. Ask her direct what you ought to do, and tell her that I will gladly meet the expense of the blanket if she says it is the proper thing to do and will kindly order one for you at once. Of course the same thing applies to the jacket. Ask Miss Bickford to authorise in writing, so that I can have the record of the purchase of those articles, and then I will, of course, pay for them.
I have just this morning received a note from the secretary of Boston Tech, telling me that Arthur will not secure his degree this year. I haven’t heard this from Arthur yet, as he told me only last week that he still hoped that he would graduate. This is altogether too bad, and I hardly know what to think or do about it and I am afraid your father will be bitterly disappointed. No doubt Arthur will come out here soon to talk matters over with me. If so, I am going to suggest that he run down to Brewster and have a little visit with you there, since the Technology graduation is not to be.
I am signing and returning the correspondence list, as requested, though I must warn you again not to spend too much time in writing letters to your friends. I mean by that that you must not allow correspondence of this kind to interfere with your regular work. By all means keep in touch with your good friends, but don’t feel that you have got to write them every two or three days. Very few people do that even to the best friends they have in the world, and if they are good friends, they, themselves, would be the first to object if they felt that the correspondence was interfering with the best progress of those they liked so much.
With all good wishes, believe me
Faithfully yours.
Miss Mary Sun
Sea Pines School
Brewster, Mass.
My dear Mary
Thanks for your note received this morning.
Of course I know only too veil that you are bound to be a bit lonesome at the start with new surroundings, new faces, and new contacts. All of us have to through that. What I do feel is that, with such surroundings and facilities as you have there at Sea Pines, you ought in a short time to be happier than in any other piece I can think of. Anyway, don’t pass judgment too soon, for we must plan something for the summer and the summer work, and I don’t know where we could do better than at Sea Pines.
The Elmira authorities have written me that they will give you almost enough credits on your work to date to assure your admission to the college in the fall. They will require you, however, to do some more Algebra during the summer and strongly advise further work in English and possibly one or two more subjects. Algebra first and English second, however, seem to be the prime requisites.
By all means get the blanket if that is necessary, though, unless you are to be there during the summer, it would seem to be rather heavy expense for a month only and it is just possible that Miss Bickford may be able to arrange for you to rent for the time being certain bedding you require. Ask her direct what you ought to do, and tell her that I will gladly meet the expense of the blanket if she says it is the proper thing to do and will kindly order one for you at once. Of course the same thing applies to the jacket. Ask Miss Bickford to authorise in writing, so that I can have the record of the purchase of those articles, and then I will, of course, pay for them.
I have just this morning received a note from the secretary of Boston Tech, telling me that Arthur will not secure his degree this year. I haven’t heard this from Arthur yet, as he told me only last week that he still hoped that he would graduate. This is altogether too bad, and I hardly know what to think or do about it and I am afraid your father will be bitterly disappointed. No doubt Arthur will come out here soon to talk matters over with me. If so, I am going to suggest that he run down to Brewster and have a little visit with you there, since the Technology graduation is not to be.
I am signing and returning the correspondence list, as requested, though I must warn you again not to spend too much time in writing letters to your friends. I mean by that that you must not allow correspondence of this kind to interfere with your regular work. By all means keep in touch with your good friends, but don’t feel that you have got to write them every two or three days. Very few people do that even to the best friends they have in the world, and if they are good friends, they, themselves, would be the first to object if they felt that the correspondence was interfering with the best progress of those they liked so much.
With all good wishes, believe me
Faithfully yours.
Creator
Alfred E. Stearns
Publisher
Phillips Academy
Date
June 7, 1926
Rights
All Rights Reserved by Phillips Academy
Language
English
Type
Correspondence