68 PHYSICAL TRAINING 



to recognize the five types, using for the medium 

 the " average" measurements of many children 

 (in the following tables five thousand children 

 were used in obtaining some of the figures) and 

 then grouping the slender and heavy types about 

 the average measurements of children who were 

 obviously more slender than the average, or more 

 thick-set. 



To find the type of child being measured, find 

 his height and weight. Find the same height on 

 the Type Table and see to which type his weight 

 corresponds most closely. For instance, let us 

 say the height of a boy is 60 inches and his 

 weight 87 pounds. This comes nearest being the 

 weight corresponding to the 60-inch height in the 

 medium-type table, so we would class the child as 

 a medium-type. Should the weight be half-way 

 between the weights of two of the tables, class the 

 boy with the more slender-type table. That is, 

 if a boy was 51 inches high and weighed 63 1 

 pounds, this would be half-way between the weight 

 of a slender-medium boy of 51 inches and a 

 heavy-type boy of the same height. This boy 

 would be classed with the medium-heavy type. 

 Remember, too, that the tables are not meant 

 for the obese boy. For such a boy girths mean 

 little, and all you can notice will be such mat- 

 ters as chest expansion and a few muscular 

 contractions. 



