,. PAGE SIX THE MICHIGAN DAILY THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER, 20, 1951 PAGE SIX THURSDAY, SEPTEMTBER 20, 1951 Freshmen Eligible for Women S fithletic Association Activities COORDINATING CENTER: Student WAA Board Fosters Complete Recreation Program Committee Organizes Clubs, Tournaments, Spcial Events To Promote Sports Activity TEAMWORK: Twenty-One Sports Clubs Offered Coeds Badminton, Golf, Field Will Open Tennis Hockey in Fall Every woman at the University of Michigan is automatically a member of the Women's Athletic Association, and is eligible to par- ticipate in all the organization's eeeee eeeeeee iieeeeee varied activities.j The Association is a student group sponsored by the Depart- ment of Physical Education for Women. * * * THE PURPOSE of the organi- zation is to promote participation in athletic activties, to emphasize physical fitness and to foster a recreational program. In order to aid in the promo- tion ofrecreationalhactivities, the Association has organized clubs, tournaments and special events, such as Lantern Night, Michigras a n d Tennis Ball Weekend. The Board of the Women's Ath- letic Association is composed of Try FOLLETT'S First USED BOOKS at BARGAIN PRICES 14 executive officers and the heads of sport clubs. This year WAA set up a new board made up of both men and women; the co- recreation board. * * * OFFICERS OF the Women's Athletic Association for the com- ing year are as follows: president, Abby Funk; vice-president in charge of student relations, Ruth Spillmen; vice-president in charge of projects, Pat Smith; secretary, Beverly Howell; treasurer, Betty Comstock; AFCW representative, Nancy Fitch; participation, Bar- bara Buschman; sorority manager, Barbara Riley; dormitory mana- ger, Lois Middleton; League house manager, Nancy Lewis; public re- lations, Pat Walker and Daily pub- licity, Lorraine Butler. Club Managers include: bad- minton, Marian Swanson; bas- ketball, M a r g a r e t Saferian; bowling, Beri Miench; camp counselors, Gloria Young; fenc- ing, Jackie Bergey; field hockey, Pat Texter; golf, Elizabeth Clap- ham; Michifish, Margaret Sa- bin; officials and coaches, Joyce Dudkin; rifle club, Barbara Meir; softball, Sue Boll and ten- nis, Barbara Wildman. Officers of the co-recreation board are: chairman, Mary Peter- son; ballet, Ann Albert; ice skat- ing, Stewart Brown; folk and square dancing, Allison MacAr- thur; modern dance, Doris Melleky SWING HIGH-Coeds who are members of the WAA Tennis Club are receiving instruction to improve 'their games techniques. Members of the club may be beginners:, intermediates or skilled players as the only prerequisite to join is an interest in the sport. Coeds may use their own racquets or may rent them from WAA. and town and country club, Glen Musselman. THE NEW OFFICERS and man- agers were installed May 15 at the WAB. Marilyn Thisted, the out- going president, welcomed the new board, and expressed her appre- ciation to the old members and faculty advisors for the comple- tion of a successful year. Members of the Association are eligible to hold offices on the board if their records for the previous semester comply with the University eligibility rules. An applicant for a position must file a petition and be interviewed by the senior members of the board. Petitions are available in February and interviewing is held two weeks later. 4 * * WOMEN MAY petition for a to- tal of three positions, two of which may be executive offices. A per- son must have served one year on the board and be a second-semes- ter junior at the time of petition- ing to be selected as president. Heads of club sports may be chosen or elected through peti- tioning from within their own group or chosen by petitioning from within their own groups or chosen by petitioning and inter- viewing before senior members of the Board. Appointments to the board are made at least one week before In- stallation by a committee com- posed of two faculty members and the senior members of the Board. The Board, as the governing body, is in charge of all the activi- ties which the Women's Athletic Association sponsors. Athletic Club "Fun and fitness," the aim o1 the Women's Athletic Association, is able to be fulfilled through it' many sponsored activities, whicb include participation in sport clubs. These clubs cover nearly ever phase of sports activity, and offer recreation and