What Ails the Young

AMERICAN NOTES

Eighteen months ago, the Madison campus of the University of Wisconsin was running an even higher fever than most U.S. colleges. It was there that a research worker was killed one night when revolutionaries set off a bomb at the Army Math Center. Today a record of student maladies at Madison confirms that the atmosphere is calmer, both politically and personally. According to doctors at the University Health Service, cases of drug abuse have dropped off suddenly from last year. Dr. J. D. Kabler, head of the service, notes far fewer cases of hepatitis--especially the kind that is transmitted by the shared use of needles.

In addition, the doctors report less venereal disease--as students have grown more aware of the danger. There are also fewer anxiety symptoms such as insomnia and overeating, and fewer cases of the "acute raving drunk," probably because of the decline of the fraternity system.

But dormitory life is also waning, and as students move into less hygienic rooms off campus, they are showing up with lice. Other trends: more bicycle injuries, leg burns from motorcycle exhausts, and complaints by braless coeds of breast bruises.

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