Oregon doily
emerald
Thursday, August 11, 1983
Eugene, Oregon
We're on holiday
This is the final issue of the Emerald for the
term. But not to worry, it's only a break in the
action The Emerald will next publish Sept 19
when our Fall Orientation Issue hits the
streets. Daily publication will resume Sept P6
In the meantime we will be feverishly working
on bike trips, sun tans, softball and the in
evitable bar guide. Adios until we meet again.
Volume 85, Number 15
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Nudists
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‘‘Is anybody going to ask about
sex?” asks Hap Hathaway from the
podium on the dais.
There’s an awkward silence and
fidgeting among the news reporters,
photographers and regional
representatives of the American
Sunbathing Association. But no one
asks the question.
“Now.. . C’mon, I know you have
questions about sex,” Hathaway
reiterates. When no one asks,
Hathaway shrugs resignedly.
Hathaway, president of ASA, a na
tional nudist group, is in Eugene
along with more than 1,000 nudists
from across the United States and
Canada for the 52nd annual ASA
convention. The Willamettans, a
Lane County nudist group, are
hosting the convention at their
40-acre camp site outside of Mar
cola in the Mohawk Valley.
Although Tuesday afternoon,
Hathaway and other practicing
nudists were fully clothed and
hosting the press to an informa
tional luncheon at the Thunderbird
Motor Inn.
Don Deakin, a high school teacher
from Chicago Heights, III., says
Hathaway asked the question about
sex — implying promiscuity —
because it usually lurks in the back
of people’s minds when they think
of nudism. Deakin and the other
nudist representatives toss aside
the sex question, attributing it to a
myth among the uninformed public.
When German immigrant Kurt Bar
thel arrived in 1929 there was no
such thing as nudism in America.
Barthel and three other couples
found an fsolated spot in New York
state and began the social nudism
movement in this country. He form
ed The American League for
Physical Culture which eventually
became the American Sunbathing
Association.
During the early years of nudism
Photos by Mark Pynes
The Klausman family — parents Dave and Anita, and children Hannah,
Mehgan and Jonathan — assemble for a group portrait with friend Mary Moffet
and her two children.
police raids were common at
outings. It wasn’t until the 1950s
that nudism at private sites became
tolerated by society. Hathaway says
that communities now accept the
nudist camps in their areas. There
are 150 ASA affiliated nudist parks
in North America serving over 25,000
practicing nudists.
Deakin cites a recent Gallup poll
that shows 72 percent of adults
surveyed approve of optional nudity
on public beaches. The poll also
stated that 15 percent of those
adults had participated in "skinny
dipping.”
“More people are willing to come
out of the closet” (concerning
nudism), says Jean Hawk of San
Diego.
Right now the nudist groups are
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Atiyeh visits
University
Gov. Vic Atiyeh will recognize the in
creased productivity of the registrar’s
office staff during his visit to the
University today.
Atiyeh will present a Governor’s Pro
ductivity Award to the staff at 1:30 p.m.
at their office in Oregon Hall.
The award recognizes the increased
efficiency and work output of the staff
members that has resulted from the
development and implementation of a
micrographics system now in use in
the office.
The system includes a microfilm
camera that puts blip codes on each
document filmed, a microfilm
reader/printer that reads the blips and
a microcomputer that provides an in
dex to the microfilms, according to
Larry Waddell, operations supervisor
who oversaw technical development of
the system.
Records for all current students are
on microfilm, and previous students
are being added to the system as time
allows. No additional staff was added
to the registrar’s office to help with the
project.
Work on the project started about
two years ago under the leadership of
then Registrar Wanda Johnson now
associate director of admissions and
records.
A water leak in Oregon Hall created
concerns about records security. After
examining various options, including
waterproof security rooms, the deci
sion was made to begin converting to a
“paperless office,” Waddell said.
The micrographics system has now
been in operation about eight months.
1,000 set to
graduate
More than 1,000 degree candidates
will be eligible to participate in the
University's summer term commence
ment ceremonies Saturday, Aug. 13.
Ceremonies will get underway at 10
a.m. outdoors on the Memorial
Quadrangle north of the University
library between the art museum and
PLC. If it rains, the hour-long event will
move indoors to Mac Court on Univer
sity Street. The public is welcome.
Rep. Jim Weaver, D-Oregon, will be
the featured speaker. His talk is titled
"Survival: In the '80s and Beyond.” A
1952 University graduate. Weaver has
served in the U.S. House of Represen
tatives since 1974. He previously was
staff administrator of the Oregon
Legislature’s Interim Committee on
Agriculture and, from 1960 until his
election to Congress, he was a
building contractor and developer in
Eugene.
Weaver, 55, is a member of the
House Interior and Agriculture com
mittees. He chairs the Interior Sub
committee on Mines and Mining,
Forest Management and the Bon
neville Power Administration.
Among the 1,007 summer term
degree candidates are 607 slated to
receive bachelor’s degrees, 313
master’s degree candidates, 85 doc
toral candidates and two set to receive
law degrees.