Midland University - Warrior Yearbook (Fremont, NE)

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Mrs. Wilma Gimmestad, W.A.A. sponsor, and Trudy Nolto. 1 9 4 8 president, look over the womon's intramural plaque. One of the most constantly busy and continuous- ly growing groups on Midland's campus is the Women's Athletic Association, which participated in a multitude of activities and sports this year. Mrs. Wilma Gimmestad, professor of physical education for women, sponsors the W.A.A., which is affiliated nationally with the American Federa- tion of College Women. From February, 1947, to February, 1948, W.A.A. officers were: Ruth Berg- felder, president; Loueva Pflueger, vice-president; Trudy Nolte, secretary; Aletha Pflueger, treasurer; and Darlene Feye, publicity chairman. This winter the following new slate of officers took over for a year: Trudy Nolte, president; Aletha Pflueger, vice-president; Esther Jensen, secretary; Margaret Stoltenberg, treasurer; and Lois Stigile, publicity chairman. A new column in The Midland, entitled Squaw Scrimmages and written by Dolores Mikkelsen and Mary Ann Rueter, reported W.A.A. activities this year. These included, in part, the following: a playday for Midland coeds September 20; sponsor- ing a Homecoming parade float on the Squaw Scrimmages theme, with Shirley Snyder, Grace Roemer and Dorothy Masengarb in Indian garb; inauguration of a Modern Dance Club; sponsorship of sorority competition in tennis, softball, table tennis, basketball, badminton, volleyball and archery; and a playday for Dodge county high school girls April 10. W.AJL Council: Front row (left to right). Wcdorgrcn. A. Pflueger, Stigile, Ladine, S. Liudahl. Socond row: Splintor, Bcrgfcldor, Sancha, Nolto, Munson. Jepsen, Vopalensky, Masengarb, Willcrs. Bleuel. Third row: L. Pflueger, Elliott. Jenson, Chafin. Stoltenberg, Giffin, Ottoman, Lutzelman, Feyo.

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 Paul Kuonning copped the ping pong singlos title for Sigma Rho. thon wont on to win the city and state Y.M.C.A. table tennis tourneys. Sigma Rho. former defending intramural champions, took the first title of the year by win- ning four games, losing one and tying one in touch football. Ranking next in order were Kappa Phi, Wynns and Kals. The all-intramural touch football team listed Ham Manzel and Kuenning. Sigma Rhos; Hess and Youngerman, Wynns; Sturtevant. Gene Lenser and Mickel, Kappa Phis; and Les Shepard and Bob Eckert, Kals. Volleyball gave the Kappa Phi and Wynn A teams a tie for first honors, with five wins and one loss each. V ynn B and Kal A were second and third. In ping pong, Kuenning defeated Snuffy Smith, a Kappa Phi and twice the title-holder, in singles finals, and Manzel took third place. The Wynn ft and B teams copped first and sec- ond places in basketball, while Kappa Phi, defend- ing champions, monaged to rank third with their A team. The Midland's all-intramural tions were: A” team—Chaney, Wayne Hengl, Virgil Hengl, Wynns; Lyle Plugge, Sigma Rho; Lenser, Kappa Phi. B team—Gene Sucha and Parsons. Kal; Kuenning, Sigma Rho; Youngquist, Kappa Phi; Leo Jugler, Wynn. The intramural track and field meet also turned into an easy triumph for the Wynns, who earned 73 2 points for top honors. Kappa Phi had 33 2. Kals 321 2 and Sigma Rho 6] 2. Three Wynns—Bruce Young with 13 4 points. Hank Nissen with 13 and Hess with 11 —made the best individual showings. Rump and Chaney each earned IP 4 points to lead the Wynns to a 28-point team total for the championship in swimming. Waldo Hansen copped five points for Sigma Rho, second was a team total of 18 points. Kappa Phi managed ten points and the Kals none. The Kals fought their way to the top, however, in softball, outclassing Sigma Rho, Kappa Phi and Wynns in that order. Scenes like the one above were common in the Gymnasium during the men's intramural volleyball tour- nament. Tho Wynns' championship cago team: Front row (left to right), S. Gross, Schuler, Phillips, Haborlo. Back row: Marshall, Youngerman, Jugior. V. Hongl. Rump.

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Cce4 W.A.A. Council members assisted at the ticket window and gate at varsity athletic contests, and W.A.A.-ers helped at the Class C district high school cage tournament. Mrs. Gimmestad, Trudy Nolte, Esther Jensen, Pat Chafin, Loueva Pflueger, Dorothy Masengarb, Vicky Elliott and Ruth Bergfelder attended a Nebraska section meeting of the A.F.C.W. in Crete. Revealed this spring as Honor M letter winner.? were Naomi Korn, Darlene Feye, Pat Chafin, Lois Stigile and Aletha Pflueger. Results of W.A.A. tournaments included: Table tennis: Singles—Carol Munson. Phi Alpha; Georgia Wedergren, Tri Phi, runner-up. Doubles— Wedergren and Dorothy Vopalensky; Lois Stigile and Trudy Nolte, runners-up. (All four Tri Phis.) Badminton: Singles—Helen Bleuel, Phi Alpha: Carol Munson, runner-up. Doubles—Bleuel and Munson; Nolte and Wedergren, runners-up. Marva Ladine and Donna Albers. Phi Omegas, won con- solation tourney. Basketball—Phi Omega (undefeated); Pi Epsilon, runner-up. Volleyball—Tri Phi. High point volley- ball players—Esther Jensen, Phi Alpha, and Jeanne Stein, Tri Phi. Total team points—Phi Alpha 738, Tri Phi 539. Phi Omega 494 and Pi Epsilon 261. Rainy weather prevented completion of archery, tennis and soft- ball competition. Top—Jack McCall, only man in the Modom Danco Club, leads othor mem- bers in an interprctivo danco. Center—Wearers of the Honor M: Front row (left to right), Ruth Borg- felder. Carol Munson. Second row: Donna Splinter, Trudy Nolte, Helen Bleuel. At right—Vicky Elliott is roforeoing this baskotball game between Phi Omegas and Pi Epsilons. Page 109