Counsels on Health - Ellen G. White

I have been led to inquire, Must all that is
valuable in our youth be sacrificed in order that
they may obtain a school education? Had there
been agricultural and manufacturing establishments
connected with our schools, and had competent
teachers been employed to educate the youth in the
different branches of study and labor, devoting a
portion of each day to mental improvement and a
portion to physical labor, there would now be a
more elevated class of youth to come upon the
stage of action to have influence in molding
society. Many of the youth who would graduate at
such institutions would come forth with stability of
character. They would have perseverance,
fortitude, and courage to surmount obstacles, and
such principles that they would not be swayed by a
wrong influence, however popular....
Young girls should have been instructed to
manufacture wearing apparel, to cut, make, and
mend garments, and thus become educated for the
practical duties of life. For young men, there
should be establishments where they could learn
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