The reasons that have led us in a few places to turn away from cities and locate our schools in the country, hold good with the schools in other places. To expend money in additional buildings when a school is already deeply in debt is not in accordance with God’s plan. Had the money which our larger schools have used in expensive buildings been invested in procuring land where students could receive a proper education, so large a number of students would not now be struggling under the weight of increasing debt, and the work of these institutions would be in a more prosperous condition. Had this course been followed, there would have been some grumbling from students, and many objections would have been raised by parents; but the students would have secured an all-round education, which would have prepared them, not only for practical work in various trades, but for a place on the Lord’s farm in the earth made new. {6T 177.1}

De grunde, der førte til, at vi visse steder er søgt bort fra byerne og har anbragt vore skoler ude på landet, har også deres gyldighed for skoler på andre pladser. At give penge ud til opførelse af nye bygninger, når en skole allerede har en stor gæld, er ikke overensstemmende med Guds plan. Hvis de penge, vore større skoler har brugt til kostbare bygninger, var blevet anvendt til køb af landejendomme, hvor eleverne kunne få den rette uddannelse, ville ikke et så stort antal elever nu behøve at kæmpe under trykket af en stigende gæld og disse institutioners virksomhed ville have været bedre stillet. Havde man fulgt denne fremgangsmåde, ville der være blevet en del knurren blandt eleverne og forældre ville have rejst mange indvendinger; men eleverne ville have tilegnet sig en alsidig uddannelse, der ikke alene ville have forberedt dem til praktisk gerning i forskellige håndværk, men til en plads i Herrens landbrug på den nyskabte jord.