Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Mr. H.K. Tu, June 7, 1926
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Title
Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Mr. H.K. Tu, June 7, 1926
Subject
Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Mr. H.K. Tu, June 7, 1926
Description
Typed letter sent from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to H.K. Tu. Acknowledges receipt of check from May 14 and check from February 2. Enclosed copy of previous letter and copy of K.Y. Tu's account. Believes son is getting the help needed at current school. Is difficult to solve problems at a distance. States Summer and vacation problems are most difficult, especially summer. Asks for suggestions. States summer camps and schools are high priced. Will try to arrange inexpensive as possible, but still healthy and profitable.
Transcription
Mr.H. K. Tu
687 Kong Lok Li
Shanghai, China
My dear Mr. Tu
I have this morning received your letter of May 14, enclosing check for $600.00, which I am depositing to your boy's account,
The earlier check for $1,000.00, which you sent in your letter of February 2, was duly received, deposited to the boy's account, and an acknowledgment made you on March 2nd. I am enclosing a copy of that letter which apparently has gone astray, so that you may see that the check was duly received and the proper acknowledgement made. I sincerely trust that this letter may be more fortunate in reaching its destination. I am enclosing also a statement of your son's account to date.
It has been very difficult to handle the boy's problem at a distance, as I have had to do recently, but I am sure that he is getting in his present school more of the kind of work that he needs at present than would have been possible here at Andover, where the numbers are larger and the studies mere exacting. His present principal and the boy himself seem to feel that another year at the school where he is now studying will prove more beneficial to him than a change at this time.
The summer and vacation problems prove the most difficult ones to settle satisfactorily. The summer vacation, especially, is bound to prove expensive and hard to adjust in the best possible way. If you, yourself, have any suggestions to make in this connection, please let me have them. Summer tutoring schools and camps are regularly pretty high-priced; on the other hand, I don’t like to see boys, foreigners especially, turned loose for a vacation life at beaches, hotels, and summer resorts, and even that life is, of course, highly expensive also. I shall endeavor to arrange with the boy himself for a vacation that will prove as inexpensive as practicable and at the same time will give the lad a healthful and a profitable summer.
With kindest regards, believe me always
Very sincerely yours.
687 Kong Lok Li
Shanghai, China
My dear Mr. Tu
I have this morning received your letter of May 14, enclosing check for $600.00, which I am depositing to your boy's account,
The earlier check for $1,000.00, which you sent in your letter of February 2, was duly received, deposited to the boy's account, and an acknowledgment made you on March 2nd. I am enclosing a copy of that letter which apparently has gone astray, so that you may see that the check was duly received and the proper acknowledgement made. I sincerely trust that this letter may be more fortunate in reaching its destination. I am enclosing also a statement of your son's account to date.
It has been very difficult to handle the boy's problem at a distance, as I have had to do recently, but I am sure that he is getting in his present school more of the kind of work that he needs at present than would have been possible here at Andover, where the numbers are larger and the studies mere exacting. His present principal and the boy himself seem to feel that another year at the school where he is now studying will prove more beneficial to him than a change at this time.
The summer and vacation problems prove the most difficult ones to settle satisfactorily. The summer vacation, especially, is bound to prove expensive and hard to adjust in the best possible way. If you, yourself, have any suggestions to make in this connection, please let me have them. Summer tutoring schools and camps are regularly pretty high-priced; on the other hand, I don’t like to see boys, foreigners especially, turned loose for a vacation life at beaches, hotels, and summer resorts, and even that life is, of course, highly expensive also. I shall endeavor to arrange with the boy himself for a vacation that will prove as inexpensive as practicable and at the same time will give the lad a healthful and a profitable summer.
With kindest regards, believe me always
Very sincerely yours.
Creator
Dr. Alfred E. Stearns
Publisher
Phillips Academy
Date
June 7, 1926
Rights
All Rights Reserved By Phillips Academy
Language
English
Type
Correspondence