Citation

Gould HN. Research Quarterly. American Physical Education Association 1930; 1(3): 1-18.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1930)

DOI

10.1080/23267402.1930.10625785

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

The physique of women students at Newcomb College of Tulane University. I. Stature and weight. Harley N. Gould, Department of Biology, Newcomb College of Tulane University. The investigation makes use of twenty years' records of physical measurements taken twice a year on a student population of whom about 80 per cent are from Louisiana. The mean stature of 2991 entering freshmen of the years 1909 to 1928, inclusive, is 63.34 inches and the mean weight of 2993 of them is 116.22 pounds. In the twenty years involved there is no consistent upward or downward trend of freshman height or weight, though the students of the last nine years average slightly taller than those of the first eleven years. Grouped by ages, the entering students fail to show any consistent relation of height or weight with age. During four college sessions, students increase in height, on the average, three-tenths of an inch, and in weight, nine-tenths of a pound. Height increment is added chiefly in the first two years, and more in winter than in summer. Weight consistently tends to decrease in the winter and increase in the summer throughout the four college years, except for the winter of the freshman year, when the losses and gains nearly balance. Since 1919-20 the seasonal change in weight is much less than in the preceding years. A trend toward slenderness is indicated from 1924 to 1927.