1 10 4 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/696e307cf8535670a75512511db8da45.jpg 291fd265ab00894723e45c2fe033d3ce https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/c4ee0a0dd3fc9d192fe718bc39e88669.jpg 4a4016d733ec6f78a5ac84076a1feced 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 Box 30 Sun Siblings 1923-1926 Folder 1, 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 Frederick Lent, Elmira College May 18, 1926 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Frederick Lent, Elmira College May 18, 1926 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, 1926 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, 1926 President Frederick Lent Elmira College Elmira, N.Y. My dear Dr. Lent: I believe that our mutual friend, Mr. Sze, the Chinese Minister at Washington, has told you of my desire to enter at Elmira College this coming fall my Chinese ward, Mary Sun, now studying at the Whittier School in Merrimac Mass., in preparation for college. The case is an unusual one, and I need your help and generosity, perhaps, in handling it properly. Mary Sun and her three brothers have been my wards for the past five years, living for a good part of that time under my own roof. Two of the boys are now in college and the third will probably enter next fall. My understanding at the outset was that Mary was to be in this country only five years and was to take a general preparatory school course. She had a year in our local grammar school, part of a year at Northfield and since that time up to the middle of the past term she has been a student at Abbot Academy in Andover. She would have secured her diploma in the general course at Abbot this June, had she continued there. Several months ago I learned to my surprise that her father had decided to have his daughter go on to college. This decision left me with a hard problem on my hands, for I don’t believe that Mr. Sun understood at all the difference between the general and college preparatory course or what would naturally be involved in the change. However, I had no alternative and immediately arranged for the girl to do special college preparatory work in another school where she could have the individual attention and intensive work necessary. In the meantime I made a special trip to Washington to consult with the Chinese minister who was a personal friend of Mary’s father. As a result of this conference we both agreed that a large college, like Wellesley or Smith, would probably be less desirable than a smaller one, although Miss Pendleton of Wellesley has written offering to make any reasonable concessions in the girl’s behalf. The decision in favor of Elmira was prompted also by the fact that Mr. Sze was familiar with the conditions there through the presence of a relative or ward in the college and entertained a very high regard for the standards and atmosphere of the place. After my talk with him, I felt sure that Elmira was the college that Mary Sun should select, and I am writing now to inquire how far you will be able to make concessions to her as a foreigner and also because of her somewhat broken preparation, for which she, of course, cannot properly be held responsible. I know that some colleges are accustomed to deal pretty generously with foreigners who are earnest and dependable, and I am hoping very much that this can be said of Elmira. Mary Sun comes from a rather unusual family, her father, a retired banker being a man of exceptionally high ideals and fine character. He was head of the Chinese Red Cross during the war and has served as chairman of many flood, famine, and other relief organizations for his country. All who have met him speak in the highest terms of his character and worth. Naturally I feel under unusual obligations to be the best I can for his children who have Leon entrusted to me during their American sojourn. Mary, herself, is an earnest student, though not brilliant, very likable, and always ready to give her best to her studies. She has also been popular with her classmates and teachers alike, and I am sure she would prove a helpful addition to your student body. Her present teacher assures me that, in her judgment, Mary would be perfectly capable of maintaining college standing if concessions could be made to enable her to enter college this fall. As the girl is already over twenty, I can’t bring myself to believe that another year of preparation should be permitted if it could possibly be avoided. Please pardon this somewhat lengthy outline of the case, but it is an unusual one, as you will see, and I shall greatly appreciate, therefore, any help or advice you can give me. Mr. Sze, I believe, has recently discussed the case with some of your officers, and, if the proposed arrangement is carried out, it is our intention to provide, if possible, a home for Mary this coming summer in Elmira under the supervision of one of your teaching force, where she will not only be properly cured for but in addition gain special instruction to complete her preparation for the college work. Very sincerely yours, Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Frederick Lent https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/680d6906ad267df6ed48412c7119b5e0.jpg e600faf8210957e07995518eba3025a0 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 Box 30 Sun Siblings 1923-1926 Folder 1, 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 Frederick Lent, Elmira College May 24, 1926 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Frederick Lent, Elmira College May 24, 1926 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 24, 1926 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 24, 1926 President Frederick Lent Elmire College Elmira, N.Y. My dear Dr. Lent: Accept my hearty thanks for your generous decision to admit Mary Sun to Elmira College on the recommendations already sent you. I am forwarding the good news to Mr. Sze at Washington who, I am sure, will share my feelings of appreciation and gratitude. I have written to Mary’s present school for a detailed statement of the work she will have covered at the end of this current school year. This ought to be available within the next two or three days. It is the expectation of Mr. Sze and myself that Miss Sun will continue her studies this summer under the guidance of one of your faculty so as to round out, so far as possible, the full preparation required of your girls who enter in the regular way. I greatly appreciate your onerous invitation to me to preach at Elmira some time next fall. With my ward Mary Sun there, I should naturally be more strongly tempted than ever to contribute the time involved in malting the trip, for that is the main element that I have to consider. Under the circumstances I am strongly tempted to say "yes" to your invitation, even though I have felt it necessary to curtail pretty rigidly for the coming school year these outside speaking engagements which have become a bit too exacting during the past year or two. I should prefer a date in late November or early December, if such an arrangement should prove acceptable to you. Very sincerely yours. Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Frederick Lent https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/aa742802a4b80a84a95081448eba2941.jpg 45959023be81e584be9272bf3f997a68 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 Box 30 Sun Siblings 1923-1926 Folder 1, 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 Frederick Lent, Elmira College, to Alfred E. Stearns May 21, 1926 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Frederick Lent, Elmira College, to Alfred E. Stearns May 21, 1926 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Frederick Lent 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, 1926 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, 1926 Principal Alfred E. Stearns Phillips Academy Andover, Massachusetts My dear Dr. Stearns: Our Committee on Admissions met today. Your letter was referred to them. I am glad to report that they recommend the admission of Miss Mary Sun. We are accepting her on your recommendation. Will you please have her school record sent to us? Will it be possible for you to visitn us sometime next fall and preach for us? If Miss Sun enters Elmira, we shall certainly hope to have you here. cordially Frederick Lent, President Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Frederick Lent https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/cc237440beb72330d6b3154f98e62177.jpg aad872b6d4ad83cccdc579bd3f04dd8c 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 Box 30 Sun Siblings 1923-1926 Folder 1, 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 Frederick Lent, Elmira College May 25, 1926 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Frederick Lent, Elmira College May 25, 1926 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 25, 1926 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 25. 1926 President Frederick Lent Elmira College Elmira, N. Y. My dear Dr. Lent: I am enclosing herewith the statements covering Mary Sun's work and which have just been sent me by the Principal of the Whittier School, where Mary is at resent studying. These will probably give you a fair idea of the character and extent of the work still needed and to be provided for during the summer months to enable Mary to enter Elmira College in the fall as well prepared as practicable to meet the requirements of your institution; Very sincerely yours Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Frederick Lent