ample, show that for the first interval (nine months) there has been a gain of 3.05 percent, for the second period of 14 months, 8.98 percent, and so on until the last age, 16 years, seven months, where the gain has amounted to 45.7 percent over the first meaurement. In strength of upper back there has been a gain of 500 percent. For the depth of chest, the results show that there has TABLE XV PERCENT TABLE OF INDIVIDUAL GROWTH FROM been a gain of 16.2 per cent at the final measurement, 16 years, seven months, over the initial measurement at five years, 11 months. 1. Conclusions 9 10 Chart XXXIX I. The synoptic profiles for the individual boys differ from those for the girls. Except in height, standing and sitting, and weight, the girls show a higher percent of gain over the initial growth, taken as 100 percent, than do boys. This is particularly true of all of the strength measurements. For the nine traits considered previous to weight, the percent of gain for the eight to ten year interval, in the case of the boys, is always less than 50 percent and frequently not more than 25 percent. None of the strength tests for the boys exceeds 210 percent except in one instance for upper back, while for the girls strength of the arms, back and chest frequently exceeds this amount and with one girl strength of right forearm reaches 350 percent, strength of chest 420 percent, and strength of upper back 850 percent. II. The consecutive profiles for the same individuals are similar in their depressions, plateaus and peaks, with the greatest variation in the strength measurements. III. The individual profiles furnish a tangible method for clinical diagnosis of the growth of individuals. |