Letter from Dr.Alfred E. Stearns to Hon. H.K. Tu, January 27, 1931
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Letter from Dr.Alfred E. Stearns to Hon. H.K. Tu, January 27, 1931
Subject
Letter from Dr.Alfred E. Stearns to Hon. H.K. Tu, January 27, 1931
Description
Typed letter sent from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Admiral H.K. Tu about K.Y. Tu's academic progress and situation. States he had to write the dean of Burdett Business College in order to get an accurate report of K.Y. Tu's progress. States that while K.Y. Tu has improved a small bit, his spirit is down and lacks ambition or purpose. Explains Tu had difficulty concentrating or developing study habits. Promises to keep encouraging K.Y. Tu.
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Hon.H.K.Tu
148 Fok Sui Li
Route Joseph Frelupt
Shanghai, China
Dear Admiral Tu:
It gives us great pleasure to hear from you, and I have been very glad in consequence to receive your letter of November 27.
To my deep retret, I cannot report over-favorably on your boy’s work and progress in the business school with which he has been associated this coming year. He himself isn’t apt to give me any clear inkling of just how he is getting along. Consequently I wrote to the Dean of the Burdett Business College and received a long and carefully written reply, indicating on the Dean’s part a very careful investigation of Kong's situation and accomplishment.
While it is true that your son seems to have been accomplishing something probably more than he did in his last school, the Dean tells me that his spirit has not been of the best and that he hasn’t shown the right kind of ambition or purpose. Indeed, at times the officers of the school have apparently been a good bit discouraged. They have promised, however, to get into more intimate touch with the boy and bring all the pressure they can to bear upon him to force him to take better advantage of the opportunities they are offering so that when he does return to China at the end of the year, as I assume he will, he will at least be better prepared to associate himself with some business concern or bank and be qualified to do the work demanded of him.
I shall continue to write Kong and urge him to do his best for your sake and for his own. When the opportunity offers, I shall be glad to renew my pleadings with him face to face. My own feeling Is that while the boy may and probably does at times have sincere desires to do a higher grade of work, he has for so long drifted in his intellectual interests that he finds it extremely difficult to concentrate hie mind on the work before him or to develop habits of study which should have come years ago. Anyway you may be sure that I will never lose my interest in the boy, and that my desire to aid him in every possible way has not been and will not be lessened.
With the compliments of the season and every best wish to you and yours for the days ahead, believe me, with warm personal regards
Very sincerely yours
148 Fok Sui Li
Route Joseph Frelupt
Shanghai, China
Dear Admiral Tu:
It gives us great pleasure to hear from you, and I have been very glad in consequence to receive your letter of November 27.
To my deep retret, I cannot report over-favorably on your boy’s work and progress in the business school with which he has been associated this coming year. He himself isn’t apt to give me any clear inkling of just how he is getting along. Consequently I wrote to the Dean of the Burdett Business College and received a long and carefully written reply, indicating on the Dean’s part a very careful investigation of Kong's situation and accomplishment.
While it is true that your son seems to have been accomplishing something probably more than he did in his last school, the Dean tells me that his spirit has not been of the best and that he hasn’t shown the right kind of ambition or purpose. Indeed, at times the officers of the school have apparently been a good bit discouraged. They have promised, however, to get into more intimate touch with the boy and bring all the pressure they can to bear upon him to force him to take better advantage of the opportunities they are offering so that when he does return to China at the end of the year, as I assume he will, he will at least be better prepared to associate himself with some business concern or bank and be qualified to do the work demanded of him.
I shall continue to write Kong and urge him to do his best for your sake and for his own. When the opportunity offers, I shall be glad to renew my pleadings with him face to face. My own feeling Is that while the boy may and probably does at times have sincere desires to do a higher grade of work, he has for so long drifted in his intellectual interests that he finds it extremely difficult to concentrate hie mind on the work before him or to develop habits of study which should have come years ago. Anyway you may be sure that I will never lose my interest in the boy, and that my desire to aid him in every possible way has not been and will not be lessened.
With the compliments of the season and every best wish to you and yours for the days ahead, believe me, with warm personal regards
Very sincerely yours
Creator
Dr.Alfred E. Stearns
Publisher
Phillips Academy
Date
January 27, 1931
Rights
All Rights Reserved By Phillips Academy
Language
English
Type
Correspondence