Sometimes, alas ! it is the direct result of excess, which saps the springs of life and brings senes cent inertia before its time.

It may be a product of fatigue and reaction from excessive effort, as in the case of Stuart Mill.

It is not pain or pessimism, although, if real, it is the raw material out of which the latter is made.

To the wise adult this is always pathetic, for what is youth without enthusiasm? These states always need wise diagnosis, because if they are recuperative, they should be let alone, and if results of dissipa tion, they should be drastically treated.

Institutions, especially the tone and traditions of colleges and high schools, differ widely in their prevailing atmosphere in this regard.