Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Huntington School headmaster, C.H. Sampson, December 5, 1928
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Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Huntington School headmaster, C.H. Sampson, December 5, 1928
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Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Huntington School headmaster, C.H. Sampson, December 5, 1928
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Typed letter sent from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to C.H. Sampson, Huntington School headmaster, about K.Y. Tu educational progess. Has tried to convince Tu and Tu's father that Tu should return to China. Explained attempts to educate Tu at Andover and the local high school failed. States Tu has convinced his father to allow him to stay and try other schools. Requests a report on Tu's educational progress.
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December 5, 1928
Headmaster C. H. Sampson
The Huntington School
320 Huntington Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts
My dear Mr. Sampson:
Thank you for your letter about K. Y. Tu. I am not surprised that the boy is not making pronounced progress with you, and indeed I am more than a little surprised that he has done as well as your letter would seem to indicate.
Frankly, I have been trying to persuade Tu and his father also for several years that the money invested in the boy’s education in this country is being practically thrown away. He tried to do something for Tu here at Phillips Academy and gave it up as a bad job. At the boy's earnest request, I allowed him to try the local high school, but the authorities there throw up their hands in despair after they had worked with him for some time, and he was consequently forced to sever that connection. I strongly urged his father to take him home, but the boy himself looks on this possibility as having in it the elements of a real calamity and has been able to persuade his father to allow him to stay In this country and try other schools. Personally, I can’t believe that the boy will ever prove himself to be college material. For one thing, he is already too old to plan an investment of additional time that a college education would require.
I shall appreciate greatly your having your dean or registrar, or whoever has charge of the matter, send me at an early date a complete statement of the boy’s standing with you, which I shall in turn forward to Mr. Tu Sr.
Very sincerely yours,
Headmaster C. H. Sampson
The Huntington School
320 Huntington Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts
My dear Mr. Sampson:
Thank you for your letter about K. Y. Tu. I am not surprised that the boy is not making pronounced progress with you, and indeed I am more than a little surprised that he has done as well as your letter would seem to indicate.
Frankly, I have been trying to persuade Tu and his father also for several years that the money invested in the boy’s education in this country is being practically thrown away. He tried to do something for Tu here at Phillips Academy and gave it up as a bad job. At the boy's earnest request, I allowed him to try the local high school, but the authorities there throw up their hands in despair after they had worked with him for some time, and he was consequently forced to sever that connection. I strongly urged his father to take him home, but the boy himself looks on this possibility as having in it the elements of a real calamity and has been able to persuade his father to allow him to stay In this country and try other schools. Personally, I can’t believe that the boy will ever prove himself to be college material. For one thing, he is already too old to plan an investment of additional time that a college education would require.
I shall appreciate greatly your having your dean or registrar, or whoever has charge of the matter, send me at an early date a complete statement of the boy’s standing with you, which I shall in turn forward to Mr. Tu Sr.
Very sincerely yours,
Creator
Dr. Alfred E. Stearns
Publisher
Phillips Academy
Date
December 5, 1928
Rights
All Rights Reserved By Phillips Academy
Language
English
Type
Correspondence