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this perfection in any way or prevent its regular 

 development and growth. 



Finally, it should be said that the weights given 

 are those of boys fully stripped. If a boy is 

 stripped to the waist only, and has his shoes 

 removed, three pounds subtracted from his weight 

 will fairly account for the clothes he is wearing 

 if his weight is above 80, 3| pounds if above 100, 

 and 2f pounds if below 80. This is arbitrary, 

 but cannot be avoided. 



In the measurement tables that follow "ages" 

 are included in parentheses. They cannot be 

 given any great value, but it interests people, 

 sometimes, to know how the measurements of a 

 child compare with those of the "average" child 

 of the same age. Unfortunately the writer has 

 not a sufficient number of measurements to 

 enable him to compile a reliable table for girls. 



In public schools there is usually very little 

 medical or physical examination. The introduc- 

 tion of such a system as described may have 

 to come gradually, especially in conservative 

 communities where anything "new" is looked 

 upon suspiciously because of its mere newness. 

 Stripping to the waist is possibly all that can be 

 done at first by way of examination, in which 

 case the hip, thigh, and calf measurements must 

 be omitted, the boys' "scores" being made up 

 without them. 



