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

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« « « C O RlN fl U S K £ R. » » » Swimming One of the popular late spring sports that creates a great amount of interest among the girls of the University is swimming. In the meet last spring, Gamma Phi Beta was given the winner ' s laurels, the winning based on the num- ber of girls entered from that certain organiza- tion and the number of girls that the group had on the winning team of the tournament. Speedball The Phi Mu team won the elimination tourna- ment this year in speedball with Gamma Phi Beta holding down second place. A combina- tion of basketball and soccer, speedball was a new game this year in the intramural sports. It is one of the most popular sports of the Uni- versity despite its short life and the contests of this year have created such a great amount of i nterest that there is little doubt of the security of speedball ' s position in the intramural sports. Baseball Another of the late spring sports that was very popular and created a great amount of in- terest was baseball. The Gamma Phi Betas took the honors in the round robin league and the championship tourney. There were approxi- mately 256 girls who participated in the contest. . Some of the girls are required in their physical education courses to play baseball which giv;s many of the teams a number of girls who arc very good in the game. Nebraska Ball Nebraska ' s own sport, Nebraska ball, is one of the most popular sports in school. The Phi Mus won the elimination tournament this year to carry off first place, and the Kappa Alpha Theta aggregation held down second honors in the contest. The sport, originating at Nebraska, is governed by rules set up by our own Women ' s Athletic Department, the winners being decided by the regular elimination method. —197- s« « « N 1N€T€E) T-HIR TY ONE rm » V

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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

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kc « « C O R-N fl U S K.E R, SIS j RCHESIS is now a term thoroughly understood on the campus. We ■ no longer need to explain its meaning. Instead we have tried to give programs which have been demonstrations of our creative work progres ' sion and is tied up with natural meaningful body movements. We strive for a sincere outlet embodying creative effort; we do not strive for eccentric unnatural movements designed only for those who wish to spend their time perfecting extraordinary meaningless poses. During the year 1930 3 1 we have given two demonstration programs, a Christmas program, The Juggler of Notre Dame , and in May we gave our annual Dance Drama. -198— « « « N IK1€T€€KI TfllRTy ONE » im »