FOUR THE MICHIGAN DAILY WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1952 Freshmen Are Eligible for Women's Athletic Association activities Variety of Sports Clubs Offered Coeds Badminton, Tennis, Golf, Field Hockey Will Open in Fall * 4 A Student WAA Board Has Complete Recreational Plan Opportunities for fun, friend- ship and the chance to learn new sports or to become more profi- cient in familiar ones are offered to all University coeds by WAA- sponsored sports clubs. These clubs, covering nearly ev- ery phase of sports activity, ac- cept members of varying ability and experience, as interest in sports is the major prerequisite for membership. The clubs include: Field Hockey-Membership in this club is open to all interested coeds. Experience is not necessary as instruction is offered by older members of the club and by club advisor, Miss Stewart. During the past year, members of the club had the opportunity to compete against field hockey teams from other colleges. Intramural and intercollegiate games have been scheduled by club manager, Gloria Yough, for this year. Meetings will be held at 5 p.m. Monday and Wednesday with ex- tra practice periods and intercol- legiate games on Fridays. Coaches and Officials-Promot- ing interest in coaching and offi- ciating volleyball, basketball and softball is the object of the coach- es and officials club. Members of this club have the opportunity to obtain their offi- cials ratings, which enable women to officiate games and earn extra spending money. With Miss Ruth Harris as advis- or and Margaret Penney as mana- ger, the club is open for member- ship during the three major sports seasons. Golf-University women who own their own golf clubs and who have had previous experience are invited to join the golf club. The club will be divided into intermediate and advanced groups, with free instruction be- ing provided for all members. Medal play tournaments in the fall and spring ,as well as matches with other women's teams from various colleges have been plan- ned by club manager, Ann Petrie. Members will meet each week in the fall and spring, and winter meetings will be held if there is sufficient interest. Tennis -- Shouts of "game," "set," and "match" will again be heard on the women's tennis courts as members of the tennis club meet to improve their tennis game. Jane McCarthy, club manager, has planned both a singles and doubles tournament and has ten- tatively scheduled a mixed doubles tournament. Also planned is a combined picnic-tournament at Burn's Park. Last year the club sponsored an all-campus women's tennis tour- nament. Club members will meet for play as long as the weather conditions remain favorable. The club will then be semi-active during the winter months, with indoor prac- tice sessions being scheduled. Re- organization will then take place in the spring when the weather becomes favorable. Bowling--All women interested in bowling are welcomed to mem- bership in the WAA bowling club. Teams composed of coeds from the same or different residences will be organized within the club, and tournaments will be arranged for both team and individual competition. The University bowl- ing club may also participate in inter-school postal tournaments. Located in the Women's Ath- letic Building, the bowling alleys are also open to non-members up- on the payment of a small fee for each line. Bowling club dues, pay- able at the beginning of the sea- son, cover all bowling expenses for club members. Michifish -- Two times a year Michifish members "splash" into the water to present an exhibition of precision and ballet swimming. This club also sponsors the an- nual campus ail-women's swim- ming meet. Michifish offers one of the few opportunities for women who en- joy swimming to have a chance to exercise their ability. Requirements for membership include ability in all the basic swimming strokes, as well as exe- cuting a front standing dive and front and back dolphins. Membership in the club is lim- ited to fifty coeds. Rifle-Postal matches with oth- Every University woman is auto- matically a member of the Wo- men's Athletic Association and is thus invited by the Association to participate in all of its many ac- tivities. Sponsored by the Women's Phy- sical Education Department, the Association is a student group. THE ORGANIZATION'S pur- pose is to promote participation in athletic events, to emphasize phy- sical fitness and to foster a recre- ational program. To carry out this purpose, WAA has organized clubs, tour- naments, and special events such as Lantern Night, Michigras and Tennis Ball Weekend. Fourteen executive officers and the heads of all sports clubs com- pose the WAA. board. OFFICERS FOR the Women's Athletic Association for the com- ing year are president, Nancy Pitch; vice-president in charge of student relations, Barbara Riley; vice-president in charge of pro- jects, Betty Comstock; secretary, Ann Henderson; treasurer, Katie Wakeman; AFCW, June Miekka; sorority manager, Marian Swan-, son; dormitory manager, Joyce Dudkin; league house manager, Pat Texter; Daily publicity, Mari- lyn Campbell; public relations, Elaine Kihen; and co-recreation chairman, Nancy Lewis. Club managers will be Vera Simon, ballet; Henrietta Herme- lin, modern dance; Jo Robbins, town and country; Carol Gidd. ings, basketball; Pat Mann, bowling; Joan Hubbell, camp counselors; Ann Petrie, golf; Gloria Yough, field hockey; D o n n a. Hoffman, Michifish; Mary