Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to K.Y. Tu, April 17, 1928
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Title
Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to K.Y. Tu, April 17, 1928
Subject
Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to K.Y. Tu, April 17, 1928
Description
Typed letter sent from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to K.Y. Tu. Enclosed checke for medical bills. Advises against trip to Springfield while still recovering. Explains Tu's father originally wanted Tu to help contribute to his education in the form of outside work. States Tu's current progress has Tu's father questioning the wisdom of continuing his education. Convinced Tu's father that the time spend at outside work affected the poor grades. States this year is the time to prove Tu can keep up with the education. Asks Tu to keep expense low, as Tu's father's financial condition is not the best.
Transcription
April 17, 1928
Mr. K.Y.Tu
438 Columbus Ave
Boston, Mass
My dear Tu:
I have your letter of April 15 and am enclosing a check for $15.00, as requested, to cover yourr doctor’s charges and other special expenses incurred by your recent illness. I do hope that by this time you are well on the road to recovery. I would certainly suggest that, unless you are in the best of health, the Springfield trip be deferred, and I am not sure that you ought to spend as such as $10.00 merely for the privilege of a day’s visit with a friend at that distance.
Only today I have been writing to your father in answer to letter received from him several days ago, and in which he asks me to use my judgment as to the wisdom of supplying you funds to meet all your school and living expenses. He feels, as I felt some time ago, that if you were ambitious enough to get your education to be willing to work for it and earn it yourself, he would be ready to approve that course. Naturally he feels that, in view of the little progress you have made to date, further investment of funds on his part is questionable at best. I have written him that, in view of the amount of time taken from your studies under the plan you originally adopted of doing outside work, it seemed to me utterly impossible for you to make any satisfactory progress in your studies and that in consequence I had approved of your dropping that outside work and drawing on his funds for necessary expenses. I added that I was taking this position merely to give you one last and fair chance to show us whether or not you could and would meet the scholastic tests that must be met if you were to go forward with your education and qualify for the higher work in dentistry later.
So you see everything depends on what you do and achieve this year. Your father has asked me to keep our expenses down to the lowest limit, as his own financial condition is none too good. Under the circumstances if you plan to visit friends, involving a $10.00 expenditure for a single day’s visit, it seems to me that you should earn the money yourself and not draw upon your father. Isn’t that fair?
Faithfully yours,
Mr. K.Y.Tu
438 Columbus Ave
Boston, Mass
My dear Tu:
I have your letter of April 15 and am enclosing a check for $15.00, as requested, to cover yourr doctor’s charges and other special expenses incurred by your recent illness. I do hope that by this time you are well on the road to recovery. I would certainly suggest that, unless you are in the best of health, the Springfield trip be deferred, and I am not sure that you ought to spend as such as $10.00 merely for the privilege of a day’s visit with a friend at that distance.
Only today I have been writing to your father in answer to letter received from him several days ago, and in which he asks me to use my judgment as to the wisdom of supplying you funds to meet all your school and living expenses. He feels, as I felt some time ago, that if you were ambitious enough to get your education to be willing to work for it and earn it yourself, he would be ready to approve that course. Naturally he feels that, in view of the little progress you have made to date, further investment of funds on his part is questionable at best. I have written him that, in view of the amount of time taken from your studies under the plan you originally adopted of doing outside work, it seemed to me utterly impossible for you to make any satisfactory progress in your studies and that in consequence I had approved of your dropping that outside work and drawing on his funds for necessary expenses. I added that I was taking this position merely to give you one last and fair chance to show us whether or not you could and would meet the scholastic tests that must be met if you were to go forward with your education and qualify for the higher work in dentistry later.
So you see everything depends on what you do and achieve this year. Your father has asked me to keep our expenses down to the lowest limit, as his own financial condition is none too good. Under the circumstances if you plan to visit friends, involving a $10.00 expenditure for a single day’s visit, it seems to me that you should earn the money yourself and not draw upon your father. Isn’t that fair?
Faithfully yours,
Creator
Dr. Alfred E. Stearns
Publisher
Phillips Academy
Date
April 17, 1928
Rights
All Rights Reserved By Phillips Academy
Language
English
Type
Correspondence