Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Miss Alice M. Duran, April 12, 1907
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Title
Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Miss Alice M. Duran, April 12, 1907
Subject
Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Miss Alice M. Duran, April 12, 1907
Description
Typed letter sent from Alfred E. Stearns to Alice M. Duran. Will forward Duran's letter to brother at Mt. Vernon. Plans to have Chiun Lo Ying visit during spring term to meet other Chinese students. Explains trustees opened scholarship funds to Chinese students if requirements were met.
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Miss Alice M. Duren
Oakland, Cal.
My dear Miss Duren:
I thank you for your letter of the 10th inst. relating to Mr. Lo. I am taking the liberty of forwarding this letter to my brother at Mt.Vernon, in order that he may fully appreciate the boy’s situation and peculiar needs. I am going to suggest to my brother that he brings the boy down here from time to time during the spring term, in order that he may make the acquaintance of the seven Chinese boys now in the school. I think such a course would help him to overcome his homesickness and loneliness.
So far as my experience goes, there is no other school outside of Andover, with the possible exception of Phillips Exeter at Exeter, New Hampshire, which offers a boy of limited means so good an opportunity to secure an education at a minimum cost. Our Trustees last year passed a special vote throwing open our scholarship funds to Chinese students on the same basis that they are open to boys of our own nationality. There is no reason, therefore, why a Chinese boyy should not be able, as so many other boys have been, to make him XX through the school at a very slight expense. I am sorry that Mr. Lo’s friend, Mr.Li, did not decide to combine forces. Of the Chinese boys now in the school two bear the name of Li, one coming from Ningpo and the other Tientsin. Both are exceedingly bright and reliable fellows.
Trusting that you will feel free to write me at any time making such suggestions as may seem to be desirable to further Mr. Lo’s best interests, believe me
Very sincerely yours,
Alfred E. Stearns
Oakland, Cal.
My dear Miss Duren:
I thank you for your letter of the 10th inst. relating to Mr. Lo. I am taking the liberty of forwarding this letter to my brother at Mt.Vernon, in order that he may fully appreciate the boy’s situation and peculiar needs. I am going to suggest to my brother that he brings the boy down here from time to time during the spring term, in order that he may make the acquaintance of the seven Chinese boys now in the school. I think such a course would help him to overcome his homesickness and loneliness.
So far as my experience goes, there is no other school outside of Andover, with the possible exception of Phillips Exeter at Exeter, New Hampshire, which offers a boy of limited means so good an opportunity to secure an education at a minimum cost. Our Trustees last year passed a special vote throwing open our scholarship funds to Chinese students on the same basis that they are open to boys of our own nationality. There is no reason, therefore, why a Chinese boyy should not be able, as so many other boys have been, to make him XX through the school at a very slight expense. I am sorry that Mr. Lo’s friend, Mr.Li, did not decide to combine forces. Of the Chinese boys now in the school two bear the name of Li, one coming from Ningpo and the other Tientsin. Both are exceedingly bright and reliable fellows.
Trusting that you will feel free to write me at any time making such suggestions as may seem to be desirable to further Mr. Lo’s best interests, believe me
Very sincerely yours,
Alfred E. Stearns
Creator
Dr. Alfred E. Stearns
Publisher
Phillips Academy
Date
April 12, 1907
Rights
All Rights Reserved By Phillips Academy
Language
English
Type
Correspondence