SPECIAL LEAP WEEK VOL. 36—No. 41 This Is-THE Issue By HELEN L. CAMP WOMEN'S EDITOR, COLLEGIAN FOR YEARS, ever since the brit Collegian Woman heckled the first Collegian Man to give her a half-inch of space to call her own, there has been a constant battle for *else precious columns. For years, Collegian Women have , faithfully' heckled and nagged. For yeari,' Collegian Men haxe just as faithfully evaded and ignored.- , !Gfidgingly, they would yield an inch or two—albeit not -without a passing remark like. "What do you want to print foi. 9 , Nobody ever reads it anyway Why, woman, do , Tycifi,:realize we haven't enough room for all the news in this **Per?" 'Collegian would not ,be Collegian Without these good :natured, semi-weekly battles. - Collegian Men would not be "Collegian Men if they didn't think and say with no hesitation that all women's news stinks to high heaven, that the biggest -insult . they, can hand a hunk of white space,is to fill it with Ats - Gals; and that women in general. and Collegian Womensin patticular:are a blanked nuisance. Collegian Women, too, would not be Collegian Women if they did not reply in kind 'reminding, their male cohorts that more than fifty per cent Collegian subscribers are women, that women's news is every bit as good as their old stuff, and that, even if it isn't, they Might to put it in anyway, pretty please This periodical bickering might have gone unchanged - far centuries if it were not for one little fact. That is, wheth lefyou remember or not, that this is 1940. Now 1940, besides having a twelve' month jump on 1939, is also nothing less than Leap Year. And, believe it or not, Leap Year is not only the time when women in general have a chance to grab their 'Men,' it is also the time when Collegian Women in particular JitiVe a chance to grab their space. Today's paper introduces for the first time a column en titled Us Guya, - which accordingly succeeds Us _Gals as the biggest insult possible tohand' a hunk of white space, 'a "Bo emiits'';Which,yies with "Coedits" foi the l alttii=bitra in society "fie.W - k - Onen;s,',"Dress parade, '&a f.f.Wbe-Meo.a. SportslFld; tbtie!rtiFtyl: not hasfront _ page , eomposed ' en and , e;epb . r,ta 3 Pikepenned by,feniale, hands. And you Canhel your, last dented fender that any other space men got in` this issue 'was won' on bended knees! Friday we'll go baCk to the bbttom of 'Page two, Column -six and try to like it. But today we take the driver's seat and grab the reins. So hold on tight. - * 1 This is the year-- - -and this is,TRE issue! Student Government Confab Plans Ciinipleled As Opening Dale Nears tr long 40 Jones '4O, Weaver '4l To Talk '.In,WSGA Room At 9 A.M. Saturday - "Women In',Student Government," the women's pact of the All- State Shiaent,Government convention to be held here March 1, 2 and 3 Will b disciissed by Jane A Romig '4O, Peggy E Jones '4O, and Elmor 13.-Weaver .!41. in the WSGA room at 9 am. Saturday With the acceptance by Leon W. Shloss, editor of the Washington Bureau of , the 'lnternational News Service, to attend the Pennsylvania 8 - hident Government convention slated here on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, DaviiiE Pergrm '4O, chairman of the convention, announced iliat r all Major plans have been completed for the beginning of the con fab On Friday- r Members of Senate, 'louse of Representatives, Freshman Coun cil, Junior Sei vice Board, and the following , guests' Bin tiara Bandy and Jean Zabi iske, Cedar Crest College; Binbara Burns, Scianton Keystone, Katherine Gelbach and Miriam Say, Allegheny College, Anita Brown arid Pauline Shoe maker, Clarion' State Teacher". College; Mary Jane _Brock, Wilson College will be'liresent. All other interested women are invited to attend - fish Nets, -Hamburgers , - - - tale Experts_ Stumped About Women's. Fashions `,t'oeds of the future may careen tWound with cutlery, dangling from or hats made of ham fidrgets' as far as the designer; are concerned They don't care They are through "The onliconsistent Ong about *omen's clothing is its inconsis tency," said •Georges Atdeaux, New York' designer. -Aideaux added-that women ate highly., susceptible' to bales pres sure ~ The past few years have seen fish , nets, dog collars, and shower curtains appear on the' fa shion horizon Should the truck farmers' decide -to stage a sales drive ,we would, in all likelthmid, see Sresh tomato necklaces and cu cumber collars. ' ',, ," , •"'.':,.;What",would be Mr. Aideaux's 'Comment on an Old Main Tower hat, mud guards and fishing boots 'for 'rainy 'days,' Boy'Scout shirts, 'salt spoons as clips, , ski' boots and short, skirts:, badminton pucks adorning an eVening,dreis? • A . , And IC Eiiiineeri,,'Ag'students, or .Home 7 Ecers' suddenly, went ,berserk, imagine ~a , cdel .on her sway to classes dripping with nuts, fibltsi , nrid screws, swinging along ule skirth ,toting her :13tiek - On_milk'pails on a yoke; and Ai/Caring , a 'cute 'little • frying pan tilted" rakishly over her, left eye lorow' ',' .. ) SeFrsi-Weesciy , . c. &.