No Nudists at Bethel

No Nudists at Bethel Bethel, the little Presbyterian college (enrollment 450) in McKenzie, Tenn., found out that it was harboring a nudist. It came to the notice of the college authorities that Dr. John E. Bauman, 59, professor of zoology, had been a nudist for ten years. Bethel asked him to leave.

Zoologist Bauman did not think much of the anti-nudist argument the college used against him. "They brought up that old question about why did God make a fig leaf for Eve if God wanted man to be in the nude. And that is not even historically true."* The authorities were of no mind to debate the Scriptures. Nudism, said Bethel President Roy N. Baker last week, "does not fit in with our church program. We don't fool with that kind of business."

*Biblically, Adam & Eve made themselves aprons of fig leaves (Genesis 3:7), then accepted from God coats of skins (Genesis 3:21).

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