Typical American Students

Two interesting statues, the result of much hard work, were put on exhibition in Boston recently. One was that of a young man and the other that of a girl. They were designed to represent the American college student, not the ideal American student of either sex, but the actual, typical student, the measurements used having been the average, or mean, of development of students from various parts of the country. The statues are described by the Rochester Post and Express as representing "fairly well built young persons, symmetrically developed, and without serious physical defects." The figures have an easy pose, standing firmly and gracefully. The faces, which were modeled after composite photogfaphs made from the students from whom the measurements were taken, are handsome and thoughtful, with a marked air of refinement. The face of th young man is the handsomer of the two, but that of the young woman is nearest the classic standard. In the former's figure there are some marked departures from the Standard. The hands and knees are larg-e, while the wrists are small. The height of the male is five feet eight inches and of the female five feet three inches. The male represents a weight of one hundred and thirty-eig-ht and one-half pounds and the female one hundred and flfteen pounds. Each figure represents measurements taken from forty-two leading parts of the body and these show the average development of each sex at the age of twenty-one years. It is worthy of note that the typical American student has a better physical development than that of the British or Germán, as is shown by comparison with measurements made recently in those countries.