Letter from C.H. Sampson, headmaster of Huntington School, to Dr. Alfred E. Stearns, December 4, 1928
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Letter from C.H. Sampson, headmaster of Huntington School, to Dr. Alfred E. Stearns, December 4, 1928
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Letter from C.H. Sampson, headmaster of Huntington School, to Dr. Alfred E. Stearns, December 4, 1928
Description
Typed letter sent from C.H. Sampson, headmaster of Huntington School, to Dr. Alfred E. Stearns. States K.Y. Tu is doing fairly well, but wouldn’t be considered college material. States grades average about a "C". Believes Tu could do better but is more concerned with athletics. Explains it would take a period longer than 2 years to prepare him for college.
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Dr. Alfred. E. Stearns, Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass.
Dear Dr. Stearns:
I have received your letter asking for a report on the work which K. Y. Tu is doing. He is getting along fairly well, but not sufficiently well to enable us to consider him at present college material. His grades average about a "C". I believe he is capable of doing better work than he is now producing, but his chief interest is apparently not in his studies but in athletics.
I think possibly a letter from you to this young man might help considerably. He is taking only four subjects with us, namely: English III, Algebra II, French I, and Ancient History. If he is college material, he should be doing "B" work in all of them.
We would not expect to be able to get him ready for college entrance in less than two years, and quite likely a longer period than that would be needed.
Sincerely yours,
Dear Dr. Stearns:
I have received your letter asking for a report on the work which K. Y. Tu is doing. He is getting along fairly well, but not sufficiently well to enable us to consider him at present college material. His grades average about a "C". I believe he is capable of doing better work than he is now producing, but his chief interest is apparently not in his studies but in athletics.
I think possibly a letter from you to this young man might help considerably. He is taking only four subjects with us, namely: English III, Algebra II, French I, and Ancient History. If he is college material, he should be doing "B" work in all of them.
We would not expect to be able to get him ready for college entrance in less than two years, and quite likely a longer period than that would be needed.
Sincerely yours,
Creator
C.H. Sampson
Publisher
Phillips Academy
Date
December 4, 1928
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All Rights Reserved By Phillips Academy
Language
English
Type
Correspondence