Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-09-11

ligence and morality. Where disease
has entered and needs special treat
ment. the family physician. not the
self-vaunted specialist" should he
consulted. For general treatment OF
disordered seNualIty four things may
be mentioned:
l. Plain food and hygenlc habits
as respects bathing. and the use of
stimulnnts.
?. Exposure to the clements and Wig
orous physical exercise.
3. Hard beds.
4. intellectual enthusiasm BY the
very law of hnetic equivalents, If the
mind can be made to absorb the nerv-
Gus energies IN the contemplation of
sweet. wholesome subjects. they will
cease to run riot in sexual disturb
ances.
ADoLEsCENT DRY ROT.
Perhaps the worst mental phase OK
hibited generally by the youth OF our
days ia the inability or unwillingness
"A real condition Of mind, but oftcner
put on" to manifest stole lmperturb
ability. or sort OF yuu-can't-teaCh-m
anything air, a way Of speaking Of the
world as IL II We're II sucked orange
as If they had sounded the heights and
depths of II and found all It's Joys hol-
low. and now they give plying smile
to those SO green" as still to have
faith In II. They manifest, In short,
a sort of intellectual dry rot; healthful
/ mentality. ii they ever had II. is
| shrinking away. like the cigarettes
! they are pusing, In the haZy smoke
| of self-conceit
Time was when freshmen were fresh
and IL was so good thing to see.
The bashful. awkward unsophisticated
| manners: the ea~'r curiosity, and ire
quent exclamation; the ill-ftting
4 ..rft Of "a
the scent of clover in; the country toll
let, with little hayseed in the hair
here was material for the making of
| men.
But now even the sub-freshmen are
'up to" and "onto" matters that
| would make their fathers stare and
| their mothers blush To betray In
| terest is, according to the code, to show
that you are pumpkin. Is 1t not de-
plorable?
THE POOH-POOH SOCIETY.
| Holmes in his breakfast table talks
| mentions n society of young bloods
| known as the "Pooh-PoOh League
Their code Of etiquette was never
show interest; prim, spruced-up. pup
pets they were with glazed counter
| ances and lackadaisical eyes. There
| is a multitude Of young eNquisites of
| the same tribe outside the Pooh Pooh
| society. ! never met one of them with
| out having my boyish longings to be-
| come an Indnin, surge back upon me
| with this difference: I now want to
| join Il particular tribe-the Kickapoo
| (kiCk-a- PoOh)
HEALTHFULNEss OF ENTHUsI-
| Assn.
There can be no more benencent
thing than enthusiasm-enthusi L.
| enter upon any duty however hard
and glory In the difficulties we have to
! surmOunt. So there can be no purer
| or more natural feeling than the spon-
| taneous outhurst of delight whenever
| we have conquered an old difficulty or
| come into the presence of n new truth
| The tendency which seeks to repress
these feelings should be recognized as
Justification OF the soul. In this respect
the instinct Of the savage is a sureI
| guide than the fashions OF civiliza-
| ton. Everywhere in unCultiVated
lands the richness and fulness of
dawning manhood Is recognized by
rites that stir the blood to enthusas-
tic achievement.
AGE OF NUBILITY.
The biological study Of adolescence
reveals clearly that nubility, the age
Of marriage begins with about 90 years
for males and "a for females. Civilian
tion and also the mixture Of bloodr
operate to prolong the time. The same
causes operate to cause progressive
prolongution of the adolescence Of
ephebc fermeut
ONE-SIDED EDUCATION.
1t Is a curious fact to note how i'm
portant in the educational life the
epoch of adolescence has been con-
sidered by historical nations. The
Spartans chose this period TO make
warriors, and educated pugnacity.
The Jesuits well knew the nature of
youth and the desire to excel when
they chose emulation as the motive,
The same spirit holds in all our mod
crn college athletics. The Mahum-
etans seize upon another active