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n Aggies Spank Hushers in Playoff, 52-35 Nebraska Ends Cage Season At Kansas City BY JERRY EWING. KANSAS CITY The best Nebraska cage team in re cent years came to the end of the trail Wednesday night as it dropped a 52-35 de cision to Oklahoma A & M. The loss eliminated the Huskors from the NCAA western playoffs start ma here Friday. Oklahoma A & M. paced by All American Center Bob Harris, led all the way in a game which saw the Nebraska five scoring only in spurts, but scrapping all the way. Harris dropped in eight field goals and four free throws for a 20 point total. His smooth play in the pivot keyed the Aggie machine thru the full 40 minutes. A M OPENED the scoring after one and a half minutes when Harris drop; ed in a close shot, v im h he soon followed with a hook shot from the foul circle. J.ick Shclton added a gift shot and Parks a jump shot to boost tl.e Oklahomans to a 7-0 lead alter four and or.c-half minutes. Cus "Whitehead opened Husker scoring with a tree throw after J. L. Parks scored liom the gratis hue. Retherford hit a bucket rnd free toss to cut the lead to f!-4. Harris widened the margin with a pair of goals and the Aggies moved to a 14-5 lead after 12 minutes of play. Malacek and Ar.derson moved Nebraska with in six points, but Lawry missed a lay up and A & M moved back into a comfortable 21-11 lead with two and one-half minutes left in the first half. FREE THROWS by Cerv and Retherford and a long one hander fiom mid-court by Ruck brought the Huskers up to a 21-15 deficit at intermission. The Oklahomans found the range after the rest period with a series of pot shots and school was out for Nebraska. Cerv made a futile bid to keep the Scarlet five in the contest, but his four points were all the Ne braskans could muster in the first seven minutes of the second half. When N. U. again found the hoop, Oklahoma was in front by a 31-19count. RETHERFORD DROVE around the foul circle for a jump shot, Cerv hit a drive in, but the Still water five countered Vith field foals bv Jacouct. Harris, and Y..tes. The final Husker bid came with sfven minutes to go when Reth erford stole the ball and went in for a layup. and Malacek 'and La wry hit lung one handers from back of the foul circle, pushing Nebraska to 20-39. A&M slowed down the play. However, Harris added seven points to his total in the final minutes to sew up the contest. Retherford and Cerv hit from the field in dying moments, mak ing the final score read 52-35. NEBRASKA'S INABILITY to hit fiom the field in the opening half proved try costly. Had Sec HUNKERS, Page 3 V Barbara Speer. i 1 Vol. 49-No. 109 LINCOLN 8, NEBRASKA Thursday, March 17, 1949 Foundation to Entertain Prep Students At Big Basketball Party This Afternoon BY GENE BERG High school students in Lin coln for the state basketball tour nament will be guests at a Stu dent Foundation party this after noon in the Union. All members of prep teams ftad their supporters have been issued an invitation to the party, to be held from 4-6 in the Union ball room. An annual affair for high WAA Names Vancvery New Council Prcxy New ofticers of the W. A. A. Council were announced today by Jeanne Boman, past president. They are: President, Barbara Van every; vice-president, I-ois Erick son; secretary, Pc-fcgy Mulvaney; treasurer, Betty Ann Sawyers. According to the voting eligi bility rule as set up under the W. A. A. constitution, approxi mately three hundred girls were eligible to vote, and two hundred gills were present at the polls. President Barbara Vanevery is a past member of the Council. She acted as assistant to the intra mural coordinator. Lois Erikson was treasurer during her last year's membership on the Coun cil. Pegey Mulvaney is now presi dent ot the Badminton club, and a members of Alpha Chi Omega. Betty Ann Sawyers has acted as an assistant in the intramural program, and she is a member of Delta Gamma. Joan Farrar, f - f Genene MitcbeU. j - ' I v j r . ,. -i school visitors to the campus, the party will combine free cokes with dancing and "Cornhusker spirit." Members of Corn Cobs, Tassels, N club, Student Foundation and the cheerleading squad will be on hand to entertain the high school students. Basketball Coach Harry Good, Football Coach Bill Glass ford and Athletic Director Potsy Clark will greet the prep guests. Pennants and colors of the high school teams in the tourney will be used