School HomesIn attending our colleges many of the youth are separated from the softening, subduing influences of the home circle. At the very time of life when they need vigilant supervision they are withdrawn from the restraints of parental influence and authority, and are thrown into the society of a large number of their own age, of varied characters and habits of life. Some of these have in childhood received too little discipline and are superficial and frivolous; others have been governed too much and have felt, when away from the hands that held the reins of control perhaps too tightly, that they were free to do as they pleased. They despise the very thought of restraint. By these associations the dangers of the young are greatly increased. {6T 168.1}

(168) [Under opholdet på vore colleger er mange af de unge unddraget familiekredsens mildende og hæmmende indflydelser. Netop i den tid af deres liv, da de behøver et årvågent tilsyn, kommer de bort fra forældrenes gavnlige indflydelse og autoritet og færdes sammen med et stort antal jævnaldrende med forskelligartede karakterer og livsvaner. Nogle af disse har i barndommen ikke lært lydighed og er overfladiske og letsindige; andre har været holdt under for streng tugt og når de kom bort fra dem, der måske holdt tøjlerne for stramme, har de haft en følelse af, at det stod dem frit for at gøre, hvad de havde lyst til. De foragter selve tanken om tvang. Omgangen med sådanne forøger i høj grad de unges farer.