Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Dr. Charles D. Tenney, September 24, 1906
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Title
Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Dr. Charles D. Tenney, September 24, 1906
Subject
Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Dr. Charles D. Tenney, September 24, 1906
Description
Typed letter sent from Alfred E. Stearns to Dr. Charles D. Tenney about Li Chien Luan. Explains Li has requested to enter the school. Refused to enroll Li without proper authorization from Tenney or the Chinese minister. Unable to order Li out of town. Unsure of what to do. Will ask instructors not to admit Li to classes.
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25 September, 1906
Dr. Charles D. Tenney
Cambridge, Mass.
My dear Mr. Tenney:
I have your letter of recent date. The boy referred to has been here for some time, and has persistently urged that he be allowed to enter the school. From the conversations I have had both with him and with one of his friends I was led to infer that he was perhaps paying truant and I have consequently refused to allow him to become enrolled. I have told him that I could not do this without proper authorization from you or the Chinese minister. He has insisted that he was his own master in the matter, but I have maintained that if this were true it would be best proved by written endorsement from Sir Liang or yourself. At the same time I hardly felt that I had authority to order the boy out of town, and I have been in somewhat a quandry to know just what to do. I think he has been staying with one of the other Chinese boys here, though I am not quite sure as to that. I have asked our teachers not to admit him to classes.
Very truly yours.
Dr. Charles D. Tenney
Cambridge, Mass.
My dear Mr. Tenney:
I have your letter of recent date. The boy referred to has been here for some time, and has persistently urged that he be allowed to enter the school. From the conversations I have had both with him and with one of his friends I was led to infer that he was perhaps paying truant and I have consequently refused to allow him to become enrolled. I have told him that I could not do this without proper authorization from you or the Chinese minister. He has insisted that he was his own master in the matter, but I have maintained that if this were true it would be best proved by written endorsement from Sir Liang or yourself. At the same time I hardly felt that I had authority to order the boy out of town, and I have been in somewhat a quandry to know just what to do. I think he has been staying with one of the other Chinese boys here, though I am not quite sure as to that. I have asked our teachers not to admit him to classes.
Very truly yours.
Creator
Dr. Alfred E. Stearns
Publisher
Phillips Academy
Date
September 24, 1906
Rights
All Rights Reserved By Phillips Academy
Language
English
Type
Correspondence