21 10 3636 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/f5fa4162b4e2dfb81ed30c6e21112ce1.jpg e6baf08ef1c21c00b1b95b1cf747854f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Stearns Folder 5037, Head of School (Stearns) Records Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to H.D. Dimmick, International Banking Corporation, New York, November 9, 1923 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to H.D. Dimmick, International Banking Corporation, New York, November 9, 1923 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Alfred E. Stearns Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Phillips Academy Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource November 9, 1923 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Rights Reserved By Phillips Academy Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Correspondence Relation A related resource November 9, 1923 Mr.H.D.Dimmick, International Banking Corporation 60 Wall Street New York City My dear Sir: Thank you for the information contained in your letter of November 8. I had already learned from Mr. Tsai, Senior, that the two thousand dollars ($2000) in question was to do credited to his son, as I had guessed to be the case. Very sincerely yours. Dr. Alfred E. Stearns H.D. Dimmick https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/83379fd4e8029b4b258d052ef17c6db2.jpg 85318b745036624815ebeb110f9e917f https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/ca169875cf4456036d495ab8af610c6d.jpg 2e57b5441f682076ebf9a7c770d72dc2 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Stearns Folder 5037, Head of School (Stearns) Records Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Tsai Shou Kie, Tientsin, October 4, 1923 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Tsai Shou Kie, Tientsin, October 4, 1923 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Alfred E. Stearns Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Phillips Academy Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource October 4, 1923 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Rights Reserved By Phillips Academy Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Correspondence Relation A related resource October 4, 1923 Mr. Tsai, Shou Kie 81 Council Road Tientsin, China My dear Mr. Tsai: Thank you for your letter of August 29, just received. The two thousand dollars gold referred to was duly received by me from the International Banking Corporation in New York. There was no intimation, however, as to the name of the sender, and, as several of my Chinese wards reside in Tientsin, I did not feel absolutely sure that the money came from you until your letter arrived. But I assumed as much at the start and, on the strength of this assumption, credited the sum to Kuo Fang’s account and paid up a few bills that had been for some tine overdue. I wrote to the New York office of the Bank but found that they were seemingly as much in the dark as I as to the sender. They offered to cable, but I advised them that this would probably be unnecessary. Kuo Fang is back with us once more and for the final year. He tried to gain admission to Amherst College this fall but failed by a small margin, his work in English being the chief obstacle. I talked with the Dean over the telephone and, as he agreed with the opinion expressed by my brother and those who had worked with the boy in camp during the summer that another year of preparation was really needed, I have consented to this arrangement and have urged Kuo Fang to do his best to round out his course at Andover this year in a way that will do him credit and that will bring him increasing satisfaction in the years to come.  I am interested in the latest news of the other boys. Give them my warmest regards, please. If Kuo Tsao comes to America, as suggested, tell him that I shall certainly count on seeing him. Assure him, too, that the latch string is always out for him at my home. By the way, can you possibly give me a little light on a puzzling problem? Last spring, or to be exact about the first of June, I received from one of our boys the enclosed clipping from a newspaper. In spite of the somewhat different name, I decided that this must be our old and mutual friend, C. L. Chow, who was so good to me when I was in China some ten years ago and whose boy I had labored over, unsuccessfully I regret to say, when he had been placed in my charge a year or two after that. Not knowing the American address of the visitor, I telegraphed to him in care of the Chinese Legation in Washington, wrote him again at that address, and did my best to get in touch with him. I offered as an extra inducement a special trip to Exeter to see the annual baseball game. This was in June and except for this newspaper clipping I have never heard a word to indicate that Chow was in this country. I am wondering whether the whole story is a myth, though it doesn't sound quite like that. If Jr. Chow did come to America, I should be disappointed indeed if he left without giving me a chance to see him and to try to repay some of the courtesies extended by him to me in China and which to this day stand out as the pleasantest memories of my whole trip. Ever sincerely yours. Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Tsai Shou Kie https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/9ddb3d8e8016f43372237414fa8b7cb5.jpg 18383aae6a45cc16f67e4e14552b9014 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/1923a72b13c2d1be5f25b74e3e984d0d.jpg 2fc30f7f006b26bd15d41bcd177b1ea2 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Stearns Folder 5037, Head of School (Stearns) Records Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to William J. Newlin, Amherst College September 17, 1923 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to William J. Newlin, Amherst College September 17, 1923 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Alfred E. Stearns Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Phillips Academy Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource September 17, 1923 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Rights Reserved By Phillips Academy Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Correspondence Relation A related resource September 17, 1923 William J • Berlin, Secretary Amherst College Amherst, Mass. My dear Mr. Newlin: Thank you for your letter about Tsai. The boy has been my personal ward since he has been in this country and I have a very genuine interest in his problem, which is a little different from the problems of the other Chinese boys with whom I have dealt; indeed I have never felt quite satisfied that I understood him thoroughly, and those who have met him intimately have not always agreed in their estimates. Tsai’s two brothers were with us a few years ago and did exceptionally well in their work. Young Tsai enjoys much the same kind of popularity with his mates that his brothers Lid, for all of these boys have adapted themselves to the American ways and ideas much more than have most of their Chinese friends. The main difficulty with this youngest member of the family is that he has been too popular. He has also suffered from physical limitations which have slightly encroached on his intellectual activities arid progress. Anyway this boy’s record in his studies has been a bit irregular. On two different occasions I decided to sever the Andover connection and give him elsewhere the individual attention which he seemed to need. Last year he went to my brother’s school in Mount Vernon, and with the understanding that he was to make college in the fall. I urged this strongly because I believed he needed an incentive to keep him hard at it. This summer my brother told me that he felt that I was expecting too much and that the boy really needed another year of preparation. This report was also confirmed by the men who worked with him during the summer months at Long Lake Lodge, one of the best of the summer tutoring camps. Consequently I am wondering whether it may not be a mistake to encourage the boy to attempt the Amherst work, even though he succeeds in gaining a technical admission. Of course it is for you to determine the wisdom of acting favorably on Tsai's application. I am giving you the facts frankly, however, so that you may know, so far as possible, the kind of problem with which we are dealing. If he can get in and can hold the pace, I very much hope that he will go ahead; on the other hand, I should dislike exceedingly to have him enter and then have him drop out during the course. Tsai is a most attractive and likable fellow, as you will no doubt discover. He is a bit weak in his will power and hasn't the stability and self-control which are generally such prominent characteristics in his fellow countrymen. With every good wish to you for the year just opening, believe me always Very sincerely yours, Dr. Alfred E. Stearns William J. Newlin https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/e36e044b6cc762fc14fd73db60aa1277.jpg ab7e59ba9170bbe54b9ed59ce1be2d9c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Stearns Folder 5037, Head of School (Stearns) Records Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Edwin V. Spponer, Phillips Exeter Academy, September 11, 1923 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Edwin V. Spponer, Phillips Exeter Academy, September 11, 1923 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Alfred E. Stearns Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Phillips Academy Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource September 11, 1923 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Rights Reserved By Phillips Academy Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Correspondence Relation A related resource 11 September 1923. Mr.Edwin V. Spooner, Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, N.H. My dear Mr.Spooner: I thank you for your letter of September 4th and for the welcome information you have given me about Charlie Tsai and his summer work. I mailed you a few days ago a check for $400 to cover the payment on the boy’s tuition for the summer, Since then I have received the complete bill, including extras. I am sending you, therefore, an additional check for $34.66 to cover the balance due. If you will kindly return the receipt for the total amount as shown on the accompanying statement, I shall he indebted to you. The bill would have been settled long ago but for the fact that the boy had overdrawn his account rather heavily and the customary remittance from China was a bit delayed. Trusting that the summer has proved a happy and prosperous one for you and with best wishes for the new school year just opening, believe me Very sincerely yours. Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Edwin V. Spooner https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/fbc0a162c3cbd85558313b5997201672.jpg 7cd4193454e6e0ebecee242a16f44533 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Stearns Folder 5037, Head of School (Stearns) Records Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to H.D. Dimmick, International Banking Corporation, New York, September 11, 1923 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to H.D. Dimmick, International Banking Corporation, New York, September 11, 1923 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Alfred E. Stearns Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Phillips Academy Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource September 11, 1923 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Rights Reserved By Phillips Academy Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Correspondence Relation A related resource 11 September, 1923 Cashier, International ranking Corporation 60 Wall Street. New York City. Attention Mr. Dimmick. Dear Sir: In answer to your favor of September 6th, I would suggest that it is probably unnecessary for you to cable to Tien Tsin for the name of the boy to whose account the $2,000 recently forwarded me shall be credited. Probably I shall hear from the father