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Section 4—Our Medical College
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Students Should Have Moral Strength
In almost every church there are young men and women who
might receive education either as nurses or physicians.... I would
urge that this subject be considered prayerfully, that special effort
be made to select those youth who give promise of usefulness and
moral strength.—
Counsels on Health, 506-507
Strength of Character Essential
Many of the young men who present themselves as being de-
sirous of being educated as physicians have not those traits of charac-
ter which will enable them to withstand the temptations so common
to the work of a physician. Only those should be accepted who give
promise of becoming qualified for the great work of imparting the
principles of true health reform.—
Letters from Ellen G. White to
Sanitarium Workers, No. 15, 21.
Amenable to Authority
The first appearance of irregularity in conduct should be re-
pressed, and the young should be taught to be frank, yet modest
and dignified in all their associations. They should be taught to
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respect just rules of authority. If they refuse to do this, let them be
dismissed, whatever position they occupy, or they will demoralize
others.—
Selections from the Testimonies for Students and Workers
of our Sanitariums, No. 16, 3.
Mental and Physical Effort Proportionate
Youth who are kept in school, and confined to close study, cannot
have sound health. Mental effort without corresponding physical
exercise calls an undue proportion of blood to the brain, and thus the
circulation is unbalanced. The brain has too much blood, while the
extremities have too little. The hours of study and recreation should
be carefully regulated, and a portion of the time should be spent in
physical labor. When the habits of students in eating and drinking,
dressing and sleeping, are in accordance with physical law, they can
obtain an education without sacrificing health. The lesson must be