Malcolm, riding; Jackie Turner, softball; Ann Batchel- der, rifle; Jane McCarthy, ten- nis; Jeanette Scoville, badmin- ton; and Allan YanLiere, folk and square dancing. A manager will be elected by the skating club at its first meet- ing. MEMBERS OF the Association are eligible to hold offices on the board if their records for the pre- vious semester comply with the University eligibility rules. Board positions are filled by petitioning and interviewing. An applicant for a position must file a petition and be inter- viewed by senior members of the board. Petitions are available in the spring. Women may petition for three positions, two of which may be executive offices. A coed must have served one year on the board and be a sec- ond-semester junior at the time of petitioning to be selected as president. The Board meets once 'a week, and, as the governing body, is in charge of all WAA-sponsored ac- tivities. ..: .S.. 45 +.5 S RUN ? OUBET . VOU WILL for these GRAND v BARGAINS at WILKINSONS Something New in HANDBAGS GOLF--Students practice their putts and drip=es on the weir-equipped practice golf course behind the Women's Athletic Building. Golf instruction is offered in the physical education program and WAA sponsors a golf club. ' er schools are often held by the rifle club, as well as "shoulder to shoulder" matches within the club. Any University woman interest- ed in riflry is invited to join and learn to be an expert marksman. Instruction will be provided. T h i s year a shoulder-to- shoulder match is being scheduled with the men's rifle team, an went which always promotes ri- valry between the two clubs. Plans are also being made to enter a team in the National Rifle Asso- ciaiton Intercollegiate Women's Match during the winter. Basketball-Each year at the last meeting of the basketball club, the Army and the Navy meet in the final "battle of the year." Open to all women students, the club gives all who are interested the opportunity to learn and prac- tice their basketball skills. At meetings each Friday during the winter months, members play for rating sessions, participate in college play-days and experiment with various rule changes. This year a game ha-s been planned with the Physical Edu- cation faculty. In addition, the losers of the Army-Navy game will treat the winners to a "coke" at the final meeting. Softball-The Softball club has the distinction of being the last to be organized for the year, as the club meets only during the spring months. Included in its program are in- ter-club games and extramural events. Membership in the club will be based on skill, and all co- eds are invited to try out. Houses Enter Teams In Intramurals Although women at the Uni- versity have no "varsity" competi- tion, the Women's Athletic Asso- ciation has set up an intramural and extramural program to in- clude all coeds. Biggest participation takes place in the intramural volley-ball, bas- ketball and softball tournaments. s THE VOLLEYBALL tournament is held in the fall, followed by bas- ketball during the winter months. The season is concluded with a softball tournament in the spring. Each women's sorority, dormi- tory or league house is urged to enter as many teams as they are able to form. The athletic manager from each house organizes these teams, ap- points captains and keeps her house informed on tournament progress as well as other WAA ac- tivities. SORORITY, dormitory and league house managers, members of the WAA executive board , are in charge of these tournaments: These three work in cooperation with the vice-president in charge of student relations to coordinate the houses and to work out any problems which may arise during the year. Basic rules used in intramur- als are those in the Official Sports Guides, published by the. National Section on Women's Athletics, with slight modifica- tions to take care of specific sit- uations in any sport. All games are officiated by fac- ulty members as well as 'students, who, in most cases, hold ratings in the sports which they offici- ate. TEAMS winning their first games are members of the. "A" league, while first game losers are placed in the "B" league. After the first game, each team plays until losing a game, which auto- matically eliminates its members from the tournament. Play fol- lows a ladder elimination. Individuals get their "chance to shine" in sports such as ping- gong, tennis and badminton. An all campus swimmhg meet is also held. These 4vdividual tournaments are sponsored by the various WAA clubs. The only requirement for par- ticipation in the intramural sports program is an. interest in the ac- tivities.' Players have the oppor- tunity to learn new games and to meet new friends in a competitive atmosphere. >1 So soft and pliable, you'll scarcely believe they're not real leather. Choose from a striking array of colors: taffy, eggshell, cognacblack, navy, red, butterscotch. I Dates for organiz, Set by Wornen s A} Dates for the organizational meetings of the Women's Athletic Association clubs have been set as f ollows : Field Hockey: 5 p.m. Sept. 24, WAB; Coaches and Officials: Oct. 6, WAB; Golf: 5 p.m. Oct. 6, WAB; Tennis: 5 p.m. Oct. 8, WAB; Folk and Square Dance: 7:30 p.m. Oct. 8, WAB; Riding: Oct. 9, WAB; Town and Country: Oct. 10, WAB; ,-at Iona [ Meetings th l et i c Association Michifish: 10 a. MI. Oct. 11, Union Pool; Bowling: 5 p.m. Oct. 13, ' WAB; and Rifle: 7:30 p.m. Oct. 28, WAB. 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