College Streaking - Part 3
College streaking is nearly as old as this country. In 1788, Charles Adams, son of President John Adams, is said to have been disciplined for running naked around Harvard Yard. In 1804, George William Crump, a student at Washington College (now Washington and Lee University) was arrested for running naked through Lexington, Virginia. He later became a U.S. Congressman.
But the peak of college streaking happened in the spring of 1974. Today's photos were published in March, 1974 in the French magazine Paris Match in an article "Streaking on American Campus." Unfortunately, they don't identify the campus. Does anyone know which college or university this is?
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Days of harmless, silly fun. I miss them.
In the late 80s and early 90s, there was a 'Naked Mile' event on the campus at U of Michigan in Ann Arbor. It was fun to watch, and people would bring video cameras...
see the link
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xjie1d
for the Midsummer Nude Run in Kuldiga, Latvia
This is a local government-approved streaking event!
University of Tennessee officials declared open war on streakers in March 1974 after a series of nude dashes around campus and the Cumberland Avenue Strip three nights in a row caught police with their pants down and drew the eyes of the world. No less an authority than CBS News anchor Walter Cronkite termed Knoxville "the streaking capital of the world."
http://archive.knoxnews.com/news/local/short-lived-streaking-at-ut-drew-national-attention-ep-360200652-356724651.html/
kenpk, I have streaking photos from colleges in 30 states that I will be posting, including a different photo from the University of Tennessee. But I'm doing them in alphabetical order by state, so it will take a while to get to Tennessee. Stay tuned.
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