to decorate the ball room, along with the Scarlet and Cream. THE CHEERLEADERS will lead all party-goers in cheers and songs of N. U. Present will be Mary Alice Dosek, Jo Lisher and Bob Jensen. Informal chats with Nebraska athletes, as well as University co-eds, will be encouraged by Foundation hosts, in an attempt to further familiarize the high school students with the University of Nebraska. The basketball meet party has become one of the Foundations's most popular functions with prep sters. Last year, the party at tracted over 300 students. They jammed the ballroom, danced, drank several hundred cokes, ate even more brownies and scram bled for pennants and N feathers. They heard from Tom Novak, Claude Retherford, Mary Grimm, Husker athletes, and Potsy Clark, then football coach. Though the party is planned for Marian Crook. r C 1 If r Loic MickU. U Thru 0 L the high school basketball players or supporters, University students are urged to come if they want to help "sell" Nebraska to the prep sters. College Polities Topic of YM 'Town Meeting' Representatives from several campus groups will take part in a forum on student organizations at 7:30 p. m. Thursday in the Temple YMCA Lounge. The current question of repre sentation on the Student Council will be the main topic. Accord ing to Harold Nebelsick, in charge of plans .for the forum, it is hoped that the discussion will lead to constructive suggestions for improvement. Speakers in the Town Meeting type discussion will include Dean T. J. Thompson, dean of student affairs; Miss Mary Miclenz, as sistant professor of English; Dale Ball, Student Council president; Chuck Thoene and Shirley King, Student Council members; and the Rev. Rex Knowles, Presby terian student pastor. The Y. M. C. A. discussion, usirally held on Wednesday eve ning, is being held on Thursday this week to make the presenta tion of this program possible. v- I 1 d. t v- 1 Eight Seniors Vie for Queen Of Ivy Day Who will be Queen of the May? That's a question which will be answered by junior and senior coeds at women's elections to day. Voters will be able to choose from a slate of eight candidates chosen in last week's primary. Only juniors and seniors are eligible to vote for the eight can didates. THE CANDIDATES are: Belly Aascn has been a leader of Husker pep for three years. When she isn't swinging the gavel as president of Chi Omega, Betty may be found at Student Coun cil meetings or working in Pan hcllenic. Marion Crook, who presides over AWS board, UNESCO ex ecutive meetings, Council of Wo men's Residence halls, is vice president of Mortar Board. Joan Farrar, Mortar Board president, boosts Tassel pep as vice president and sits in on Stu dent Council sessions. Joan also devotes time to AUF advisory board and Kappa Alpha Theta. Former pep queen and BABW "Hello Girl," Lois Gillctt, presides over Tassel activities, is a mem ber of Towne Club and Mortar Board. Phji Harris, Honorary Colonel and a former pep queen, acts as vice president of the AWS board. She is a member of Alpha Chi Omega and Mortar Board. Lois Thorfinnson Mickle, for mer Ag YWCA prexy, belongs to Omicron Nu and Phi Upsilon Omicron, Ag honoraries. She is vice president of Chi Omega and a former member of Home Ec club Council. She is a Mortar Board. Past president of Stu lent Foundation, Genene Mitchell, is a former Coed Counselor board member, a member of Pi Beta Phi and Mortar Board. Barbara Speer, former city YWCA president, holds a Stu dent Council seat. She is a mem ber of Delta Delta Delta and Mor tar Board. Voters will be asked to choose one girl from the list of candi dates. A second senior woman will be named from the slate to act as Maid of Honor at the Ivy Day ceremonies. Polls will be open from 9 to 5 p. m. today in Ellen Smith Hall and the Ag Union. THE ELECTION will include selection of the presidents and boards of AWS, BABW and Coed Counselors. Junior and senior women will be asked to name 5 to 20 candidates for Mortar Board. Mary Ellen Schroedcr and Janet Stratton are nominees for AWS presidency. Miss Schrocder has served on the board for one year. Miss Stratton is serving her second year and is a former AWS treasurer. Norma Jean Peterson and Jo Ann Learning are candidates for president of BABW. Both are serving their second year on BABW. Dorothy Borgens and Janet Cochran will vie for the Coed Counselor presidency. Both have been Counselor board members. A lk Gillette,