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THE DAILY NEBRASKAN SCRIP
WEDNESDAY, MAY 23, 1962
arguments against
abolishing clothes
by helen iancHs
. . . men would have to resort to carrying pocketbooks
In civilized countries throughout the
world a new movement is springing up
nudist colonies. Found within these
cloistered -colonies are fanatic believers
in nudity for everyone. These disciples
of back-to-natare are converting tradition
al clothes-wearers at an increasingly rap
id rate. Their tantalizing proposals of
removing all outer obstacles to class
equality, reducing signs of economic sta
tus, and providing an opportunity for a
complete suntan prove to be powerful
incentives as more and more of the tra
ditional world reverts to its natural bare
state.
I, for one, would like to point out some
of the dangers that are embedded in this
theory if it should ever become a nation
wide movement. The structure of Ameri
can economy would collapse overnight.
Bathing suit industries, textile industries,
and mink farms would have to cease
operations. The stock market would im
mediately drop, because the clothing in
dustries would disappear. Millions would
be jobless and thus, eventually, home
less. The country would be involved
in the greatest of all depressions known
to mankind. Furthermore, the govern
ment would have to bankrupt itself in
order to pay all of the unemployment
pensions.
Without clothes, we could not maintain
our foreign policy. Ambassadors could
not be distinguished from the masses by
their American clothes. We could never
take a stand on any issue that might
lead to war. Any war-like action would
have to be abolished because war would
be impossible. No one would dare fight
because there would be no way to tell
who was on which side.
Being unable to distinguish people by
their clothes would mean that football,
basketball, and all major team sports
would be impossible. Standing armies
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would have to be abolished because in
subordination is inevitable if rank cannot
be distinguished. Charity would suffer;
the Salvation Army would go unrecog
nized. How could children tell who street
corner Santa Clauses were?
Nudity is an insurmountable obstacle
to those wishing to raise their social
standing in the eyes of the community.
Women could not take the wonderful op
portunity now provided by churches to
display their new hats and dresses oa
Easter morning. Teenagers could not be
come part of their peer group by keep
ing up with the latest fads. Sororities
and fraternities would have to be
abolished because there would be no
where to pin pins. Our First Lady could
not be chosen as one of the Ten Best
Dressed Women in America.
Another main objection to nudity is
often overlooked by our bare friends. Vis
ualize, if you can, what would happen
to the masculine and feminine roles that
are now practiced in America. Men would
have to resort to carrying pocketbooks
for loose change, pens, and whatever else
they wish to keep with them. Women
would simply be lost Destruction of tra
ditional male and female roles would
lead to a frenzied chaos; no one could
tell who was wearing the pants in the
family.
If nudity becomes an international re
ality, civilization as we know it will
perish. Masses will be jobless.
With so much leisure, the world will
become j?o over-populated that starvation
will wipe out mankind. Yet, obvious to
the approaching doom of society, nudists
happily invite us to join them in de
nouncing clothes.
Beware, America. Clothes wearers,
unite! You have nothing to lose but your
shirts (collectively speaking).
DANDELION
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Where tired butterflies
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Can brew a draught
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That looks and tastes
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A thousand petals cut
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Supported by a
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Over lawn and meadow
they are thrown;
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Sketches
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I. Youth
She came of fire,
And blood beneath
The fingernail ,
In sharp relief
Showed her desire
Leaped out of lace
And lingerie
Past gleaming teeth
Into the blood
And bone beneath.
II. Beauty
The wide forehead,
The turned-up nose,
The neck and chin
That gathered pride
At up they rose,
Were fashioned for
The grand lady
Who struck the pose
Learning
Look, mine eyes,
and perceive;
Listen, my mind,
and understand;
Open, my heart,
and accept.
Perceive, understand,
and accept, till all be
comes a part of me.
anda anderson
of Song:
Lady
And wore the mask
That grandness knows.
III. Age
Then dread age came.
Bred to marvel,
Silent-mouthed,
She stayed inside
And changed her name,
But kept out for
Her flagging pride
The memory
Of what she was
Before she died.
by roy scheele
Everymans wish
I yearn to speak
but my lips are clay
and my heart is afraid
to sing
Many ovens I wished to
fuse
into one with realization
and all
but the words are stayed
within me
Where are the scissors
that can cut,
open this soul of mine
and what is the chick that
can crack the shell
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