[Some paragraph breaks added for ease of reading.]Peiyang Woman's Hospital, Tientsin, China.
Dear Miss Turner;
Your second letter came before I mailed my answer to your first letter. I know members of Chinese Commitee [sic] here. Both Mrs. Frame and Mrs. Thurston do not believe in sending high school graduates to America. I am sorry to say missionaries here and returned students are not on good terms. Missionaries say that returned students have not made good use of their opportunity and returned students look down upon them for not having special training for their work. At a public gthering in June the American consul siad [sic] that a returned student is kicked by others because there is much in him and others are jealous of his success. Many returned students have failed in their tasks but we must admit that the majority have made good.
Then there is another complication. McTyeire School is a high school but her English standard is just as high as Ginling College and higher than Yeching college. For this reason McTyeire graduates would not enter either of these two colleges. McTyeire high school juniors and sophomores have entered Ginling college to get a college degree. If they continue to stay at McTyeire they would be only able to get a high school diploma. Of government girl students in America 30% are from McTyeire School. At government examination for girls going abroad McTyeire so far has not failed once in having her representatives.
I have been in America myself so I really know the preparation for a girl coming to American College. Being a Chinese I certainly know how to prepare her.
Nankai is a good college and her standard is higher than many colleges. Miss Grace Liang's family are all trained abroad. Her father is an American returned student, her two brothers are doctors one is trained in England, other in America. Another brother of hers is coming to America tis August. Home training is a good foundation. With most our parents do not speak a word of English. When I have the girl picked out and prepared I would write to Miss Woolley. With much love,
Yours lovingly,
M. I. Ting.August 20, 1924.