`./. :- ~,,,,___-_, •10.1 , 11 A , - .7 `, 1 it /111 ',„ , „..,855, ill .„,.. ~ . Editorial Warnock to Speak Dean Arthur' R. Warned( will speak to the delegates at luncheon in the Sandwich Shop Friday noon, and at dinner at the University Club that night they will hear Paul Miller of the United Press Lunch eon will be served in the Sand wich Shop Saturday noon. with Colonel Ambrose R. Emery and Dean Charlotte E Ray as guest speakers. To conclude the conven tion President „Ralph D. Ifetzel will address' the group at dinner in , the Nittany Lion Inn Saturday night. Six topics will furnish the con ference discussion on Friday af ternoon The Structure of Stu , dent Government;, Student'Con duct, Discipline, and the - Honoi System; Campus Financial Prob lems, Election Systems; Student, Faculty, 'and Administrative Rein , lions; and Student Participation in Curriculum Change Two additional schools have ac cepted Invitations to send 'dele gates; the University of Pittsburgh ani Moyiv.ten'Calege., Z 658 STATE COLLEGE, PA., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1940 WOMEN TAKE .- GyER AS 'BASHFUL 0 HIDE Bur H LEAp YEAR IFormal,Dance Held In-Roc Hall 'Friday Nig ht Highlr Ms Week . Of Pennifale Late lieverser , Movies, The Corner Plens ,ecial Features To Draw -Leap Week Business; ffelman Women Will Hold Scavenger Hunt At McATITSI6rHaII On Saturday - • -JULIET , ! This is the cl4ce you've been waiting for. This is the week to show ypurite.st beau or your secret pas uon what's Lops according to E4ii-Kett, Penny State,,or just Editor's Note, In keeping with an old Leap Week traddion—lwo days old —the'Penn State Collegian of fers this edition as a sample of the skill of its competent wo men's staff. News stories; sports, s head. editorials, and whatnot, appearing in this issue, are the products of the girls unless oth erwise designated. It's all in fun—but the wo men are taking it seriously be. cause it often they have' an opportunity , to ' dominate the men. All-Home Ec Mass Meeting. Set For 4 P.M. Thursday To Issue Questionnaires On Curriculum Revision; Explain Council Set-Up The nrSt mass meeting in four years o[. all lhome economicst stu dents will be held An-the Liberal - Arts-auditorium at`4 p m. Than; 'ilaycf,tci.ldiactiagtaand'ExPlainA;:th Work'of- the recently. formed Home Economics Advisory Council, as well as to distribute questionnaires on pogsible`durriculum revisions All home ec students will be dis missed from their 4 o'clock classes to attend the meeting. The advi sory council is a combined student faculty body formed this year to cooperate with the faculty curricu lum committee on course revamp ment It is composed of 16 stu dents and two faculty members The questionnaire, which will be presented and explained by Janice Owens '4l, will be anonymous and contain questions on the present wn iculum and ask for suggestions and ci iticisms Two students from each class and two students from each of the four clubs within the department make up the student portion of the advisory council Savitt Admits 'Steal From Weak Against Leap Year Competition Is Keen But Defense Is Rusty, Avers Dance Maestro By ALICE MURRAY "720 In The Books" doesn't re fer to the number of Jan Savitt's mai ital expel fences nor to his pro posals, given or received He's a bachelor, but very definitely not a conflimed one, so, coeds, this is your big chance To make your lot even easier, he thinks all women ale beautiful, and admits his de felise against leap year - maidens is a bit rusty If you intend to make a catch, you'll be up against 'stiff competi tion rot he's playing 'at the Univer sity of Cincinnati, Syracuse, Ohio . State, Yale, and Harvard (you probably won't have, much coed trouble there) this season, and you know "first see, first seek, first suc ceed " ' 3 The Pi3iladelphia girls, especial ly those who hail from West Phil ly, have the jump on,you, for they have something, in common -with !pm even if it