Physical culture . ies theystand for long periods before a statuethe painting, while they are lecturedupon its historic or artistic in those true art centers, thecreations in marble, or in oils andcanvas, are shown just asmaster mind produced themmany cases not even theleaf is used. On one occasion, while conversing with one of thesetudents, among whom Ifound a number of interest-ing friends, I said frankly;Do you not feel ratheruncomfortable sometimesduring lectures where per-fectly nude figures are thesubjects? Your professors are men andthere are young men in your classes. The an
Physical culture . ies theystand for long periods before a statuethe painting, while they are lecturedupon its historic or artistic in those true art centers, thecreations in marble, or in oils andcanvas, are shown just asmaster mind produced themmany cases not even theleaf is used. On one occasion, while conversing with one of thesetudents, among whom Ifound a number of interest-ing friends, I said frankly;Do you not feel ratheruncomfortable sometimesduring lectures where per-fectly nude figures are thesubjects? Your professors are men andthere are young men in your classes. The answer came quickly and asfrankly as my query: Not in the least!We have all become so accustomed to thebody, that there is no suggestion in itaside from the points we are should there be ? Is there anythingwrong in the body itself or any part of thebody? It would be entirely different ifthe statue or painting had been deliber-ately designed to express some evilthought. Could anything be more sane or con-. From the famous painting Lorelei/* - 442 PHYSICAL CULTURE
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