Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Charles Sun, Amherst, Mass. February 11, 1929
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Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Charles Sun, Amherst, Mass. February 11, 1929
Subject
Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Charles Sun, Amherst, Mass. February 11, 1929
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February 11, 1929
Mr. Charles Sun
P. 0. Box
93 Amherst, Mass.
Dear Charlie:
Thank you for your note received this morning. I am glad that the examinations are out of the way and hope that means that you will not be working under quite such a strain for the next few weeks, at least.
It is difficult for me to find out just how Mary is going in her work, though I have tried on numerous occasions to get the information desired. My impression is that she is really doing a bit better than at the start. At least, though some of her marks, when last I received them, were so seemingly low as to prompt me to write a somewhat severe letter to her. I felt that if she could or would not do well in work which she professed to like so much and which she had been allowed to take only reluctantly, as you know. XX her father and largely because of my own personal pleadings, there was certainly room for real anxiety. Mary always has a good excuse to offer for her failures, and she gave me seemingly good excuses for the low marks in question. If they do not improve by the end of this year, however. I shall seriously question whether Mary ought to stay in this country longer or attempt to go forward in her work.
I am due in Amherst the latter part of this month for a Sunday and shall certainly hope to have a chance to talk this all over with you in person.
Faithfully yours,
AES/G
Mr. Charles Sun
P. 0. Box
93 Amherst, Mass.
Dear Charlie:
Thank you for your note received this morning. I am glad that the examinations are out of the way and hope that means that you will not be working under quite such a strain for the next few weeks, at least.
It is difficult for me to find out just how Mary is going in her work, though I have tried on numerous occasions to get the information desired. My impression is that she is really doing a bit better than at the start. At least, though some of her marks, when last I received them, were so seemingly low as to prompt me to write a somewhat severe letter to her. I felt that if she could or would not do well in work which she professed to like so much and which she had been allowed to take only reluctantly, as you know. XX her father and largely because of my own personal pleadings, there was certainly room for real anxiety. Mary always has a good excuse to offer for her failures, and she gave me seemingly good excuses for the low marks in question. If they do not improve by the end of this year, however. I shall seriously question whether Mary ought to stay in this country longer or attempt to go forward in her work.
I am due in Amherst the latter part of this month for a Sunday and shall certainly hope to have a chance to talk this all over with you in person.
Faithfully yours,
AES/G
Creator
Alfred E. Stearns
Publisher
Phillips Academy
Date
February 11, 1929
Rights
All Rights Reserved by Phillips Academy
Language
English
Type
Correspondence