Chapter XX: Appendix: VII

_Taken from Maclaren's "Physical Education." Showing the result of one
year's continuous practice._

THE FOLLOWING TABLE SHOWS IN ANOTHER FORM THE RESULTS OF THE SYSTEM;
NOT BY BRIEF COURSES OR PERIODS OF VOLUNTARY ATTENDANCE, BUT BY A
YEAR'S STEADY PRACTICE FROM BIRTHDAY TO BIRTHDAY, WITH TWO ARTICLED
PUPILS, THE YOUNGER BEING 16, THE ELDER 20:

+-----+--------------+------------------------------------------+
| | | MEASUREMENTS, ETC. |
| | +----+-------+--------+------+------+------+
|Case.| Date. | A | B | C | D | E | F |
+-----+--------------+----+-------+--------+------+------+------+
| | |Yrs.|Ft. In.|St. Lbs.|In. |In. |In. |
|A. |1861, Oct. 17.| 16 |5 2-3/4| 7 10 |31 | 8 | 9-1/4|
| |1862, Apr. 17.| " |5 4 | 8 12 |34-1/2| 10 |11-1/4|
| | " Oct. 17.| 17 |5 4-3/4| 9 3 |36 | 10 |11-1/4|
| | | | | | Subsequent |
| | | | | | Measurement. |
| |1863, Mar. 23.| 18 |5 6-3/8|10 10 |37-1/2|11-1/4|13 |
| | | | | | | |
|B. |1862, Feb. 24.| 20 |5 8-1/2|10 13 |34 |11-1/4|11-3/4|
| | " Aug. 24.| " |5 8-7/8|11 4 |38-1/2|12 |12-3/4|
| |1862, Feb. 24.| 21 | " |11 7-1/2|40 |12-1/2|13-1/4|
+-----+--------------+----+-------+--------+------+------+------+

+-----+--------------+------------------------------------+
| | | INCREASE. |
| | +-----+-------+-----+------+---------+
|Case.| Date. | G | H | I | J | K |
+-----+--------------+-----+-------+-----+------+---------+
| | | In. |Lbs. |In. | In. |In. |
|A. |1861, Oct. 17.| | | | | |
| |1862, Apr. 17.|1-1/4| 16 |3-1/2| 2 | 2 |
| | " Oct. 17.| 3/4| 5 |1-1/2| " | " |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| |1863, Mar. 23.|1-5/8| 21 |1-1/2| 1-1/4| 1-3/4 |
| | | | | | | |
|B. |1862, Feb. 24.| | | | | |
| | " Aug. 24.| 3/8| 5 |4-1/2| 3/4| 1 |
| |1862, Feb. 24.| " | 3-1/2|1-1/2| 1/2| 1/2 |
+-----+--------------+-----+-------+-----+------+---------+

KEY:
A: Age.
B: Height.
C: Weight.
D: Chest.
E: Forearm.
F: Upper arm.
G: Height.
H: Weight.
I: Chest.
J: Forearm.
K: Upper arm.

Thus in the year's work the increase was--

+-----------------+-------+-------+-------+---------+---------+
| |Height.|Weight.| Chest.| Forearm.| Upper |
| | | | | | arm. |
+-----------------+-------+-------+-------+---------+---------+
| | In. | Lbs. | In. | In. | In. |
|With the younger | 2 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
|With the elder | 3/8 | 8-1/2 | 6 | 1-1/4 | 1-1/2 |
+-----------------+-------+-------+-------+---------+---------+