Greatest Value Is to Build Character—The students [in the Avondale school] work hard and faithfully. They are gaining in strength of nerve and in solidity as well as activity of muscles. This is the proper education which will bring forth from our schools young men who are not weak and inefficient, who have not a one-sided education, but an all-round physical, mental, and moral training. {1MCP 362.1}

Karakterens bygmestre må ikke glemme at lægge grunden som vil skabe en uddannelse af største værdi. Det vil kræve selvopofrelse, men det må gøres. Den fysiske oplæring vil, hvis det gøres ordentligt, berede for åndelig beskatning. Men den ene alene vil altid udgøre et utilstrækkeligt menneske.