shortly, but in the meantime it perhaps would be wise for you to drop a letter to your Tien Tsin office asking for the information requested so that I may be sure that 1 am making no mistake in handling the funds in question. I have every reason to believe that the money is for Kuo Fong Tsai, but will have a little easier conscience in the matter when I have been definitely advised that this assumption is correct. Very sincerely yours Dr. Alfred E. Stearns H.D. Dimmick https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/1d01b4cf6f0d8f1db782d1bedfa2d29b.jpg 31fc912f7a1b95a3b092088913a230ba Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Stearns Folder 5037, Head of School (Stearns) Records Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to William J. Newlin, Amherst College, June 29, 1923 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to William J. Newlin, Amherst College, June 29, 1923 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Alfred E. Stearns Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Phillips Academy Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource June 29, 1923 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Rights Reserved By Phillips Academy Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Correspondence Relation A related resource June 29, 1923 Mr. William J. Newlin, Secretary Amherst College Amherst, Massachusetts My dear Mr.Newlin: I took the liberty of settling your letter of June 22nd to Mr. K. F. Tsai, the Chinese boy about whom I wrote Etsy recently. His reply is enolosed. If you have anything further to suggest to the boy by which he will be able to meet the Amherst requirements, please write him direct, ae I am leaving for the woods in the morning. His address for the summer is Long Lake Lodge, North Bridgton, Maine. With personal regards and best wishes for a restful summer after the strain of recent weeks, believe me Faithfully yours, Enclosure Dr. Alfred E. Stearns William J. Newlin https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/55079a4790483e5dc3039a6490c2f21c.jpg 77e7918acad874a432b809649191a0f2 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Stearns Folder 5037, Head of School (Stearns) Records Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to K.F. Tsai, Mont Vernon, N.H. May 23, 1923 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to K.F. Tsai, Mont Vernon, N.H. May 23, 1923 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Alfred E. Stearns Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Phillips Academy Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource May 23, 1923 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Rights Reserved By Phillips Academy Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Correspondence Relation A related resource May 23. 1923. Mr. K. F. Tsai. The Stearns School. Mont Vernon, N. H. My dear Tsai: Thank you for your letter. Your account has been overdrawn, as you know, by several hundred dollars, and I am holding back for payment several bills, including the final tuition bill at Mont Vernon. A day or two ago I received a check from your father for $500.00,which will a little more than square the account to date, but will not permit me to meet all of the payments due. Consequently I am sending your father, this morning, a detailed statement so that he may see just how matters stand. I will negotiate a loan if necessary, to tide you over until we get some further remittances from home. I can’t help feeling that the money has gone too fast, even making full allowances for the extra expenses incurred by your illness. I enclose herewith check for $5.00, to cover the trip to Andover. If you need more you can explain the situation to me when you come down, for the round trip will be more than covered by this amount. Faithfully yours, Charlie Tsai Dr. Alfred E. Stearns https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/9a4b6c170d3e1292f72e40219a6891ea.jpg 01e56b8c66a463d6d6d9cf549cb41ad3 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Stearns Folder 5037, Head of School (Stearns) Records Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Tsai Shou Kie, Tientsin, May 21, 1923 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Tsai Shou Kie, Tientsin, May 21, 1923 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Alfred E. Stearns Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Phillips Academy Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource May 21, 1923 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Rights Reserved By Phillips Academy Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Correspondence Relation A related resource May 21, 1923. Mr. Tsai, Shou Kie, 35 Race Course Road, Tientsin, China. My dear Mr. Tsai: Let me acknowledge the receipt of your letter of April 23rd, and the accompanying check for -500.00, to be credited to Kuo Fang’s account. The boy has overdrawn his present account pretty heavily, as the enclosed statement shows, and I am holding back for later payment several additional bills, including one for over $400.00 covering the final term’s expenses at the Mont Vernon school., I asked Kuo Fang to advise you of this situation, as I have not found it easy to get the time required to draw off a copy of the boy’s account as it appears on my books, to send to you. Probably he has done so by this time. His doctors’ bills last year, coupled with the infirmary and nurses charges, brought it to pass that his expenditures reached abnormal heights. Such a situation, I trust, will not occur again, though as I have already intimated, Kuo Fang has a way of purchasing goods that always seem to cost a little more than those secured by his fellow countrymen with us. It is my impression that the boy will perhaps do best in a small college, and I have already written you to this effect. He himself favors this plan, indeed, is quite enthusiastic about it. We have talked of Bowdoin or Amherst, both of them colleges of high standard at the present time. Even if he takes a business course latter I should be disposed