University of Nebraska Omaha - Tomahawk / Gateway Yearbook (Omaha, NE)

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ietd up women 6 sports pw yam Following o long-established tradition, the ac- tivities of the University of Omaha Women ' s Athletic Association began with a rush tea-dance to which all women, especially the frosh women, were invited. Highlight of the event was a style show featuring duration clothes. Marilyn Davis was commentator. At the close of the fashion show President Dorothy Rice introduced Miss Marian McLaren, sponsor, and the other officers and board members. Dottie and Miss Miss poured. Before and after the show there was dancing to records, men looking in wistfully through the doors but being forcibly barred. Informal initiation of new members was join- the WAAcs, and the theme was carried out from shots in the arm through running an ob- stacle course to a G. I. haircut, victims being blindfolded all the while. After these rigors the initiates were formally pledged at a candle-light ceremony and then presented with a sucker with which to soothe themselves. Officers are Dorothy Rice, president; Mary Louise Gronewold, vice-president; Mary Neu- mann, secretary; and June Rose Anderson, trea- surer. The Board members, in addition to the of- ficers, are Annette Klein, Phyll Iverson, Mildred Cunningham, Gerry Dallinger, Vivian Fell, Bobra Suiter, Doris Osborne, Adele Pangle, Betty Ross, Gwen Lindevall, and Raedene Pegden. Playdays, first initiated in the fall of 1940, were continued this fall, but with improvements. Aside from the playday given for the high school girls of Omaha and Council Bluffs, this year a playday was given for WAA members. This play- day included games of soccer-baseball and vol- Alley, Pospichal, Gordon, Kruse, Peterson, Pegden, Johnson, Osborn, Shaplond, Beotty, B. Dallinger, G. Dallinger Bokkerud, Tichy, NcNamara, Chenoweth, Boukal, Suiter, Cunningham, White, Ross, Groves, Redenbaugh, Sadler, Earp Klein, Pangle, Lindevall, Anderson, Rice, Gronewold, Neumann, Fell, Iverson Campen, Runyan, Lapp, Rishell, Hardy, Taylor, Kroll, Hanel, Cole, Clark 18

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Softball Bremer, Grobeck, Ketchel . . . table tennis — Bremer and Edwards Snde pendents leat tke ( reeU tke ail intf It was all Independents this fall in intramurals. They wound up undefeated in the double round robin in softball, and climaxed the season by re- peating in table tennis. Darrel Clemmer captained his mates in the most prosperous intramural season any Barb team has known. Formerly, the Independents were split into five groups, and under this system didn ' t fare so well. This year, with so many stu- dents being called to the services, and many others holding jobs, student intramurals directors Hank Moberg and Ben Miller decided to hove four strong teams, rather than three strong and five weak ones. Consistent strong performers for the Barbs were Al Ringhofer, Ben Miller, Marvin Gerber, Erwin Lowery, Harold Hamilton, Harvey Sopot, and, of course, Clemmer. Phi Sig finished the softboll schedule in sec- ond place, with three victories and three defeats, but wound up in the cellar in table tennis, losing all six matches. Neole Peterson, captain, Don Ostrond, Dale Heinbuch, Wayne Bremer, and Bruce Lefholtz were the standouts for the Phi Sigs. Captain Fred Holmstrom, Lynn Neafus, Roger Lindblom, Honk Moberg, Jack Carter, and Ron- nie Seastedt were the chief cogs in the Theto machine. With Neafus and Moberg chucking, the Greeks were able to push the Independents considerably in softball, but weren ' t able to win more than three table tennis matches out of six. Alpha Sigma Lambda, who was just the other frat in soft boll, surprise the other contestants in table tennis and placed second in the final standings with four wins and two losses, both losses being administered by the Barbs. Captain Allen Peterson, Cal Olson, Earl Rinehart, Wil- liam Beebe, and Allen Scoville were the main- stays of the fraternity. Final standings: SOFTBALL W 1. Independents 6 2. Phi Sig 3 3. Theto 3 4. Alpha Sig 0 TABLE TENNIS W 1 . I ndependents 6 2. Alpha Sig 4 3. Theto 2 4. Phi Sig 0 L 0 2 4 6 17

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ley-ball. After the games dinner was eaten in the clubroom. Little volley-ball tallies were used as favors. The regular playday for the high school girls was, as usual, given on a Saturday. The sev- enty girls attending were divided into teams titled with the names of prominent girls ' colleges. The teams then participated in a round rob ' n tournament, playing hockey, soccer, volley-ball, and archery. Following the games a variety show was given by the WAAers and then lunch was served in the University cafeteria. WAA sponsors the intramurals program for girls and this year arranged a soccer-baseball tournament, a volley-ball tournament, a ping pong tournament, and a badminton tournament. Sororities and Independents compete for a trophy. Another annual activity was the Christmas party, with the traditional folk dances and ex- change of gifts. Guest of honor was Lt. Harvey of the WAAC. The Snowball Fling was cli- maxed, not with snowballs, but with popcorn balls. At the end of the fall semester Miss McLaren, sponsor, left to get married, and the new WAA sponsor is Mrs. Doris Lyman. WAA participated in the University ' s bond drive by investing the greater part of its building fund in war bonds. Innovation this spring was the carnival pre- sented by WAA. Complete with merry-go-round and tunnel of love, the carnival raised money for activities during the rest of the year and next fall. Fall playday — archery . . . Wednesday board meeting — ■ Klein, Anderson, Gronewold, Iverson, Lyman, Ross, Linde- vall, Cunningham, Fell, Rice, Suiter ... at the target, playday.