One of the great objects to be secured in the establishment of the college was the separation of our youth from the spirit and influence of the world, from its customs, its follies, and its idolatry. The college was to build a barrier against the immorality of the present age, which makes the world as corrupt as in the days of Noah. The young are bewitched with the mania for courtship and marriage. Lovesick sentimentalism prevails. Great vigilance and tact are needed to guard the youth from these wrong influences. Many parents are blind to the tendencies of their children. Some parents have stated to me, with great satisfaction, that their sons or daughters had no desire for the attentions of the opposite sex, when in fact these children were at the same time secretly giving or receiving such attentions, and the parents were so much absorbed in worldliness and gossip that they knew nothing about the matter. {5T 59.4}

En af collegets store formål, fra dets stiftelse var at de unge skulle adskilles fra verdens (60) ånd og indflydelse, for dens skikke, tåbeligheder og dens afgudsdyrkelse. Colleget måtte bygge en barriere mod den nuværende tidsalders umoralskhed, som gør verden ligeså fordærvede som i Noas dage. De unge er forheksede med mani for frieri og ægteskab. Elskovssyg sentimentalisme hersker. Der er brug for megen vagtsomhed og taktfølelse for at vogte de unge fra forkert indflydelse. mange forældre er blinde for deres børns tilbøjeligheder. Nogle forældre han sagt til mig, med stor tilfredshed, at deres sønner eller døtre ikke ønskede det modsatte køns opmærksomhed, selvom disse børn i virkeligheden samtidig gav eller modtog sådan opmærksomheder i det skjulte og forældrene var så meget optaget af verdslighed og sladder at de ikke viste noget om dette.