Both by precept and example the young should be taught simplicity of dress and manners, industry, sobriety, and economy. Many students are extravagant in expending the means furnished them by their parents. They try to show themselves superior to their associates by a lavish use of money for display and self-indulgence. In some institutions of learning this matter has been regarded of so great consequence that the dress of the student is prescribed and his use of money limited by law. But indulgent parents and indulged students will find some way to evade the law. We would resort to no such means. We ask Christian parents to take all these matters under careful, prayerful consideration, to seek counsel from the word of God, and then to endeavor to act in accordance with its teachings. {5T 89.3}

Både ved forskrift og eksempel skal de unge lære enkelhed i klæder, manérer, flid, ædruelighed og sparsommelighed. Mange studerende ødsler mange midler bort de har fået af deres forældre. De prøver at gøre sig større end deres kammerater ved at bortødsle penge for at vise sig og føje sig selv. På nogle undervisningsinstitutioner er det af stor betydning at de studerendes klæder er foreskreven (skoleuniformer) og deres pengeforbrug begrænses ved lov. Men føjelige forældre og føjede studerende vil finde en måde at omgå loven på. Vi vil ikke gå til sådanne midler. Vi beder kristne forældre om at tage alle disse ting forsigtigt, under bønlig overvejelse, (90) søge råd fra Guds ord og så søge at handle efter dens lære.