EPIDEMIC OF SUICIDES.
AMONG AMERICAN STUDENTS. BT CABLE—PREPS ASSOCIATION —COP Y RICH 1 NEW YORK, Feb. 14. An epidemic of suicides among young students at the universities and high schools during the past eight weeks has shocked the nation. The series of tragedies came to a head yesterday, when a young college man shot himself, leaving a despondent note, and to-day when three high school students committed self-mur-der. making a total of 11 in two months. Several of these were members of prominent families and living in comfortable circumstances. One left a message saying he was going on a glorious adventure. Another said he believed be would become a burden. A third wrote that- he feared he would lose his- mind. A ! fourth destroyed himself after amateur theatricals in the school auditorium, where he had been received with great applause* The most affecting case was that of the son of the noted American poet, Louis TTnntermeycT. The youngster killed himself shortly after being visited by his father.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 16 February 1927, Page 5
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