SUICIDES AMONG STUDENTS.
AMERICA SHOCKED. ELEVEN IN TWO MONTHS. (bi cable—fbess association—co?73;(lt»t.) (austsalub a»d k.». cabli ajjociitiok.) (Received February 15th, 8.10 p.m.) NEW YORK, February 11. An epidemic of suicides among y.>ung students in universities and high s.-hools during the past eight week* has shocked the nation. l'his sories ot t.aKodies eamo to a head yesterday, .vhaii a young college man shut himsell, leaving u tlespoiiuent uoie, and today, when lnou ii stliuo] su;*ieuts committed sukiUe, making a tjtal oi eleven in two months, several oi these were members of prominent tamilies. .d living in comfortable circumstances. One leit a message saying that he was gom* on a glorious adventure, another said he believed life would become a burden, a third wrote that he feared ho would lose his mind, and a fourth destroyed himself, titer amateur theatricals, in the school auditorium where he had been received with great applause. Tho most affecting case was that of the son of the noted American poet, Louis Untermeyer. The youngster killed himself shortlv after beinc visited by his father.
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Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18927, 16 February 1927, Page 9
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