Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to K.Y. Tu, April 12, 1929
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Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to K.Y. Tu, April 12, 1929
Subject
Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to K.Y. Tu, April 12, 1929
Description
Typed letter sent from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to K.Y Tu. Is only able to follow instructions given by Tu's father. Cannot provide money beyond the school year as Tu is expected to return home. States continuing high school would be a waste as Tu is too old and wouldn't gain anything of value. Knows Tu has been trying to obtain scholarship with the school. Asks Tu visit Andover to disuss matters and communicate his father's wishes.
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April 12, 1929
Mr.K.Y.Tu
438 Columbus Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts
My dear Tu:
I have your letter of April 10 and I am a good bit disturbed by it and for two reasons.
First, I have your father’s definite request that you should return home at the end of current school year. Under the circumstances with his instructions, which means that I shall not be able to pass on to you beyond the close of this current term any funds except what may be required to carry out your father’s instructions. Frankly, I think it is perfectly silly of you to stay on longer in America working on high school work. You are altogether too old for that sort of thing and cannot gain anything by a continuance of it that in my judgment will prove of any definite or permanent value.
Second, your notice to me that you have been securing scholarship aid from the school is the first intimation I have had of that fact. Frankly, I don’t like the sound of this at all, for it indicates clearly that you have not played quite fair with me in the matter or with this school either.
May I repeat my request that you come to Andover and talk things over with me in Boston? I am primarily responsible to your father and I have promised him to see you and tell you just what he has written and the plans he wishes you to follow. I am not going to keep writing on this matter but I hope you will understand that I am very much in earnest in what I have written above.
Very truly yours
Mr.K.Y.Tu
438 Columbus Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts
My dear Tu:
I have your letter of April 10 and I am a good bit disturbed by it and for two reasons.
First, I have your father’s definite request that you should return home at the end of current school year. Under the circumstances with his instructions, which means that I shall not be able to pass on to you beyond the close of this current term any funds except what may be required to carry out your father’s instructions. Frankly, I think it is perfectly silly of you to stay on longer in America working on high school work. You are altogether too old for that sort of thing and cannot gain anything by a continuance of it that in my judgment will prove of any definite or permanent value.
Second, your notice to me that you have been securing scholarship aid from the school is the first intimation I have had of that fact. Frankly, I don’t like the sound of this at all, for it indicates clearly that you have not played quite fair with me in the matter or with this school either.
May I repeat my request that you come to Andover and talk things over with me in Boston? I am primarily responsible to your father and I have promised him to see you and tell you just what he has written and the plans he wishes you to follow. I am not going to keep writing on this matter but I hope you will understand that I am very much in earnest in what I have written above.
Very truly yours
Creator
Dr. Alfred E. Stearns
Publisher
Phillips Academy
Date
April 12, 1929
Rights
All Rights Reserved By Phillips Academy
Language
English
Type
Correspondence