Short People Got No Reason to Live

I remember, many years ago (when I was in that rather dubious position of being recently matriculated) there were a considerable number of people shorter than myself. These days I seem to be one of the shortest people on this worthy campus, and in fact in the whole country

Now Pete, I'm sure you're a man of the [unclear: wol] and could definitely supply me with an explanation for this phenomenon. I eagerly await your earliest reply, and remain...........