to try out this plan, for the good business schools are connected with our largest universities, and I am convinced that, for a year or two, at least, the complete freedom and distractions of university life would not re-act favorably on the boy. The smaller business schools are generally of an inferior standard. I had a delightful visit a few days ago from your old friend, Mr. Wickham. We talked over the boy’s case very freely and fully, and are both agreed that the youngster has been passing through a somewhat unsettled stage, due in large measure to ill health, and that he ought to gain momentum in his work and development from now on. The latest reports from my brother at Mont Vernon indicate that this is so. He tells me that the boy has shown excellent spirit, and he hopes he may be able to gain admission to college this coming fall. Some very hard work will be required to bring this to pass, but apparently Kuo Fang is interested in accomplishing this at the present time and if this interest holds the goal may yet be attained. Of course, I am delighted at the prospect, though I confess that not many months ago I felt very dubious about the whole situation and, as you know, was inclined to recommend that Kuo Fang give up the American education. I know the boy was not induced to increase his respect for me because of my attitude, but I am rather inclined to think that, even if this was so, the position I took has helped somewhat to impress upon the youngster the importance of getting down to some good hard and steady work. If the results have proved worth while, therefore, I am willing to accept my medicine in the loss of favor on the boy’s part, even though I deeply regret that I have occasioned him any change of feeling towards me. Mr. Wickham told me about his wonderful visit with you, and the enthusiasm he displayed when relating the various incidents attending his visit was a delight to Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Tsai Shou Kie https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/a27eea26b627413e787e8853b8d9c12c.jpg 5552b723b0fc92c9d774e39f35253923 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Stearns Folder 5037, Head of School (Stearns) Records Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Clarence Horace Wickham, Hartford, Conn. May 18, 1923 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Clarence Horace Wickham, Hartford, Conn. May 18, 1923 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Alfred E. Stearns Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Phillips Academy Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource May 18, 1923 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Rights Reserved By Phillips Academy Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Correspondence Relation A related resource May 18, 1923 Mr. Clarence H. Wickham, Hartford, Conn. Dear Mr. Wickham: Many thanks for your note. It was a real pleasure to meet you and get better acquainted. I wish that our trails might cross oftener. Certainly I shall keep in mind your friendly invitation to step off at Hartford if my travels make possible a little extra pleasure of this kind. I enclose the last report received from my brother in regard to Charlie Tsai’s work. Apparently the boy is taking hold with pretty good spirits, though it is generally easier for a boy to get higher marks in a small school than in a large one. The last time I saw my brother he spoke very optimistically of the youngster’s attitude and progress to date. Faithfully yours Clarence Horace Wickham Dr. Alfred E. Stearns https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/df0124de51421c6f71567beb6a6fc32e.jpg 8e75ca05763891989c1e2eeed494ce9b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Stearns Folder 5037, Head of School (Stearns) Records Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Clarence H. Wickham, Hartford, Conn. April 26, 1923 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Clarence H. Wickham, Hartford, Conn. April 26, 1923 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Alfred E. Stearns Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Phillips Academy Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource April 26, 1923 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Rights Reserved By Phillips Academy Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Correspondence Relation A related resource April 26, 1923 Hartford, Connecticut My dear Mr. Wickham: I have your letter of recent date and shall be delighted to meet you at a time mutually agreeable, and for the purpose of discussing Charlie Tsai’s situation. The two older boys, as you know, were pretty much in my charge when they were here in school a member of years go. The oldest one and his father went out of their way when I was in China in 1912 to extend all sorts of friendly courtesies to me. I shall always be their debtor for this , and my interest in this latest representative of the family is intensely keen. He has been something of a puzzle to me, however, and I have been very anxious about him at times. Just now he seems to be taking hold with good spirit in my brother’s small home school up in New Hampshire; but the distractions of the life in a big school like ours seem to have been a bit too much for him. Anyway, I shall be only too glad to discuss the whole problem with you. I am more sorry than I can tell you that I missed you when you last called. It is too bad that I did not know of your plan in advance. Charlie himself evidently failed to bring me the message reported by you, else you would have heard from me before this. I expect to be in Andover almost constantly from now until the end of the school year, barring a few trips close at hand, almost none of which will take me away for a whole day; consequently I think I can arrange to meet you at almost any time that would prove most convenient for you. Just notify me a day or two in advance if you can, either by letter or telephone. Very sincerely yours Clarence Horace Wickham Dr. Alfred E. Stearns