The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-12-20
TIE AVERAGE MAN.
His size. weight, Strength and Appear
nncc from Az Exports Calculation,


His Size. weight. Strength and Appear
nncc from Az Experts CaIeuImtion
"Thc average man" is IL phrase fire.
quently employed, but the conception of
which it is the symbol is apt to be cx-
tremely shadowy. 1t has remained for
DIR. Sargent of Cambridge to endow the
conception with concrete form. With
extraordinary industry he has applied
himself to measuring chests and nccks
and hips by the thousands, and biceps
and calves by the tens of thousands. He
has calculated the strength, expressed
i'll foot pounds, of unnumbered forearms
and backs. The results of his labors con-
sist of two nude figures modelled i'll clay.
The first figure is the average, or
composite" of more than 1000 Harvard
men ut the age of 81. This type is D feet
inches i'll height. He weighs 1873
pounds. He has n lung capacity of 240
inches. His breadth of shoulders is II
inches. His girth of natural chest is 1913
inches; of inflated chest 1868. His stretch
of arms is 1000 inches, which is go
inches greater than his height Thus
one idol after another is smashed with
the hammer Of cold fact, for the rigid
of arms should always exactly equal the
height. The girth of tho types head is
1913 inches, of his hips 50. inches The
strength of his forearm is 10 pounds, and
of his back 30S pounds Standing square
ly, clean limbed, strong neclsed, he looks
rather like runner than rover, but
there is nothing sor;lid, nothing warped.
nothing to Indicate the deterioration of
civilization of too many wheels. the
stunning and abnormal, one sided devol-
opment due TO factory or city life.
In considering the other figure rellc-
tant gallantry must give place to verac-
ity, and it must be admitted that the
man is the finer figure of the two. The
face of the average college girl, like that
of the other figure, is Il composite" one,
and the best that can be said of ii is that
1t Is deprcssmgly solemn in expression.
The type is > feet ) inches tall. She
weighs 10 pounds. Hor breadth of
shoulder is II inches The girth Of her
natural chest is 800 inches. She can en-
pand that about two inches Her grth
OF hips is Bod inches. Hergrth of head is
2l.5 inches. Her stretch of arms is G3.5
inches. AS the college girl is too sensible
to construct her waist TO any considerable
degree, SO she is wise enough to give her
feet plenty of freedom.
The types foot is 81 inches long. Her
waist is "a inches in circumference. Her
legs are not well developed. Her girth
of calf is only 13i inches In truth the
figure has more fragility than that of her
counterpart, without corresponding
gain i'll grace.
1t is when he finishes the results of
his observations rs to temperament, how
ever, that DIR. Sargent approaches most
closely to dangerous ground, for he de-
clares that the typical college girl stu
dent is distinctly nervo-bilious. This
seems like maliciously devised scheme
on the part of the doctor to forcstall crit
icism from the girls.
The shrewd, scientific expert has
doubtless conceived the notion of put
ting their very criticisms i'll evidence to
prove his sweeping assertion. He will
scarcely succeed, however, in propitiat-
ing the ladies by the deprccatory re-
mark that his lay figure is not that of an
50 or 90 per cent girl; that it represents
merely % per cent of their good points,
and is halfway from the best to the
worst.-Phlladclph Record