23 10 3636 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/f83796439be61efc3ab08472858a09a5.jpg 823e2e6070482a88ade42dbb3433b4c2 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/54fc657961ed022ce3aa4ffab712c1b8.jpg 2c1deb73179afa42ca7dc683bfaaf36a 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, September 26, 1922 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Tsai Shou Kie, Tientsin, September 26, 1922 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 26, 1922 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 26 September, 1922 Mr. Tsai Shou Kie 35 Race Course Road Tientsin, China. My dear Mr. Tsai: Your friendly and welcome letter of August 24th has just reached me, and I am depositing check for $1,600 enclosed to Kuo Fang's account for his school and other expenses. I have not yet settled some of his doctor's and infirmary bills brought ever from last term and due to his various illnesses last year nor the expenses of his summer camp. Those are fairly heavy items, but I feel sure that the balance will carry the boy some distance into the current school year. Try as I may, it seems next to impossible to keep Kuo Fang’s expenses down to the limit of those reached by the other Chinese boys under my cars. The extra expenses occasional by his several illnesses last year could not, of course, be avoided. The boy himself, however, has a way of always exceeding a little the amount which I believe he ought to spend; and it is because of this tendency that I have been very much worried, about him and have been led to wonder whether he was profiting to the extent he should profit by the American education and the American connection. The boy is a most attractive and likeable fellow, and I hate to believe that he is going to disappoint you or me in his conduct or later career. His attitude towards me has always been one of unbounded courtesy and friendliness; but the bills come in despite that fact and do not seem to grow less in size in spite of my constant admonitions. His school work, too, has not been of so high an order as to inspire confidence, while his well-known social proclivities and his general popularity among his mates prompt at times a bit of apprehension on my part. I have told Kuo Fang that he should watch his record with school with more than usual interest and care this year in the hope that I should have reason to feel confidence for the future when the complete record should have been considered at the end of the year, but with some misgivings as to the recommendation I would deem advisable to make to you on the basis of the data before me. I am only interested, of course, to assure myself that the boy is accomplishing by the American connection what you desire and attaining those objects in the development of character and broadening of mind for which you are making such genuine sacrifices. I hope that such apprehensions as I have had in the past may be wholly dispelled before the year is out and that I may be able to report more confidently my expectations for the future. Please remember me warmly to Kuo Pao and Kuo Tsao and tell the former that I am sorry that the girl is not boy, so that we could look forward to continuance of the family connection at Andover for years to come. What an Andover colony you have in your home! And how I should love to drop in and have a jolly old-fashioned meeting with them all once more. Your report of Tommy Lee is especially interesting; for I very much feared during the last year of Tommy’s stay in America that he had become so Americanized in some of the superficial ways that he would find it very difficult to adjust himself to the home conditions when he returned. We have had few boys here in recent years who were more universally like or who justly earned more popularity among their mates. These very qualities, however, made some of us a bit apprehensive as to the final effect and outcome. I rejoice to know your letter that the boy is apparently doing so well and has won the confidence of you and his many other friends. Give him my kindest regards, please, and heartiest good wishes for the days ahead. Again assuring you of my personal regard and esteem, believe me always Very sincerely yours, Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Tsai Shou Kie https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/221ec6f4ef9f399ac3288f3da0c2ac51.jpg ccee3ce1e9ea69739a8d750dabbcc92e 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. Spooner, Long Lake Lodge, North Bridgton, Maine, September 11, 1922 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Edwin V. Spooner, Long Lake Lodge, North Bridgton, Maine, September 11, 1922 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, 1922 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 11, 1922 Mr.Edwin V. Spooner Long Lake Lodge North Bridgton, Me My dear Mr.Spooner: Thank you for your letter of September 6 with its information about Tsai and the detailed statement of his bill at Long Lake Lodge. If I do not soon receive a check from the boy’s father, I shall arrange a temporary loan for him so as to meet this and some other obligations which ought not to be permitted to run much longer. I am grateful to you for your patience thus far. Wishing you the best kind of a year and with kindest regards, believe me, Very sincerely yours, Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Edwin V. Spooner https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/b6fb80ee187972558c9d597c49fafefc.jpg 8776129cece8f2e49c57cb601fb082ab 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, The Stearns School, Mont Vernon, N.H., April 24, 1922 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to K.F. Tsai, The Stearns School, Mont Vernon, N.H., April 24, 1922 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 24, 1922 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 Description An account of the resource 24 April, 1922 Mr. K. F. Tsai The Stearns School Mont Vernon, N. H. Dear Tsai: Thank you for your note. The check of exchange which you sent me will not be cashed under the circumstance, as the first one sent me direct by your father reached me duly and was deposited to my agent account and credited to your personal account with me. My files show that its receipt was acknowledged in a letter to your father dated February 22nd. Evidently that letter had not reached him at the time he wrote you. I hope and believe, however, that he will have received it ere this. When next you write him please mention the fact that the check was received on! credited to your account, so that if my earlier letter has by chance gone astray he will have no further occasion to worry. Faithfully yours, Charlie Tsai Dr. Alfred E. Stearns https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/fb4336ae447dbaf033a0c733374fa89c.jpg a798b94a91c258bc5f678f65069ad549 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, The Stearns School, Mont Vernon, N.H. April 17, 1922 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to K.F. Tsai, The Stearns School, Mont Vernon, N.H. April 17, 1922 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 17, 1922 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 17 April, 1922. Mr.K.F.Tsai The Stearns School Mont Vernon, N. H. My dear Tsai: Thank you for your good letter and also for the