relaxation to the interested coed. Experience and ability of the members vary, and interest in the sport is the prerequisite to mem- bership. The clubs include: Badminton - Purpose of the badminton club is to provide in- struction for coeds who wish to learn how to play the game and to permit advanced players to gain more experience. Membership is open to any woman enrolled at the University. Meetings will be from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesdays in Waterman Gymnasium, and the season lasts until the end of March. Special activities of the club include the club tournament and the all-cam- pus tournament, which is sched- uled to begin February 23 in Bar- bour Gymnasium. * * * Basketball - Membership in the basketball club is open to any wo- man on campus, regardless of ex- perience. Meetings are held from 4 to 6 p.m. Fridays at Barbour Gymnasium. Season's activity will include practice, inter-club games and perhaps extra-mural play. The close of the season is climax- ed by the annual Army-Navy game. The two teams are made up of club members, who are selected on the basis of skill and attend- ance. Bowling - Free instructional bowling will be offered from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. October 17 and 18 at the WAB bowling alleys. The WAA Bowling Club is open to wo- men interested in practicing and improving their bowling cechni- que and also to those who are be- ginners and wish to learn. Bowling appeared in .the WAA program in 1930, and has grown into one of the most popular sport clubs, whose aim is to further in- terest in the sport on campus, to improve the members' skill,' to provide fun and to promote friendship among the members. The club season stretches ever a six week period in the fall, and another the second semester. Dues are set at -3.50 for 10 games. An exhibition tournament is held between a faculty team from the Women's Physical Education WINTVR SPORT-Two coeds, members of the Basketball Club, demonstrate their skill with the sport on the Barbour Gym- nasium basketball court. The club organizes later in the fall and continues to meet during the winter months. Members may be on any skill level and will receive instruction if requested. Club tournaments and an all-star game are scheduled during the season. U 1 tad eo ,e! 8 'lc Features campus apparel for every day of your college life.. . SPORTSWEAR ... for the classroom- * * * 4 Department and a coed team with the highest average. Twice during the year scores of high bowlers are mailed to the University of Pennsylvania for a telegraphic meet. * * * Camp Counselors--The "back to nature" club provides a means for counselors to exchange ideas and an opportunity for inexperienced members to laern about camp skills and techniques. Activities for the year will in- clude overnights, bike hies, na- ture study, walks, cook-outs, ca- noeing, campfire programs, camp music and dramatics study, rainy day activities, handicrafts and discussions on various types of camps and counseling methods. It is planned to have certain guest speaker's throughout the year who are leaders in their particular field. * * *. Fencing-"On guard" is the cry of the fencing club, which includes beginners and experienced fencers. Instruction for beginners will be available. New members will bout and later in the season will have a tournament, while old members and more experienced fencers will have a round robin tournament. The club sponsors demonstr a- tions for the classes, and activities include planned trips to observe fencing exhibitions. *. * * . Field Hockey-Activities include practice on Palmer Field, and thei mid-way in the season organ- ized teams will compete against each other. The club is open to any woman interested in field hockey. Games Dates Set SWEATERS Cashmeres. from 8.95 Nylons. .. . from 4.95 Wools... from 3.95 BLOUSES Nylon......from5.95 Crepe SKIRTS New and Right f rom 5.95 to 14.95 Organizational meeting dates of the Women's Athletic Association Clubs have been set as follows: Athletic Managers Club: 5 p.m. Sept. 26, WAB; Badminton: 5 p.m. Nov. 28, WAB; Basketball: 4 p.m. Nov. 16, Barbour Gym; Bowling: 5 p.m. Oct. 15, WAB; Camp Coun- selors: 7:30 p.m. Oct. 3, WAB; and Field Hockey: 5 p.m. Oct. 4, WAB. The list continues with Golf : 5 p.m. Oct. 2, WAB; Michifish: 10 a.m. Oct. 13, Union Pool; Officials and Coaching: 5 p.m. Oct. 