_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) | 1-3/4 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 | 2-1/4 in. | |Average increase of girth of thigh | 1-1/2 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----. |Date | Nov., '73 | Nov., '74 | Increase | +-----------------+---------+-----------+-----------+----------+ |Age. |Yrs. | 19 | 20 | | |Height. |Ft. In. | 5 8 | 5 9 | 1 | |Weight. |Lbs. |145 |160 |15 | |Chest (inflat.). |In. | 36-1/2 | 40 | 3-1/2 | |Chest (cont.). |In. | 33-1/2 | 34-1/4 | 3/4 | |Forearm. |In. | 10-1/4 | 11 | 3/4 | |Upper arm. |In. | 12-1/4 | 13-3/4 | 1-1/2 | |Shoulders. |In. | 15-3/4 | 17 | 1-1/4 | |Hips. |In. | 35 | 36-1/2 | 1-1/2 | |Thight. |In. | 19-3/4 | 22 | 2-1/4 | |Calf. |In. | 13-1/2 | 15 | 1-1/2 | +-----------------+---------+-----------+-----------+----------+ 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._ RETURN OF COURSE OF GYMNASTIC TRAINING AT THE ROYAL MILITARY ACADEMY, WOOLWICH, FROM FEB. 10TH, 1863, TO JUNE 22D, 1863.