Letter from Charles S. Macfarland to Dr. Alfred E. Stearns, December 18, 1906
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Letter from Charles S. Macfarland to Dr. Alfred E. Stearns, December 18, 1906
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Letter from Charles S. Macfarland to Dr. Alfred E. Stearns, December 18, 1906
Description
Typed letter sent from Charles S. Macfarland to Alfred E. Stearns about a potential student. Introduced John J. Ungvary, a Hungarian student who is currently working as a stenographer. Explains Ungvary wishes to attend Yale and become a minister. Explains Ungvary's past education is erratics. Discusses past schools and education. Asks if Ungvary is able to attend Andover.
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December 18th, 1906
Prin. Alfred E. Stearns,
Andover, Mass.
My dear Mr. Stearns;
I have in hand a very promising young man, whose education and preparation for the ministry, I am called upon to direct.
His case is an interesting one. He is a Hungarian and the son of a saloon-keeper. He is now twenty three years of age, and occupies a responsible position as private secretary to one of the directors of The Yale and Towne Lock Co., of Stamford. He is an experienced stenographer.
His education has pursued a somewhat erratic course. He left school before reaching High School. He has however, since that time, qualified himself in large measure by his own study. He attended a Business School for a while. He also put in a hard year at the preparatory school at Heidelberg University in Ohio.
He took one full year of Latin and one half a year of Greek. In English and history I judge he stands fairly well. The main point on which he would fall short is mathematics.
In addition to his work at the preparatory school he has also been tutored somewhat. His plan is to prepare to enter Yale. He wishes ultimately to enter the ministry in order to do work among the Hungarian people. He is a good speaker and a man of strong personality.
The matter I now have in hand is to get him prepared to enter Yale. He would need to pursue a somewhat irregular course. It seems to me he ought to be able to get ready for Yale in about two years, if he could do his work in special ways.
I wish that he might go to Andover Academy, but I do not know to what extent you can care for such special students. Perhaps it may be necessary for him to go to some other school, like Northfield, for his first year, and then take a second year at Andover.
He has resigned his business position and is ready to begin the first of January. He has about three hundred dollars in cash.
I think that his is a case well worthy of attention.
May I submit the matter to you and receive your early reply as to what you could do for him and also an estimate of the expense per year. If so I shall be very grateful.
Sincerely yours,
[signed Charles MacFarland]
Prin. Alfred E. Stearns,
Andover, Mass.
My dear Mr. Stearns;
I have in hand a very promising young man, whose education and preparation for the ministry, I am called upon to direct.
His case is an interesting one. He is a Hungarian and the son of a saloon-keeper. He is now twenty three years of age, and occupies a responsible position as private secretary to one of the directors of The Yale and Towne Lock Co., of Stamford. He is an experienced stenographer.
His education has pursued a somewhat erratic course. He left school before reaching High School. He has however, since that time, qualified himself in large measure by his own study. He attended a Business School for a while. He also put in a hard year at the preparatory school at Heidelberg University in Ohio.
He took one full year of Latin and one half a year of Greek. In English and history I judge he stands fairly well. The main point on which he would fall short is mathematics.
In addition to his work at the preparatory school he has also been tutored somewhat. His plan is to prepare to enter Yale. He wishes ultimately to enter the ministry in order to do work among the Hungarian people. He is a good speaker and a man of strong personality.
The matter I now have in hand is to get him prepared to enter Yale. He would need to pursue a somewhat irregular course. It seems to me he ought to be able to get ready for Yale in about two years, if he could do his work in special ways.
I wish that he might go to Andover Academy, but I do not know to what extent you can care for such special students. Perhaps it may be necessary for him to go to some other school, like Northfield, for his first year, and then take a second year at Andover.
He has resigned his business position and is ready to begin the first of January. He has about three hundred dollars in cash.
I think that his is a case well worthy of attention.
May I submit the matter to you and receive your early reply as to what you could do for him and also an estimate of the expense per year. If so I shall be very grateful.
Sincerely yours,
[signed Charles MacFarland]
Creator
Charles S. Macfarland
Publisher
Phillips Academy
Date
December 18, 1906
Rights
All Rights Reserved By Phillips Academy
Language
English
Type
Correspondence