Porter — The Growth of St. Louis Children. 267 
Form ©. 
THE PHYSIQUE OF THE SCHOOL CHILDREN IN ST. LOUIS. 
The parents or guardians of school children are requested to fill out the 
following blank, and to return it to the teacher on the next school day: 
4. Name of pupll...cssececcsee- veut 
5. Place of birth 
6. Age at nearest birthday............- 
7. In what country was pupil’s father born.............+ ee 
8. In what country was pupil’s mother born sigs See ce ees 
9. Occupation of father Stel see eee 
10. Number of pupil’s sisters living 3 dead...... ocevevecnse 
11. Number of pupil’s brothers living..........-.; dead 
12. Residence of pupil, No......... ee perenne - Street. 
On the second day, Form C having been returned, answers 
5, 6,7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 were written. Some ignorant or 
prejudiced parents refused to answer the questions in Form C 
and in such cases the answers were obtained as far as possible 
from the school registers. While the first school was em- 
ployed in this way on the second day, another school began 
to answer questions 1, 2, 3, 4 and 32. On the third day, the 
first school measured the height standing, height sitting and 
span of arms, while the second school was busy with the 
second day’s work and the third school with the first. 
Thus the thirty-two questions were divided into groups, and 
by the ninth day nine schools were working simultaneously, 
each on a different group. As soon as one school finished 
with an apparatus, it was taken to the next school on the list, 
almost always the nearest in point of distance. An extract 
from ‘* The Chart of Days”’ will make this clear. 
