What We Believe We believe in the essential wholesomeness of the human body and all its functions. We believe that sunshine and fresh air in immediate contact with the entire body are basic factors in maintaining good health and happiness. We believe that the presentation of the male and female figures in their entirety and completeness needs no apology or defense and that only in such an attitude of mind can we find true modesty. Definition of a Nudist A nudist is a person who believes that clothes are neither normal nor natural to the human being, but may be worn when special circumstances of environment or physical comfort would indicate the propriety of so doing. He does not conceive of the human body as being in anyway shameful in itself but carefully distinguishes between decent and indecent exposure. He accords to every part of the body an equally normal naturalness wholly devoid of any vulgarity or obscenity. In this view an elbow, a pubic arch, or a nose are equally respectable; a thyroid, a testicle, a mammary are just so many glands each with its particular but equally splendid function to perform. The nudist holds that sun and air bathing are essential to the maintenance of health at its best; that there is no essential reason why the sexes should be segregated. He therefore believes and practices a non-segregated or social nudism in games, swimming, sun and air bathing and in outdoor sports generally; while in the home, within the family circle, he cultivates the clotheless life as being the normal life. The nudist believes, and hopes, that the limits within which nudism may be practiced with propriety will gradually broaden until the practice of social nudism becomes a common lifestyle.