AVERAGE AND MEAN 
ANTHROPOMETRIC DATA 
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Amherst College Students. 
MARCH, 1888. 
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Millimeters. 
155 
154 
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W eight, 
61.2 
61.7 
61.5 
f Head, 
153 
Millimetres. 
1725 
1410 
1030 
860 
476 
903 
572 
349 
880 
927 
1725 
1408 
1030 
86.2 
475 
902 
572 
353 
887 
928 
1720 
1410 
1030 
860 
478 
904 
568 
350 
890 
930 
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108 
108 
109 
Heights. 
f Body, 
Sternum, 
! Navel, 
Pubes, 
Knee, 
. Sitting, 
' Head, 
Neck, 
Chest Repose, 
Chest Full, 
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I Shoulder, 
Waist, 
Hips, 
Nipples, 
'Sh’lder Elbows, 
Elbow Tips, 
Feet, 
Str’tch of Arms, 
Horiz’l Length, 
430 
250 
323 
198 
372 
458 
260 
1780 
1732 
432 
254 
323 
197 
372 
462 
262 
1785 
1730 
425 
250 
325 
200 
370 
460 
255 
1781 
1728 
Belly, 
724 
724 
730 
Lungs, 
1.5 
1.3 
1.5 
Hips, 
900 
891 
900 
Back, 
137 
138 
135 
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Thighs, 
515 
5181 
515 
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Legs, 
166 
164 
160 
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Knees, 
355 
357 
355 
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Forearms, 
39 
38 
37 
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Calves, 
345 
348 
345 
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Total, 
454 
456 
450 
Insteps, 
R. U. Arm Cont’d, 
Upper Anns, 
241 
295( 
257] 
240 
294 
258! 
240 
295 
255 
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No. of times. 
Dip, 
.Pull Up, 
6 
9 
6 
10 
6 
10 
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Elbows, 
Forearms, . 
.Wrists, 
249 
260 
161 
250 
260 
165 
248 
262 
160 
Lung Capaoity, 
Part of the body. 
Pilosity, 
4.11 
2.25 
4.19 
2.10 
4.27 
2.25 
These are “ Metric” measurements, and yvhere the item is taken double 
—right and left parts—the average of the two is the record. Statistics bearing upon the Average and Typical Student in 
Amherst College, March, 1888. 
The columns of figures on the opposite page are the results 
of an attempt to learn what are the measures and proportions of the 
average student, and the student of mean proportions in Amherst Col- 
lege as derived from the anthropometric data gathered in the Depart- 
ment of Physical Education and Hygiene. 
The first column gives the averages—in the several different items 
—of all the students who have been connected with College from 
1861-2 up to 1887-8 inclusive. 
The second column gives the averages of the same items of those 
students only who were of the average height of all College—those 
whose height was 1725 millimeters, or 67.9 inches. 
The third column is made up in this manner. Each item is separ- 
ated into numerical groups—or columns of figures—of a small range 
—of a few millimeters each, and arranged side by side on a horizon- 
tal line so as to show the relative size of each one to the other, or of 
the largest to those of middle proportions, and of each of these to 
the smallest, the top of the columns representing an ascent and de- 
scent. 
This will give a gradually ascending series from the left or small- 
est individuals to about the center of the groups, where the columns 
will grow shorter and shorter to the right, or to the largest individu- 
als. The central column or the point between the two columns—if 
they chance to be two columns of equal numbers—will give the mean 
or typical measurement of the item. 
In the item of Height for example, we may divide it into groups of 
ten millimeters or about half an inch each, beginning with 1600 to 
1610 m. m. or 68 inches, and running to 1830 in. m. or 72 inches. 
This will give us 25 groups in all—and each man’s Height as preserv- 
ed in the book of Records will have been placed in the proper groups. 
When all are gathered together in this manner we have an 
ascending series from the lowest or smallest measure to a 
certain point where the series begins to descend to the highest or 
largest measure. This point—or recorded height—where the 
greatest number of observations are found, constitutes the 
“ mean ” or the central point of all the heights, and is to be regard- 
ed as the typical or standard height of all the students. Hence this 
third column indicates the student of mean Proportions, while the 
other columns indicate the relations of the Average Student.