1 10 4 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/b5fb8497fb99de7ba89150a2889e235c.jpg 4123311b8c3109396e77dbbc96d5b699 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 1929, 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 William E. Souter, Chinese-Foreign Famine Relief Committee, Shanghai, to Alfred E. Stearns September 5, 1929 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from William E. Souter, Chinese-Foreign Famine Relief Committee, Shanghai, to Alfred E. Stearns September 5, 1929 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource William E. Souter 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 5, 1929 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 Dear Dr. Stearns, My friend Mr. C.Y.Sun has just come to Shanghai, and he has shown me his letter to you. I suggested that he might send you an extra copy of this letter with a view to your sending it on to Charlie with a covering letter from you. I am sure if you did this that it would be of great help to the young man to get over his disappointment and at the same time encourage him to carry on with his studies in view of the London position. We are in the midst of our work here for the present famine and our campaign has so far resulted in raising over $350,000- While conditions are somewhat improved in the famine areas there is still a great need in some of the provinces, and this need will continue right through the winter. In all this big effort for the famine sufferers Mr. Sun has been as always a tower of strength, and has given himself freely to this service and does more than his share of work in all our efforts at relief. With kind regards and best wishes for you in all your work, believe me, Yours sincerely, P.S. Mr. Sun is not very well and certainly looks tired & worn out. He mentioned that he wanted to write Charlie himself, but in case he does not do so feeling as he is now, the letter from you to Charlie would be of great help. Dr. Alfred E. Stearns William E. Souter https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/f8a2069b534cb81903a63f4b9e03aab8.jpg b86edb1b5a7d550428fc7b5fd13193cf 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 1929, 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 E. Souter, Shanghai September 30, 1929 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to William E. Souter, Shanghai September 30, 1929 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 30, 1929 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 My dear Mr. Souter: I have your interesting letter of September 5 with the enclosures mentioned, and am forwarding a copy of Mr. Sun's letter to me to Charlie Sun at his Columbia address. I shall also, as I have already done, do my best to help Charlie get over his natural disappointment at the sudden and unexpected change in his prospects. From the tone of his letters to me, I feel that the boy has been exceptionally fine and manly in the whole matter, something which I should naturally expect from him, for he has proved about the most satisfactory Chinese boy with whom it has ever been my privilege to deal. That you write me of Mr. Sun, Sr., is not surprising. All of my friends, like myself, who have seen his photograph, which I fortunately possess, have been immensely impressed with the wonderful combination of sweetness and strength which his face reveals. He must be an unusual man, and I hope that his health and strength will long be spared so that his countrymen may continue profit by his devoted and unselfish labors in their behalf. With kindest personal regards, believe me Very sincerely yours, Dr. Alfred E. Stearns William E. Souter https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/456477ac9cf8879512b64e3f29c9209d.jpg b5673c5eb6199c2591d762170259d2f7 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/c057644f57622758e83692d0825f129f.jpg 55416bf1e4e56d89656c7646684b1351 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 1927-1928, 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 William E. Souter, Chinese-Foreign Famine Relief Committee, Shanghai, to Alfred E. Stearns April 26, 1928 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from William E. Souter, Chinese-Foreign Famine Relief Committee, Shanghai, to Alfred E. Stearns April 26, 1928 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource William E. Souter 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, 1928 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 Shanghai, 26th April, 1928 Dear Dr. Stearns, I sent you a copy of the "World's Health" with an article in it mentioning Mr. C.Y. Sun. I thought you might be interested. It is the first publicity he has ever had, and even the sparing mention I made did not please him for he certainly practices not letting his left hand know what his right hand does. Mr. Sun, as I told you when in Andover, was a wealthy man but lost most of his money and has just enough to get along with: and what he has he is not sparing in putting all he can into charitable work. In addition he does not spare himself. He has been with me here for 4 months, away from home, and working voluntarily late and early on a relief-campaign in which his high organizing ability and unique personality counts for more than I can tell. He certainly is one of the most self-sacrificing man I have ever met. Please don’t mention that I have written you, for he much prefers to work quietly. Arthur is here in what looks to me like a real job. There is not much money in it but it is of real service to the struggling Nationalist Government. He likes his work and gets plenty of it. Arthur went to his home in Tientsin and a job was to be made for him by friends of his father (without his father’s knowledge) but the lad turned it down and, on his own, secured this position in Shanghai. My wife and I have him out to our home and will try to help him in his friendships here. Mr. Sun often tells me of how grateful he is to you for all your trouble and care with his children. You have the satisfaction of knowing that you are helping a man who is spending himself in service of the highest order in China. I often recall with my wife the happy day we spent with you in Andover and we trust you are having continued success in your work which I know from many sources ranks high on every count. Yours Sincerely William E. Souter We don't ever see Mr Sun's name on our heading paper holding any office although he is probably the most prominent man on the relief committee. Dr. Alfred E. Stearns William E. Souter https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/886047b6a87d5b94e12c0832863cba29.jpg dfa37bbcbea9605b86427fdcd08b6557 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/c57fc430482383401c678c63f1a1bced.jpg 8820ca2391081572bf1dc7ab1737222d 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 1927-1928, 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 E. Souter, Shanghai June 12, 1928 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to William E. Souter, Shanghai June 12, 1928 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 12, 1928 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 Mr. William E. Souter 3 Hankow Road Shanghai, China My dear Mr. Souter: Thank you for your good letter of April 26 and for your thoughtfulness in sending me a copy of the “World’s Health.” The latter I have not yet received, but I am sure I shall enjoy reading it when it comes. and especially the reference to Mr. Sun. From all I have heard of Mr. Sun, not only from you but from others, and from the wonderful letters he has written me from time to time, I can't believe that your estimate of his character is a bit overdrawn. It is my hope that some day I may have the pleasure of meeting him and more intimately acquainted. I am especially pleased to hear that Arthur is doing something that appears to you to be a "real job". Frankly, I have had some misgivings as to the value a good many of these Chinese boys derive from their education and stay in America, and it is mighty reassuring to that some, at least, are buckling down and really going to work on their return to their home land. Both Charlie and Tom seem to be doing very well at Amherst and Middlebury Colleges, respectively, the latter much better than I had anticipated. Mary, on the other hand, has been having a hard struggle at Almira College and has been dissatisfied and unhappy there from the start. She has begged me for some time to persuade her father to let her take a regular nurse training course and give up the ordinary college course in which she finds little interest and on which she makes very slow progress. In connection with its Medical School ,Yale University now has a regular course for the training of nurses, and since I think Mary has unquestionably talents in that line, I have finally secured Mr. Sun’s consent to such an arrangement, though evidently the consent was given very reluctantly. I may be wrong, but it does seem too bad if Mary really wishes to train for some useful service in the world that she should not have this opportunity, and I can’t quite see what real advantage to her a mere college degree would be, though I realize that our Chinese friends rate it pretty high and generally without, regard to what it actually signifies. Anyway, at the moment Mary and I are negotiating with the Yale authorities to see whether the transfer can satisfactorily be made. It has been my thought that Mary might fit herself to fill a position later of superintendent of a hospital or something of that kind, a position of real importance from an American viewpoint, though perhaps not quite that through Chinese eyes. Again thanking you most warmly for your friendly letter and trusting that you and your good wife are weathering all the political and other storms that seem to be beating all over China in these days, believe me with kindest personal regards Very sincerely yours, Dr. Alfred E. Stearns William E. Souter