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

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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.

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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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PRESIDENT ' S COMMITTEE Eleanor Hardy Wanda Bailey Mary Beth Rishel Betty Aleck Barbara Jensen SECRETARY ' S COMMITTEE Betty Earp Edith Holmes Evelyn Gordon Betty Palmtag TREASURER ' S COMMITTEE Marguerite Bakkerud Marilyn Alley Virginia Campen INTRAMURALS COMMITTEE Gwen Lindevall, Chairman Violet Redenbaugh Martha Cole Ruth Boukal Carolyn Parsons BADMINTON COMMITTEE Raedene Pegden, Chairman Bernadine Bailey Doris Smith Jane Sauter ART COMMITTEE Annette Klein, Chairman Joyce Sadler Ann Tichy Elaine Holman Burna Mae Dallinget PUBLICITY COMMITTEE Phyll Iverson, Chairman Suzanne Runyan LaVonne Hanel Phyllis Loop HIKING COMMITTEE Betty Ross, Chairman Jean Shapland Eleanor Polsley Emmareine Topliff Betty Glad SOCIAL COMMITTEE Mildred Cunningham, Chairman Veria Monger Paula Wagner Annette Deibel Betty Lou Page Bernice Pospichal SOCCER-BASEBALL COMMITTEE Gerry Dallinger, Chairman Betty Kroll Rosalie Koukol Dorothy Lassiter Eleanor Duff PLAYDAY COMMITTEE Vivian Fell, Chairman Marilyn Clark Mary Fitzsimmons Virginia White VOLLEYBALL COMMITTEE Bobra Suiter, Chairman Mary Ellen Mahoney Joanne Mengedoht Pauline Darby Grace Vaughn PROGRAM COMMITTEE Mary Louise Gronewold, Chairman Jeanne Chenoweth Denelda Peterson Virginia Hefflinger ARCHERY COMMITTEE Doris Osborn, Chairman Ahlene Groves Mary Lou Beatty Frances Olsen Lucille Perelman PING PONG and TENNIS COMMITTEE Adele Pangle, Chairman Mary Alice Johnson Wilma Kruse Eleanor Sorensen Jackie McNamara lirribering up . . . badminton match in action.