APPENDIX III.
Showing average increase of 200 students at Bowdoin College, in various measurements, after working but half an hour a day four times a week, for six months, under Dr. Sargent.
| Average increase in height | 1/4 in. |
| Average increase in weight | 2 lbs. |
| Average increase of chest (contracted) | 3/4 in. |
| Average increase of chest (inflated) | 13/4 in. |
| Average increase of girth of forearm | 3/4 in. |
| Average increase of girth of upper arm | 1 in. |
| Average increase of width of shoulders | 3/4 in. |
| Average increase of girth of hips | 21/4 in. |
| Average increase of girth of thigh | 11/2 in. |
| Average increase of girth of calf | 3/4 in. |
[APPENDIX IV.]
Showing the effect of four hours' exercise a week for one year upon a youth of 19, at Bowdoin College, under Dr. Sargent's direction. This was two hours' work more each week than was required of the regular classes.
| S——. | Age. | Height. | Weight. | Chest (inflat.). | Chest (cont.). | Forearm. | Upper arm. | Shoulders. | Hips. | Thigh. | Calf. | |
| Date. | Yrs. | Ft. | In. | Lbs. | In. | In. | In. | In. | In. | In. | In. | In. |
| Nov., '73 | 19 | 5 | 8 | 145 | 361/2 | 331/2 | 101/4 | 121/4 | 153/4 | 35 | 193/4 | 131/2 |
| Nov., '74 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 160 | 40 | 341/4 | 11 | 133/4 | 17 | 361/2 | 22 | 15 |
| Increase | 1 | 15 | 31/2 | 3/4 | 3/4 | 11/2 | 11/4 | 11/2 | 21/4 | 11/2 | ||
[APPENDIX V.]
Taken from Maclaren's "Physical Education." Showing effect of four months and twelve days' exercise, under his system, on fifteen youths ranging from 16 to 19 years of age.