Our own college at Battle Creek has similar regulations, though not so stringent. Such rules are indispensable to guard the youth from the danger of premature courtship and unwise marriage. Young people are sent to school by their parents to obtain an education, not to flirt with the opposite sex. The good of society, as well as the highest interest of the students, demands that they shall not attempt to select a life partner while their own character is yet undeveloped, their judgment immature, and while they are at the same time deprived of parental care and guidance.—The Signs of the Times, March 2, 1882. (Fundamentals of Christian Education, 62.) {1MCP 302.3}

Vort eget college i Battle Creek har lignende regler, dog ikke så stringente. Sådanne regler er uundværlige for at vogte de unge fra farer som førægteskabelig frieri og ukloge ægteskaber. Unge mennesker sendes i skole af deres forældre for at få en uddannelse, ikke for at flirte med det modsatte køn. Det gode selskab, såvel som de studerendes højeste interesser, kræver at de ikke forsøger at vælge livspartner, medens deres egen karakter endnu ikke er udviklet, deres dømmekraft er umoden, medens de samtidig er frataget forældrenes omsorg og vejledning. - ST, 2. mar., 1882. (FE 62.)