1, WAB; and Rifle: 7:30 p.m. Oct. 29, WAB. Concluding the list are Softball: 5 p.m. Oct. 1, WAB; and Tennis: 5 p.m. Oct. 2, WAB. will be planned with other schools during the year. * * * Golf-The WAA Golf Club is open to those women who are in- termediate or advanced golfers. The groups are divided for pur- pose of instruction and play. The club's purpose is to help improve its members' games and to provide time in which to prac- tice. The club sponsors a campus- wide women's golf team, consist- ing of five women with the lowest scores handed in to the advisor. Meetings will be at 5 p.m. on Tuesday at WAB. * * * Michifish-Membership is on a tryout basis, and the tryout meet- ings this year will be held on Oc- tober 20 and 27 at the Union Pool. Requirements for membership in- clude satisfactory performance of the basic strokes and ability to do tre standing front dive and the back dolphin. Meetings of the clubs are held for an hour every Saturday in the Union Pool. Several exhibitions are put on throughout the year, and the annual all-women's swim will be October 18. * * *. Officials and Coaching - The club season is divided into three parts;. the first third is devoted to volleyball, the second to basket- ball and the last to softball. Meetings are held once a week; one day for the Officials club and one day for the Coaches club. Wo- men may be members of either or both and may also join the club for any season desired. The only fee is 25 cents for the purpose of taking each coed's rat- ing. Speakers are obtained at var- ious times during the year, and in- struction is given to all those in- terested in coaching athletic teams and officiating. Rifle-Membership in the club, which used to be in connection. with the ROTC, is open to any interested woman. Riflesand am- Imunition tare furnished, and dues{ TEAMWORK: Houses Enter Tournaments Women interested in sports may enjoy the recreational oppor- tunities which include participa- tion in the intramural tourna- ments sponsored by the Women's Athletic Association and the De- partment of Physical Education for Women. T e a m tournaments between houses are conducted in three ma- jor sports. The first tournament held in the fall is volleyball, fol- lowed during the winter months by basketball. The team sports calendar is concluded with soft- ball in the spring. Besides the team tournaments, individual play-offs are held in sports such as ping pong, tennis and badminton. An all-campus swimming meet is held in the fall. These individual tournaments are sponsored by the various WAA clubs. The only requirement for parti- cipation in the intramural sports program is an interest in the ac- tivities. Because they afford an opportunity to become acquaintedi with women on campus as well as with the recreation offered, wo- men are encouraged to join these activities. The volleyball tournament is held on the two volleyball courts at Barbour Gymnasium, basketball on the basketball courts at Bar- bour and softball on the five dia- monds at Palmer Field. Residence houses may enter one or more teams in each of these tourna- ments. Teams which lose their first game are members of the 'B' lea- gue; teams winning their first game are members of the ,A' lea- gue. After the first game, each team plays in its own league until eliminated. Play follows a ladder elimination to the final play-off for the championship. are 50 cents for the club season which lasts from April to May. A regular practice hour is sched- uled. Activities include participa- tion in the Intercollegiate Postal Match, in which the club took 7th place in 1951. * * * Softball - The organizational meeting is held sometime at the end of March or the first of April; and the club functions until the end of the spring semester. Mid- way in April the softball tourna- ment, sponsored by the club, gets under way. Softball rules and techniques are studied by the members . during the season, an membership is open to those in- terested in softball. * * * Tennis - Beginners, intermedi- ates and advanced players are eli- gible to join the Tennis Club, which holds meetings at 5 p.m. Tuesdays for beginners and inter- mediates and at 5 p.m. Wednes- days for advanced players. Dues are 15 cents for the club season, which lasts from its or- ganizational date in October until the end of the spring semester. 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