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

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THIRD ROW; Dowling, Erickson, Arms, Chenoweth, Gibbs SECOND ROW: Brownell, Fisher, Bleich, Edelmarn, Corson FIRST ROW: Bakkerud, Brown, Bailey, Dollmger THIRD ROW: Seastedt, Nepomnick, Wallin, Soland, Novak SECOND ROW: Johnson, Olson, Jen- kins, Simon, Campbell, Knight FIRST ROW: Shirck, Miles, Rapp, Pegden, Patterson THIRD ROW: Lynch, A, Scoville, J. Scoville, Hozen SECOND ROW: Clark, Gambee, Os- born, Polmquist, Tichy FIRST ROW: Lorenz, Redenbaugh, McConnell, Davis 25

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I ealli tkere are a lot mom 5opli6 tlian pictured: tlieij Ve sliij So on to the sophomores . . . what ' s left of them . . . what with army calls and all that stuff. At this halfway point through their college life, the sophs continued to hold a prominent position on the campus. At election time, withstanding the terrific Greek barrage, John Foley was one of the Barbs elected to a student office when he was named president of the class of ' 45. Eleanor Mann, Sig Chi, was elected vice-president, Betty Earp, Kappa, secretary-treasurer. The class was represented on the Student Council by David Button, Bob Wallin, Bob Chenoweth, Marion Palmquist, and Marilyn Davis. Two of the livelier of the class were Hazel Mc- Connell and Don Erickson who acted as cheer- leaders at all athletic events. Don was elected head cheerleader. Turning to sports, the sophs ran a close second to those over-powering frosh. With determina- tion in their eyes, the sophomores copped lead- ing spots on the football and basketball teams. Bob Hazen, Ernie Weekes, Keith Olmstead, Chuck Lynch, and Wayne Peterson starred on the sod. Hazen held many an attack from his posi- tion on the line. Weekes started late but hit the varsity line-up almost as soon as he donned the moleskins. His line plunging was one of the high- lights of the team. Peterson, Lynch and Olmstead all proved to be valuable in their offensive play. Olmstead ' s days were numbered, though, and he left Omaha U. at the last of the fall semester to serve in the Coast Guard. On the basketball court the class of ' 45 didn ' t have so many men, but the outstanding two, Ben Miller and Bob Chalk Cain, made up in bril- liance what the class lacked in numbers. The size of Miller made little difference when he replaced taller men; his speed on foot made many an op- ponent shudder. Chalk Cain was scheduled to become an all-conference star, but was stymied when the Air Corps beckoned. While he played, though, Chalk aided and abetted numerous successful campaigns for the over-throw of in- vading teams. The students publications also came up for sophomore aid. Roy Valentine, Ben Miller, and Bob Corson all helped out the cause. Valentine and Corson left the second semester while Miller has been allowed to remain until July. All three have served as both make-up editors and editors- in-chief of the GATEWAY. Ruth Neef, Pi 0, and Hazel McConnell, Pi 0, first place winner, were class representatives in the 1943 TOMAHAWK Beauty Contest. tlie 24

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o iliat we almost lu iij ' re scarcer than seniors uniors are wnal we aimosi nave none . . ' . tkeu re scarcer tk L The class of ' 44 cornered all the officers, hon- ors, and work this year. Perhaps it was because so many seniors were studying hard to finish ahead of Uncle Sammy, but the juniors like to think it was because of their outstanding leader- ship. Dick Burress acted as president of the relative- ly socially inactive class, while Annette Deibel maintained the post of vice-president, aided and abetted by Jane Griffith, secretary-treasurer. Doubling up, Burress acted as president of the Student Council as well as president of Theta Phi Delta. He succeeded Byron Oberst in the frat post. Other juniors heading their respective or- ganizations were: Jane Griffith, Sigma Pi Phi; Charles Rockey, Sigma Tau Delta; Maxine Ylander, Gamma Sigma Omicron; Betty Jane Bowler, Kappa Psi Delta; Roberta Green, Pi Omega Pi; Jean Pratt, Sigma Chi Omicron; Phyll Iverson, Independents. Student Council representatives were: Shirley Buchanan, Phyll Iverson, Dick Burress, Byron Oberst, and Douglas Lindsey. Buchanan served as vice-president while Iverson maintained the secretaryship. Student publications, commandeered by the underclass green-horns, left only two positions open to upperclassmen : the Board of Student Publications was handled by one junior, Roberta Green and one senior, Bill Zimmer. The TOMA- HAWK staff was, with few exceptions, all junior class. The editor-in-chief, Annette Klein, was aided by Shirley Buchanan and Phyll Iverson as associate editors. The most important feature of the ' 43 yearbook was that it broke an eight-year tradition when it came out on time. Eight juniors nominated for inclusion in the 1942-43 edition of Who ' s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges were Mil- dred Cunningham, Roberta Green, Phyll Iverson, Annette Klein, Douglas Lindsey, Byron Oberst, and Marian Peck. Juniors on the football team were few but dynamic and important. Jim Oglesby, Bob Mo- ran, Bob Dymacek and Dick Burress were the junior class moleskin authorities. Oglesby and Moron played the backfield, while Dymacek played line along with guard-Burress. Jane Griffith, Sig Chi, Mary Ellen Mahoney, Phi Delt, and Bobro Suiter, Independent, were entrants in the TOMAHAWK Beauty Contest. Douglas Lindsey, relatively busy this years as business manager of Student Publications, com- manded one of the strain, stretch and groan companies in the new stepped-up phys-ed pro- gram. Lyie Noble was another junior who helped figure out the building-up exercises the univer- sity men went through this year. Alfred Eggers served as head of the crack squad. Altogether, the juniors proved a versatile out- fit by not only controlling all the leading posi- tions in the University organizations, but even holding positions outside of school on top of split- ting ranks in the accelerated program. A great percentage of the class of ' 44, along with the class of ' 43, will receive their last TOMAHAWK this spring and will finish work on their degrees at the end of the fall semester in January. 26