from the article, it seems the main point of concern by those in charge was the material of bathing suits getting into the pool filtration system, killing the motors.
around the 60s, materials changed and the requirements seem to have as well.
of course, this doesn’t mean the public school pedos weren’t enjoying the show along the way.
That was a more innocent time.
Pedophilia and homosexuality barely existed as a public threat to nude boys.
As they are today.
And yet at Cornell University in Ithaca, just down the road from Binghamton, passing the 1970 Freshman physical fitness requirement included swimming two laps (out and back) in the university pool ... naked.