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of a foot. There seems to be a good chance, 

 however, of the foot's becoming a unit, with 

 divisions in tenths and hundredths, and so on. 



At any rate, to interest children in their meas- 

 urements they must be made according to a 

 standard well known to them, so that of necessity 

 we must use the inch and pound in this work. 

 If you can get a tape-measure in inches and 

 tenths you will do well. 



A hand dynamometer sometimes interests the 

 children a great deal, and it would also be a help 

 to have a spirometer. But as these instruments 

 are not generally at hand, they are not considered 

 in the following tables. The hand-dynamometer 

 is the only strength-testing instrument that 

 should be used. Strength tests have been known 

 to cause painful and even dangerous accidents, 

 and there is not a great deal of value in using 

 them with children. 



As a complete stripping cannot always be 

 made, your record cards can be arranged for your 

 own particular needs. When you are measuring, 

 it is well to have three children in the room at a 

 time — one dressing, one undressing, and the other 

 being measured. It affects a boy to be measured 

 before other boys. He wants to "show up" well, 

 and it is likely to make him take an interest more 

 than usual in his physical appearance generally. 

 Also it is good for the two spectators to have 



