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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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