Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Mary Sun, Whittier School, Merrimac, Mass. May 5, 1926
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Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Mary Sun, Whittier School, Merrimac, Mass. May 5, 1926
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Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Mary Sun, Whittier School, Merrimac, Mass. May 5, 1926
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May 5, 1926
Miss Mary Sun
Whittier School
Merrimac, Mass.
Dear Mary:
I have received and read with interest your letter of recent date. Here is the check, as requested, to cover the May allowance. A word about that suggested visit to Abbot. I want to play fair with you and everybody concerned, and, as I told you, I am perfectly willing and have been for a long time that your Abbot friends should visit you on the customary visiting days. I believe some of them have done so during this present week- That, however, is a different matter from the proposed visit to Abbot.
In view of the attitude and actions of some of the Abbot teachers and authorities who, knowing nothing whatever of my correspondence with your- father, undertook to dictate the course you were to pursue and, in consequence, made the whole situation exceedingly uncomfortable and hard for me, forcing even a trip to Washington for consultation with your Minister there, and in view of the further fact that, since the truth of the matter became known to them, there has been no single word of apology or indication of such, I cannot in self-respect sanction such a visit as proposed. If it seemed best for you to leave Whittier for the week-end, I should be glad enough to have you come to the house and invite your friends to see you there. As it is, I do not think you ought to leave school for the week-end in question. In order to find out the exact situation, I telephoned Mrs. Russell and found that not more than half the school is to be away. This, I understand, is to be a general week-end for as many
as desire it in order to avoid absenses scattered through the term. As you are already planning to invest one week-end in a trip to Bowdoin, you will be as well off as the other girls without taking this week-end. Further, I am sure that some worth while school work can be done if you stay, and you must remember that it is still an open question whether you are going to have enough work on hand to gain admission to college in the fall.
I hope you will understand fully my position, for the request in itself is natural enough and I should love to grant it if I felt that I could do so in fairness to all concerned and for your own best interests as well. We are still corresponding with Elmira and will let you know the moment anything definite and final can be determined.
With all good wishes, believe me
Very sincerely yours.
Miss Mary Sun
Whittier School
Merrimac, Mass.
Dear Mary:
I have received and read with interest your letter of recent date. Here is the check, as requested, to cover the May allowance. A word about that suggested visit to Abbot. I want to play fair with you and everybody concerned, and, as I told you, I am perfectly willing and have been for a long time that your Abbot friends should visit you on the customary visiting days. I believe some of them have done so during this present week- That, however, is a different matter from the proposed visit to Abbot.
In view of the attitude and actions of some of the Abbot teachers and authorities who, knowing nothing whatever of my correspondence with your- father, undertook to dictate the course you were to pursue and, in consequence, made the whole situation exceedingly uncomfortable and hard for me, forcing even a trip to Washington for consultation with your Minister there, and in view of the further fact that, since the truth of the matter became known to them, there has been no single word of apology or indication of such, I cannot in self-respect sanction such a visit as proposed. If it seemed best for you to leave Whittier for the week-end, I should be glad enough to have you come to the house and invite your friends to see you there. As it is, I do not think you ought to leave school for the week-end in question. In order to find out the exact situation, I telephoned Mrs. Russell and found that not more than half the school is to be away. This, I understand, is to be a general week-end for as many
as desire it in order to avoid absenses scattered through the term. As you are already planning to invest one week-end in a trip to Bowdoin, you will be as well off as the other girls without taking this week-end. Further, I am sure that some worth while school work can be done if you stay, and you must remember that it is still an open question whether you are going to have enough work on hand to gain admission to college in the fall.
I hope you will understand fully my position, for the request in itself is natural enough and I should love to grant it if I felt that I could do so in fairness to all concerned and for your own best interests as well. We are still corresponding with Elmira and will let you know the moment anything definite and final can be determined.
With all good wishes, believe me
Very sincerely yours.
Creator
Alfred E. Stearns
Publisher
Phillips Academy
Date
May 5, 1926
Rights
All Rights Reserved by Phillips Academy
Language
English
Type
Correspondence