46 American Statistical Association. 



tioii was made in 1884 from the height of 155 to 183 centi- 

 metres of 51 items of measurement from 628 men. Then 

 each man as he was measured, with his record in his own 

 hands, could see his exact relation to the average man of his 

 own height, as determined by the records for many years 

 past. 



From this table were constructed cards — one for each 

 centimetre — of the heights already mentioned, and contain- 

 ing the records of the 51 items observed, and side by side of 

 his own record of measures. And upon this same card were 

 given the directions and suggestions of the examiner, when 

 there was a special lack of development, and one with the 

 average of all college for work and development. Besides 

 this it contained the directions for taking the measurements 

 as adopted by the American Association for the Advance- 

 ment of Physical Education, the method of examining the 

 eyes and ears, and general directions for the use of the 

 development apparatus in the gymnasium. 



Two years later another edition of the manual was issued, 

 and today, 1893, a third one is just from the press, with 

 enlarged tables and data, but all tending to confirm the idea 

 that stature is the foundation upon which the idea of the 

 typical student should be constructed, and the source from 

 which all corrections for imperfect or non-development 

 should be made. 



It is most interesting to note that the statue of the typical 

 college student exhibited at the Chicago Exposition today 

 most strongly exemplifies this idea. 



To conclude, the results of Anthropometry in Amherst 

 College as they stand today are to be found in the tables 

 accompanying this paper, and in the revised tables contained 

 in the third edition of the Anthropometric Manual of Amherst 

 College, 1893. 



