University of Nebraska Lincoln - Cornhusker Yearbook (Lincoln, NE)

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1s« «( cc eo R.N M u s fcE R, » » »Sr GOLF CLASS Women s Athletics BASEBALL, hockey, and paddle tennis are played on the fields south of the parade grounds. Basketball, Nebraska ball, deck tennis, and ping-pong are cared for in the gymnasium as well as the classes in dancing, fundamental gymnastics, tumbling and corrective gymnastics. Although Nebraska women do not enjoy the newest of equipment in their athletic endeavors, they are fortunate in having sole possession of Grant Memorial Hall. This famous old structure is centrally located on the campus. It houses the gymnasium with its numerous and varied apparatus, together with the requisite lockers and showers, to say nothing of the offices of the instructors. The Headquarters for the Division, Miss Lee ' s office, is located in the building also. Its central position affords easy access to the playing fields located to the south of the parade grounds and behind Social Sciences Hall. The tennis courts, too, are nearby. Golf is played upon any of Lincoln ' s five fine courses, although the city course, Antelope, is the favorite. The theory of the game is received in class instruction from the sport advisor. The things learned relative to the theory of the game are then applied in actual practice. Competition between sororities, dormitories, and other organized groups goes far to encourage entrance into the field of the sport. The Sports Board serves its useful purpose in keeping the various participating elements cognizant of the developments which occur in their sports. The W. A. A. Sports Board maintains an intramural organization for the women who although not majoring in Physical Education like to play for play ' s sake alone. Each organization enters a team in the different sports and a competitive schedule of games is carried out until by elimination the winner is found. The winner of each tournament is awarded a plaque. Hiking is a particularly favorite sport, and well it may be, for Lincoln is ideally situated for brief jaunts into the surrounding country. The Pen Woods, the Oak Creek area, the Auto Park, and the Pioneer Park region all offer delightful picnic spots and all within easy reach of the city. Horseback riding, which has fast taken hold of people throughout the entire country as an ideal form of exercise and as an absorbing hobby, is available to University students through the medium of local sportsmen. Rifle marksmen have an opportunity to practice their sport on the rifle range in the basement of Andrews Hall under the expert supervision of details from the Military Department. With such a fine staff, such splendid equipment and so enthusiastic a student body, the women ' s program at Nebraska could not fail to interest every Nebraska co-ed. S« -195— « N m€T€€M T+Hl I TY ON€ » rm V »;

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K«« COR.NHUSK.£l »»» iMMUtaiMiiiBai THE GIRLS ' GYMNASIUM Women ' s Athletics THE Division of Physical Education for Women is unique among departments of its kind for the extent to which it reaches into every University woman ' s activity during her stay on the campus. This division is under the direct supervision of Miss Lee. It is unique in the spontaneity of support which it receives. Physical education is required of all young women entered in the University for the first two years of residence except, (1) students over twenty-five years of age, (2) students entering with advanced credits, and (3) students carrying no more than six hours work. Special individual gymnastics are arranged for those physically unfit to participate in the general work. A four-year course is offered in the Teachers College in physical education. The purpose of this course is to prepare young women to direct physical education in the schools of the state as well as to prepare them to teach one or two academic subjects in combination with physical education when- ever necessary. All who take this course must be physically fit at the time of entrance, being able to produce a health certificate from a physician declaring them to he in condition to undertake such work. Close check upon the health conditions of these students is maintained by a yearly examination by the University Department of Student Health. The completion of this course entitles the student to the degree of Bachelor of Science in Educa- tion, the University Teachers Certificate, and the certificate in Physical Education. The Women ' s Athletic Association, working in conjunction with the Division of Physical Educa- tion for Women stands as sponsor for a full program of sports. It carries the healthy stimulus of competitive athletics to all women of the University through its intramural activity. As a member of the Athletic Conference of American College Women, it takes a definite stand against intercollegiate athletics for women. Its slogan is Every Nebraska Woman in some sport and a sport for every Nebraska Woman. How largely successful the Association and Division have been in carrying out this slogan is witnessed by the variety of sports offered, including as it does: Archery, horseshoe pitch- ing, bowling, rifle marksmanship, speed ball, hockey, soccer, Nebraska ball, basketball, horseback riding, tennis and for Physical Education Majors track is taught. Participation in these sports leads to the honor award granted by the Women ' s Athletic Association — the privilege of wearing the Nebraska N . As evidence of the fact that W. A. A. is interested in things other than those merely caUing for athletic prowess we may cite the Dance Drama, original clogs, folk dances. Song Contest, and Co-ed Follies as activities supported by the Association. -194— s« « N !KI€T€€KI T+HI R TV ONE »8

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[(«(«€ CO N HUSKIER, » I Class A Basketball One of the most popular games among the women of the University is that of basketball which has, in the past few years, grown to be- come one of the most interesting sports to Ne- braska co-eds. While the weather is playing around the zero mark outside, and all other athletic activities are paralyzed, basketball is played in greatest comfort inside the spacious Armory. This last season was an interesting one for the competition was very close. Alpha Xi Delta took the first place honors after having played an elimination tourney, and second place was awarded to K-B-B. Class B Basketball There were only four sororities entered in the class B basketball tournament this year and Kappa Delta proved the best in the group. All of the games were played in Grant Memorial Hall and much enthusiasm was shown by the teams who did enter the tournament, in fact some of the games proved more exciting and of more interest than those in the class A contest. Paddle Tennis Paddle tennis is an indoor modification of the game of lawn tennis. The double elimination tournament this year was won by Alpha Xi Delta, Blossom McDade and Helen Yowell com- posing the team, while Sigma Kappa, represented by Sally Flotree and Janet Cassady pla ced second. The game is played on an indc»r court about one-fourth the size of a regular tennis court and wooden paddles are used for the rubber balls. The game has been growing in interest for the past two years and at the present is one of the favorite games in the intramural program. g The Sigma Eta Chi bowling team proved to be the best in the field of feminine bowlers for the second consecutive year and Chi Omega finished in second place. A round robin tournament was first conducted to determine the league winners and these win- ners then entered a tournament to determine the championship. More girls were entered in the tournament than in previous years and the sport was even more popular than last year. s« —196— « « N m€Te€W T-HIP TY ONE M » »s