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School policy was to swim naked
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6-22-2008 10:38 AM
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bignosemousie
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The whole article is pretty interesting. I wonder what brought about the policy change? LOL. Wow.
The author attended this school in the 60s. It is interesting how the men older than him seemed to have less of a problem with it all.
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6-24-2008
7:52 PM
bignosemousie
I'd really like to hear what my fellow Clippers think about the swim naked policy. Are there any Clippers that had to swim naked in school?
6-24-2008
8:48 PM
jatfla
Someone else go first. :~)
6-24-2008
11:10 PM
bignosemousie
hahaha.
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