about these results. The growing animal is as sensitive as the growing 

 plant to climatic conditions and changes. The extreme cold of the East 

 has undoubtedly the effect of checking the growth of the people there, 

 just as it does the growth of the vegetable world. The mild winters of 

 California allow the growth to continue uninterruptedly all the year around. 

 While in the interior the extreme summer heat would seem somewhat se- 

 vere, the coolness of the nights provide that season of rest which is abso- 

 lutely essential to the health of the growing girl. 



A very important reason depending directly on the climate is that 

 California girls indulge in much more outdoor exercise than those of the 

 Eastern States. In no other place in the world do girls habitually take 

 such delight in real mountain climbing and camping as in California. The 

 practical results of this health-giving exercise is shown by a glance at the 

 anthropometric table; for the tests show that California girls have nearly 

 twice the leg strength that the Eastern girls have. The Wellesley girl's 

 strength is rated at 200.6 pounds; that of the California girl at 341.6 

 pounds. 



There is one striking feature of the measurements in which the Cali- 

 fornia girls exceed both the standard and the average Eastern girl which 

 may have an influence in bringing up the other points of her development. 

 The Raphael standard women would have a lung capacity of 159.8 cubic 

 inches, her height being five feet five inches. The California girl whose 

 average height is nearly two inches less, has a lung capacity of precisely 

 the same volume — which is about ten cubic inches more than the lung 

 capacity of the Wellesley girl. This greater lung capacity can but mean a 

 greater and purer supply of blood under given conditions, and a consequent 

 greater physical growth in the girl having it. 



Another influence bearing on the greater size of California girls is 

 the question of racial and hereditary tendencies. The pioneers of early days 

 were men and women of strength and courage. A large number of them 

 eame from the Southern States. They were, as is well known, a larg« 

 and full-blooded race, and have undoubtedly transmitted these character- 

 istics to their descendants. 



The following table, showing the average measurements of University 

 of California girls compared with Wellesley, Mass., College girls, though 

 usually given in the metric system of measurements, is here given in the 

 English system for the sake of clearness: 



University of Cal. Wellesley College. University of Cal. Wellesley College. 



Age. Inches. Girths. Inches. 



19.1 years 19.1 years 13.8 Right calf 13.3 



Weight. 13.6 Left calf 13.3 



119.7 pounds 119.4 pounds. Inches. Depth. Inches. 



Inches. Height. Inches. 6.9 Chest 7.2 



63.5 Standing 63.2 6.8 Abdomen 7.3 



33.1 Sitting 33.3 Inches. Breadth. Inches. 



Inches. Girths. Inches. 4.3 Neck 4 



12.4 Neck 12.2 14.8 Shoulders 14.3 



30.6 Chest, repose 28.8 8.7 Waist 8.7 



33.1 Chest, inflated 31.4 12.9 Hips 12.8 



25 9th rib, repose 24.6 Pounds. Strength. Pounds. 



28.1. 9th rib, inflated ...21.2 178.5 Back 130 



24.2 Waist 24.6 341.6 Legs 200.6 



37.6 Hips 35.2 72.7 Right forearm ... 57.3 



11.4 Right upper arm... 10.6 61.7 Left forearm ... 48.5 



1 1 .3 Left upper arm 1 0.4 61 .7 Strength of chest.. 57.3 



9.1 Right fore arm — 9.6 Cubic inches. Cubic inches. 



9 Leftforearm 8.5 159.8 Lung capacity. .150.3 



21.4 Right thigh 21.6 Inches. Inches. 



21.3 Left thigh 21.6 63.8 Arms extended ..63.8 



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