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Establishing Right Principles in the Youth
Education comprises more than a knowledge of books. Proper
education includes not only mental discipline, but that training which
will secure sound morals and correct deportment....
Hundreds of youth of various dispositions and of different edu-
cation are associated in the school, and great care as well as much
patience is required to balance in the right direction minds that have
been warped by bad management. Some have never been disciplined,
and others have been governed too much and have felt, when away
from the vigilant hands that held the reigns of control, perhaps too
tightly, that they were free to do as they pleased. They despise the
very thought of restraint. These varying elements brought together
in our college, bring care, burdens, and weighty responsibility, not
only upon teachers, but on the entire church.
The Temptations of Youth
The students at our college are exposed to manifold temptations.
They will be brought in contact with individuals of almost every
stamp of mind and morals. Those who have any religious experience
are censurable if they do not place themselves in a position to resist
every evil influence. But many choose to follow inclination. They
do not consider that they must make or mar their own happiness. It
is in their own power so to improve their time and opportunities as
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to develop a character that will make them happy and useful....
The Duties of Parents
The dangers of the young are greatly increased as they are thrown
into the society of a large number of their own age, of varied char-
acter and habits of life. Under these circumstances, many parents
are inclined to relax rather than redouble their own efforts to guard
and control their children. Thus they cast a tremendous burden upon
those who feel the responsibility. When these parents see that their
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