He was greatly pleased and highly encouraged with your slow but progressive work among members of the faculty and the student body in State College. It is high time for the Bahá'ís to try and reach the thinking and educated youth of the country upon whom so much of the future depends, especially the stupendous task of applying the spirit and letter of the Bahá'í teachings to the requirements of the time -- a work for which generations of preparation might be necessary.
- Shoghi Effendi (From a letter dated 13 June 1928 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer; The Compilation of Compilations, vol. II, Youth)
