Physical Labor for Students With the present plan of education a door of temptation is opened to the youth. Although they generally have too many hours of study, they have many hours without anything to do. These leisure hours are frequently spent in a reckless manner. The knowledge of bad habits is communicated from one to another, and vice is greatly increased. Very many young men who have been religiously instructed at home, and who go out to the schools comparatively innocent and virtuous, become corrupt by associating with vicious companions. They lose self-respect and sacrifice noble principles. Then they are prepared to pursue the downward path, for they have so abused their consciences that sin does not appear so exceeding sinful. These evils, which exist in the schools that are conducted according to the present plan, might be remedied in a great degree if study and labor could be combined. The same evils exist in the higher schools, only in a greater degree; for many of the youth have educated themselves in vice, and their consciences are seared. {3T 148.2}

Fysisk arbejde for studerende
Med den nuværende uddannelsesplan er en dør for fristelser åbnet for de unge. Alt i alt har de for mange studietimer, de har mange timer hvor de ikke laver noget. Disse fritimer bruges ofte på en dårlig måde. Kendskab til dårlige vaner breder sig mellem hinanden og uvaner forøges stærkt. Rigtig mange unge mænd som er blevet religiøst opdraget hjemme fra og som kommer forholdsvis harmløse og dydige ud til skolerne, bliver fordærvede ved at omgås dårlige kammerater. De mister selvrespekt og ofrer ædle principper. Så er de rede til at gå på den nedadgående sti, for de har misbrugt deres samvittighed at synd ikke synes så vældigt syndigt. Disse onder, som er i skolerne som styres efter den nuværende plan, må der i stor grad rådes bod på hvis studie og arbejde skal kombineres. Det samme onde eksisterer i de højere skoler, bare i en højere grad; for mange af de unge har (149) oplært sig selv i dårligdom og deres samvittighed visner.