Date:  Thu, 16 May 1996 14:28:16 CDT

From:  Randy Roberts <robertsr[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]EXT.MISSOURI.EDU>

Subject: Streaking--1960s



   A UPI story which appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, 8 April

   1965, page 8, reads: ÍBoulder, Coloradoß This spring's fad on the

   University of Colorado campus is called 'streaking.' It means running

   naked through a public gathering." The rest of this story relates

   that UC students who streaked in Mazatlan, Mexico, in March, were

   chased by police and shot at. Five students were arrested and spent

   two days in jail without clothes.



   Herb Caen's column which appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle of 18

   September 1967, page 27, reads: "If you're in Sausalito one of these

   nights, and some guy with no clothes on runs past, fast as hell,

   your're seeing a 'streaker.' It's a contest, called 'Streaking,' that

   started a few years ago on the campuses, and seems to be reviving.

   The idea is to be seen naked by as many people as possible without

   getting caught; . . ."



   Hope this helps.



   Randy Roberts

   University of Missouri-Columbia

   robertsr[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]ext.missouri.edu