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Show / "lotinyfu, China.Oct .#.I9?4. •Dear Gfcace fcConnihey, fells has a one t o Oberlin and ve ire terribly torn. It lies been such ,.i erench to tear him a*ay from the family. But I nn very glad he is in Oberlin #here I have friend a hvo will help him. I at once turn to you. Jessie Payne laughed #hen I^said I m going te epfte at one to -"rice and aske her tp help M»"t Rut I know you can and .vaill. F i r s t , you to*©* ,?hat a time te bad te a-et him at all-Operations and illness that aimer-1 took my l i f e and h i s . Then he eas born prematurly and. the nurse ana doctor both came and five us no"hope of bis life* TEH® la Very much alive tr/spite* @f a l l t h a t , ^ut he is none too strong and has never stood straight• I wonder if be could not hive some special attention from the athletic director who ever he may be. Could be be Herb "ickles? *riekols? 7^om glasses #bicb interfere be plays a good game of biro to be vent come there in we used to know.t /ells also has to rear *ith bis technique ia sine athletics.But tennis and should specialize in that. He #is accepted it Imherst.ITu^h wasted ge there,but Tells knee that Oberlin. is cheaper and that Af there,next year ee *ould t r i t e for i cottage and all I9?6-57 for furlough. Then .7ard and Emma Rose fould aia'y there flih* him.perhaps keeping house. He is very fond of his family. Then he has" friends In Oberlin and none in Amherst, Also he wants, t o ' r e t u rn t© China and thinks that Oberlin would rive him pre-iter preparation and advantages along his line. He eould Ilk*''to"''specialize in Visual education and Radio and join \h& bass Education #ork in our Tlngcho^ f i e l d . Jimmy Yen encourages him t© feel that this Is possible. 5 !/ill you look him up and t r i t e me anything that we ought to kno.v . I s© hope and pray that he e l j l choose right' friends ans go to some young people society. He plays the violin &.played for choir here .and in the orchestra at Peitaiho. His violin vie broken getting to the State*, but he can get a.new one through his Aunt Kary in •• Y. if it can not be fixed. Maybe he #111 feel that he sbaould wait tried for the choir usually g@ed ear.: i s very shy-like his intr@vert and t i l l the second term to take music. 1 hepe he or some choral tork. Re has his Fathers s unuas All his music teachers have mentioned it-but h© ' father at eighteeen. Like his father he is an needs to be drawn out. Inythlna. that you can do for :him will be worth a Billion dollars to us. fe are very anxious about him $ he is s© un-soph 1stlcated-thoufth he seat to.TJ.S* alone and must have become ratiifSly acquainted ettfc tbs tor Id as It i s , on the tay0 ;h so miss the LeetOS.WS are tb onlv family,Jess Payne and Ahbie Chapin are the others. It is not an e x c i t t a g ' l i f e. I l l the other children are ib Tungchow,so I am a b l e ' t o eork in the t I have regular classes here and find trust the LQrd and my friends to take le villages some elth Ilifgh interesting when I can fells '>fho just ROO has been such a 'writing to you, I suspeet you too #111 understand ind love .7©lis for In at all into his heart you tould ipake friends. l i fe care of burtiteii. I feel better eoe I %m busy for *ords,but I knot that you our sake. And if he iHl let you love him-but he finds it bard' te ho* he is yetting about his general ing people 1 feel help. It has been vou can and t i ll Could you find out along in his class,and attitude? Knowing your sure that you can help from one of the teachers s - from one of the freshman unusual r i f t of understand-him just Shore he needs such i r e l i e f to t e l l you t h i s and to feel that help' us. a Hugh jojsna roe ingreetinya. ,**"C"CyV* |