promises it contains of more economy on your part in the future. I am afraid that I cannot guide you very much in this matter. There is only one way to learn the valve of money, and that is to curtail unnecessary expenditures and save what you have in hand to the best of your ability. Faithfully yours, Charlie Tsai Dr. Alfred E. Stearns https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/30180c2ffe03023dc009a61a4f4e34a0.jpg aeed59e40e57bb412c0e9fed647d162f 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, The Stearns School, Mont Vernon, N.H., April 11, 1922 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to K.F. Tsai, The Stearns School, Mont Vernon, N.H., April 11, 1922 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 11, 1922 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 April, 1922. Mr. K. F. Tsai The Stearns School Mont Vernon,N.H. My dear Tsai: I am enclosing two bills for your endorsement. Frankly, I am getting a bit discouraged ever these bills which keep coming in from Burns. It is increasingly clear to me that you are not developing appreciation of the value of money and the necessity of avoiding extravagances. You have paid more for ties alone in the last month or two than most fellows pay in a couple of years. Please give this whole matter serious thought and see if you can’t find a way to cut down unnecessary expenses. As you knew, I am not yet fully clear as to the wisdom of continuing the American connection too long; and I should feel very greatly distressed if my conscience compelled me to advise your father to terminate it. Your father has sent you to this country to get the best and not the worst that America has to offer, and extravagance is one of the worst features of American life to-day. Very sincerely yours, Charlie Tsai Dr. Alfred E. Stearns https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/cd29bd94c36885bc80e71510f224ee4a.jpg 7d5a543a5cc56166a7df2388f3802c71 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. Spooner, Exeter, N.H., March 21, 1922 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Edwin V. Spooner, Exeter, N.H., March 21, 1922 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 March 21, 1922 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 21 March, 1922. Mr. Edwin V. Spooner Exeter, N. H. Dear Mr. Spooner: I am returning Tsai's application for admission to Long Lake Lodge this coming summer and with it the check for $25, covering the deposit. Tsai is proving something of a problem this year, chiefly because of seeming ill health. He appears not to have recovered fully his physical vigor since an operation for appendicitis last term. I hope and believe, however, that the summer with you will do him a lot of good. With kindest personal regards, believe me always Very sincerely yours, Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Edwin V. Spooner https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/c2106cb2fe4ca7272d41379084777566.jpg cf9604528adf3c14e859121ed5499598 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, The Stearns School, Mont Vernon, N.H. March 17, 1922 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to K.F. Tsai, The Stearns School, Mont Vernon, N.H. March 17, 1922 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 March 17, 1922 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 17 March, 1922. Mr. K. F. Tsai The Stearns School Mont Vernon. N. H. My dear Tsai: I have your letter of March 16th. Twenty dollars for incidental purchases at the store seems to me a pretty big account for you to have run up in this short time; though I am willing to hold my judgment in abeyance until you get back. Your tendency to spend money freely, however, has always troubled me a bit and has been one of the influences that has led me to question seriously whether it was fair to your father for you to continue the American experiment. Do be careful, and when you get back next week let me know just what has happened. Ever yours, Charlie Tsai Dr. Alfred E. Stearns https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/980a140ef51328e15d33327d911cb9ca.jpg 91718f3a0fa64a97c726d03250d1d836 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, The Stearns School, Mont Vernon, N.H., March 7, 1922 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to K.F. Tsai, The Stearns School, Mont Vernon, N.H., March 7, 1922 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 March 7, 1922 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 7 March, 1922. Mr. K. F. Tsai The Stearns School Mont Vernon, N. H. My dear Tsai: Thank you for your letter. I am glad to know that you are safely established in the new surroundings. Success and good luck to you! I am inclined to think that you will do as well for the summer at Hr. Hinman’s camp as you would at any place I know. Under the circumstances, therefore, I am in favor of your signing up there for another season. With best wishes, believe me Faithfully yours Dr. Alfred E. Stearns https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/7a01a647e28538bc8c3e5fbb9b955f29.jpg 026ad3df927a37079df94978ee1d078c 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, February 22, 1922 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Tsai Shou Kie, Tientsin, February 22, 1922 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 February 22, 1922 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 22 February, 1922. Mr. Tsai Shou-kie 5 Race Course Road Tientsin, China. Dear Mr. Tsai: Let me acknowledge receipt of your letter of January 25th enclosing draft for for $650. to be credited to the account of Kuo-fang, and to be used primarily for meeting the extra expenses incurred by the boy’s recent illness. I will see that the accounts are settled at once. Some of them have already been paid, as the boy has a fair balance on hand at the present time. Please thank the boys for their expressions of good will and accept for them and for yourself my warmest personal regards and best wishes for the days ahead. Very sincerely yours, Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Tsai Shou Kie https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/26f527b58272f395fe999ace27a180ef.jpg a2cfeb44efbbaaa0d5bb134a7cbf5e2b 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 Jordan Marsh & Co., Boston, February 3, 1922 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Jordan Marsh & Co., Boston, February 3, 1922 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 February 3, 1922 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 3 February, 1922 Messrs.Jordan Marsh & Co. Boston, Mass. Dear Sirs: Referring to your letter of January 30th I beg to say that the payment of $15. for the tennis racquet in question was made last summer. Your receipt for the earn bears date of August 3rd, 1921. It is initialled ”T. (or J.) McD.” The bill itself bears date of July, 1921, and is made out to Dr. A. L. Sargent, guardian of K. F. Tsai, Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass. Very probably the error in my name is accountable for your inability to locate the record of the payment. Trusting that this information will enable you to straighten out the matter to the satisfaction of all concerned, believe me Very sincerely yours, Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Jordan Marsh & Co