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American Statistical Association. 



The finger reach is .... 1.787 metres, or 70 355 inches. 



The horizontal length is . . 1,748 " " 68.820 



The perpendicular lieight is . 1.729 " " 68.071 



The sitting height is . . . 907 millimetres or 35.709 " 



We seem, tlien, to learn from these statistics that a college 

 student, as expressed by an Amherst average, may expect to 

 give a trunk measurement proportioned to his total height of 

 1.1906. This is a difference of 822 millimetres, or about 32 

 inches, and the trunk is more than half tlie total lieight of 

 the body. The difference in length between the body lying 

 down and the bod}^ standing erect is 19 millimetres, or about 

 three-quarters of an inch, in favor of the horizontal measure. 

 The measure of the tips of the fingers exceeds the total height 

 by 39 millimetres, or about one and one-half inches. 



Table K. 



See Table L on page 45. 



Up to nearly this time, 1882, our statistical work had been 

 directed very much to averages, means, development, and 

 growth. But all along the thought had been pressing itself 

 forward that there is some standard by which to estimate 

 the proper growth and development of the student; or at 

 least we must have some method to work by advisedly. It 

 was perhaps well enough for the average, the mean, the 50 

 per cent man, but what can we do for all the others? The 

 thought of the Stature or Bodily Height seemed a desirable 

 field to work in, and accordingly the whole eff(n't was devoted 

 to ai'ranging all the measurements in groups of heights run- 

 ning one centimetre each. The first table of this descrip- 



