December, 1924 - The Arrow of Pi Beta Phi Fraternity - Nan Elberfeld Article
December, 1924 - The Arrow of Pi Beta Phi Fraternity - Nan Elberfeld Article
AN ATHLETIC CHAMPION
Nan Elberfeld who was pledged to Tennessee A in February 1924, and initiated on April 4, 1924 is one of Pi Beta Phi's best athletic young women. She made her letter in basketball at the University of Tennessee, playing in
every important game of the season and finished the tennis season as women's champion of the university. At the end of the quiz period when the report of grades was made immediately after Nan's initiation into 'Pi Beta Phi, she held third place on the honor roll of 356 students.
Nan Elberfeld is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Norman A. Elberfeld of Little Rock, Ark. , both of whom are
exceptionally good athletes. Big-league baseball fans of fifteen or twenty years ago knew the "Kid" Elberfeld who fought his way to stardom on the baseball diamond. Today he is the father of five splendid daughters, Nan being the oldest one.
In writing of the Elberfeld daughters, Anne Heagney says in Sporting Life:
"Probably nowhere in the whole world Is there a group of sisters which has won the distinction recorded the five Elberfeld girls, daughters of Norman A. Elberfeld, manager of the Little Rock baseball club and formerly manager of the New York Yankees. All the Misses Elberfeld are members of the Life-Saving Corps of the American Red Cross,
although Nan, the oldest girl, is just twenty, and Ruth, the youngest, is only thirteen years old. .
"The girls are all lovers of outdoor sport in every form, as well as expert swimmers. They are perfect examples of splendid young American athletes. For example, they love horseback riding and excel at tennis. During the summer they devote a part of their time to general playground activities at the various school grounds where games of this kind are played. Baseball, as played by girl teams with an Indoor baseball, Is one of their favorite forms of amusement.
"Nan was the winner of the state tennis championship for girl high school entries In 1922, and last year the championship was passed on to the third oldest of the Elberfeld sisters, Miriam, who Is sixteen years of age. Nan at present Is the champion woman swimmer of Arkansas.
"All the girls are fond of basketball and have been members of the first teams of the high schools and junior high schools where they have attended school. All around gymnasium work is also their specialty, In addition to this, they enjoy dancing and have marked dramatic ability:'
https://history.pibetaphi.org/getmedia/d9364c61-f4e0-4df2-a59e-b9f11241698f/v41n2-December-1924.pdf
AN ATHLETIC CHAMPION
Nan Elberfeld who was pledged to Tennessee A in February 1924, and initiated on April 4, 1924 is one of Pi Beta Phi's best athletic young women. She made her letter in basketball at the University of Tennessee, playing in
every important game of the season and finished the tennis season as women's champion of the university. At the end of the quiz period when the report of grades was made immediately after Nan's initiation into 'Pi Beta Phi, she held third place on the honor roll of 356 students.
Nan Elberfeld is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Norman A. Elberfeld of Little Rock, Ark. , both of whom are
exceptionally good athletes. Big-league baseball fans of fifteen or twenty years ago knew the "Kid" Elberfeld who fought his way to stardom on the baseball diamond. Today he is the father of five splendid daughters, Nan being the oldest one.
In writing of the Elberfeld daughters, Anne Heagney says in Sporting Life:
"Probably nowhere in the whole world Is there a group of sisters which has won the distinction recorded the five Elberfeld girls, daughters of Norman A. Elberfeld, manager of the Little Rock baseball club and formerly manager of the New York Yankees. All the Misses Elberfeld are members of the Life-Saving Corps of the American Red Cross,
although Nan, the oldest girl, is just twenty, and Ruth, the youngest, is only thirteen years old. .
"The girls are all lovers of outdoor sport in every form, as well as expert swimmers. They are perfect examples of splendid young American athletes. For example, they love horseback riding and excel at tennis. During the summer they devote a part of their time to general playground activities at the various school grounds where games of this kind are played. Baseball, as played by girl teams with an Indoor baseball, Is one of their favorite forms of amusement.
"Nan was the winner of the state tennis championship for girl high school entries In 1922, and last year the championship was passed on to the third oldest of the Elberfeld sisters, Miriam, who Is sixteen years of age. Nan at present Is the champion woman swimmer of Arkansas.
"All the girls are fond of basketball and have been members of the first teams of the high schools and junior high schools where they have attended school. All around gymnasium work is also their specialty, In addition to this, they enjoy dancing and have marked dramatic ability:'
https://history.pibetaphi.org/getmedia/d9364c61-f4e0-4df2-a59e-b9f11241698f/v41n2-December-1924.pdf
