1 10 4 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/77e093829ab0f48a1aef9a78832fa9db.jpg 9b523b174c1d0a3bed461b1eda157fed https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/fcd468ffcb4e74d708b280c404fff722.jpg 7417d949ff57249834712eb2e38adb5f 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 4415, 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 Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Dr. Paul S. Reinsch, November 11, 1920 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Dr. Paul S. Reinsch, November 11, 1920 Description An account of the resource Typed letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Dr. Paul S. Reinsch updating him on the situation of Wellington Chu, recently departed unceremoniously from Andover. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Dr. 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 11, 1920 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 11, 1920 Dr. Paul S. Reinsch Southern Building, Washington, D.C. My dear Dr. Reinsch: Let me thank you for your letter of recent date in relation to Mr. Wellington Chu. The boy’s ease is a peculiar one, and interests me deeply. Perhaps I will be able to be of some help in the matter. Let me say at the outset that Chu is no longer at Andover, having departed rather unceremoniously only a few days after his arrival. Just what prompted him to take this step I have still been unable to discover. Apparently, the other Chinese boys here, of whom there are about a dozen, are equally in the dark. They are all agreed, however, in condemning the boy for his action, and they have made many apologies to me in the belief that his unusual behavior reflected on the generally high standards of conduct and life maintained by the Chinese students as a whole. Unlike most of the other Chinese boys who entered the school this fall, Mr. Chu and a friend named Fang, came with comparatively little advance notice of their arrival. I was finally advised of their intention by a Chinese student who also came to America this fall, and whom I had met in the winter of 1913 at Nanking when the boy was then an undergraduate at the Nanking University. The meeting at that time led to an interchange of correspondence, which has extended up to the present time.Mr. Chu wrote me enthusiastically that he had influenced these boys to come to Andover to be under my care. He himself is now at the Northwestern University at Evanston, Illinois. When the boys arrived I showed them every attention and courtesy, meeting them and the other delegates in person at the Andover station and bringing them to my own house where I kept most of them for the night, until they were finally settled in their regular rooms. A few days after their arrival Chu developed what appeared to be a bad case of homesickness. He seemed generally upset, and I sent him down to our infirmary in order that he might have real rest and receive the best of attention. I visited him on several occasions and tried my best to cheer him up. The boys themselves did the same and finally his countrymen prevailed upon him to get out of bed and go to his work. For two or three days he seemed to have recovered completely, when to my complete surprise, after a day’s absence from home, I learned that he and his friend had departed unceremoniously. Two of the other boys started in pursuit and succeeded in finding the wanderers and bringing them back to Andover, for the purpose of assuring a proper severance of the school connection. This was done, and the last I heard of the boys was that they were in Boston attending a private school. Their friends, however, seem to feel that the school interest in not primary with them just now though I cannot speak definitely on this score. I know that Chu’s first contention, after he had been here a few days, was that he had supposed he was entering a college and was distressed to find that he had landed only in a preparatory school. He even made an attempt to gain admission to Cornell but found he was underprepared. When he finally left he gave as hie excuse that the work was too hard. Please excuse this long explanation of the situation but I confess that I am very much distressed by it, for after having dealt at close range with these attractive Chinese visitors for nearly twenty years, I must admit that this is the first time that I have over encountered a problem just like this one and I am naturally concerned that the boys involved should not go astray under the American conditions, or miss the one thing for which they wore supposed io make the sacrifice involved in their sojourn in this country. Please let me know if there is anything further I can do in the matter, and be assured that I shall be only too ready to cooperate to the fullest extent. I have in my own house at the present time four children of Mr. Sun Chung Ying of Tientsin, three boys and a girl and also the son of Dr. Kung Sing Ring of Shanghai, so that you see I am in a somewhat strategic position to act if any special action is called for. Sincerely yours Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Paul S. Reinsch W.Chu https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/c2ae28897d75887fdb3a719bc3c938f1.jpg f00abe12d1f1f5e0d1a4a206fb767f85 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 4415, 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 Paul S. Reinsch to Dr. Stearns, November 11, 1920 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Paul S. Reinsch to Dr. Stearns, November 11, 1920 Description An account of the resource Handwritten letter from Paul S. Reinsch to Dr. Stearns concerning Wellington Chu, a student at Andover. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Paul S. Reinsch 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 11, 1920 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 Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Paul S. Reinsch W.Chu https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/527413688f42e3ecc90b11356969ddb7.jpg 68217a89fe4694dd0dc81d6f3df1e084 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 4415, 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 Paul Reinsch to Dr. Stearns, November 17, 1920 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Paul Reinsch to Dr. Stearns, November 17, 1920 Description An account of the resource Handwritten letter from Paul S. Reinsch to Dr. Stearns expressing how sorry he is over Stearns' trouble with the Chinese boys. Informs Stearns that he has asked a relative of Mr. Chu's to look after him. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Paul S. Reinsch 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 17, 1920 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 Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Paul S. Reinsch https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/5b7b6137b17838bbbc0144b308113931.jpg ab2ebc1c85dadd97d784b4de2075b1b7 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 4415, 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 Paul S. Reinsch to Dr. Alfred E. Stearns, January 31, 1921 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Paul S. Reinsch to Dr. Alfred E. Stearns, January 31, 1921 Description An account of the resource Typed letter from Paul S. Reinsch, counselor at law, to Dr. Alfred E. Stearns responding to Stearns' letter from December 2nd of the previous year. Notifies Stearns that he is unable to advise him concerning the returning of part of the money advanced by Chu and Fang for room, board and tuition. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Paul S. Reinsch 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 January 31, 1921 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 204 Southern Building, Washington, D. C. Dr. Alfred L. Stearns, Philips Academy, Andover, Mass. Dear Doctor Stearns: I trust you will pardon my delay in answering your letter of December 2nd, relative to returning part of the money advanced by Messrs Chu and Fang for room, board and tuition. Mr. Zhu, I am informed, is at the Urbana (Illinois) High School. It seems that he is at work there. As much as I should like to do so I confess I am unable to advise you as to the proper disposition of the money. With the kindest regards, Very sincerely yours, Dr. Alfred E. Stearns P.S. Fang Paul S. Reinsch W.Chu