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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D. C. · Jun 20, 1912

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 89, No. 25.

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Puppy Love

THIS is the term applied by the superintendent of public schools in one of the California towns to the sentimentalism existing between boys and girls attending the public schools of that city. An appeal has been made to parents by this educator to assist him in stamping out this spirit, which is not only detrimental to the securing of good grades in school work, but is productive in a cheapening of the character and a lowering of the moral standard.
The dangers threatening this particular school may be seen working in some degree in almost every school in the land. As never before, parents need to unite with the teachers of their children in giving to the youth correct ideals of life, in impressing them with the sacredness of the marriage relationship, and instilling into their minds such principles of purity and self-control as will safeguard them against the tide of moral pollution that is sweeping in upon the world. And Seventh-day Adventist parents as well as others need to give careful regard to these questions. This spirit of sentimentalism sometimes finds a foothold in church-schools as well as in public schools, and if allowed to go unchecked, its evil effects will be quite as manifest.