is but Juvenile stomping grounds, but that should n't,dampen'your ardor one bit, he says he loves them all . There's just one more fly in the ointment. Did you ,notice the blonde fifth of the Quintones? Be cause, if you didn't, you've got something to, cope with Her name is Daisy Bernier, but two to one she doesn't rely on the petal pull xg to gpt d mile ~~.. Emily Post ROMEO' This is the week to rate your popularity by the num- , ber of, your dates We women do the inviting and what your best friends won't tell you will speak for itself if Leap Week goes by and you haven't received a' single proposal, invitation to the movies, treat to , a Leap Week LEAP - WEEK PROGRAM Monday Through Saturday Leap Week at movies Leap Week specials at Corm Room Freshmen given ID o'clocks fm Movie Night Frriav Formal, dance, m RecHall~_~ j .* " . 9'tel2 - ii'm Saturday ,t , Freshman Scavenger Hunt, , leaving Mac Hall 8p m drink, sandwich, - or sundae a la Corner Room And if you miss the WSGA' Leap Week Dance con sider yourself definitely on the shelf and designed for oblivion. Taking advantage of an oppor tunity which knoCks but once in four years, , Penn State coeds are dedicating this week as Leap Week Highlight of the week will be a formal dance in Rec 'Hall from 9 to 12 p m Friday with music by Rex Rockwell Novelties of the dance are the no-corsage rule and a gland march led by Russell E Clark, buisar, and Harry C Rountree, extension de partment. There will be no admis sion charge to the dance, but all expenses of the- evening-will be E=MI Panhellenic To Sponsor Open Bridge Benefit Panhellenic CoUncil and City Panhellenic are joint sponsors of a benefit budge, to be given in the upstairs lounge of Old Main at 2 p m Satuiday, March 16 It will be open to all' town and student women, and there will be a thaw ing for prizes Tickets are 35 ,cents each and may be purchased from any Pan hellenic member beginning this week. The proceeds from the bridge will be given to Mrs Hetz co=ittee lIIMNIEM It's A Date paid by the women Dance Committees Committees I'm the dance are Catherine C Albert '4l and Darhne , (Continued on page two) Classics', Campaigns 'Shuffle Rhythm' Dates Back To Bach Concertos; Jan To . Play In Hollywood ' By SAM KAUFMAN While his valet shuffled back and forth across the loom trying to but ton the fuzz on Jan Savitt's chest out of sight, Savitt uph-de-da-de daad the information that his fa mous "shuffle rhythm" is nothing new and Is featly a steal from the ela-Smes Over a hunched years ago Bach "dished it out" in the background fin the 'last pai t of a violin con ceito. Savitt knows all about this because he studied at the Curtis Institute of Music albs imitators don't, howei. ei, and they usually stink because they play _what they hear instead of what actually is played. The Senior Ball maestro began to jump a bit higher and his valet to sweat a bit faster when the Nit tany, Lion Inn telephone rang in the news that he was wanted at the Casa Manana in Hollywood for six weeks, It will be his first trip to the Pacific Coast and he is go ing to make a picture while his band is there Mechanically, he thinks, Glenn Miller has the best band in the country and is one of the best ar rangers in the business But, of course, he thinks Savitt is the best band in the country and maybe the top band of 1940 "Last year was Miller's, 1938 was Shaw's, maybe this is miner And then the valet had, to Voork faster. Lawrence Twins Named `Leap Week' Queens You can have your Hai vest Ball and Houseparty queens' We'll take the uncrowned queens of "Leap Week" (Monday to Maich 2) —Jean and "Tut" Lawrence, twin sophomore transfers from the University of Delaware 4 Born Februaty 29, 1920, Wii. asked me to change the way I mington, Delaware's lovely gifts wow my hair " to he . " ive the poufs hem g to Penn State plan to observe then don 't fifth leap birthday by taking ad- a chance to mix them, since Tut is taking psychology and Jean "Is vantage of the week of reversed dating and attending WSGA's the only une who knows what she's dance, Friday majoring m " "When to celebrate uw bit thday Tut, the mule set toms and soph has always been a topic for family t,ticated of the two, °taxes by discussion." Tut tamed She went, (lancing playing budge and gulf, on td explain, "Dad says it should and sketching—one of her di aw ings won d dollar prize at a county be Match I, but Mother argues fair for Febi um • y 28 And she wins—l "Jean is our family politician," 'cause it's sooner" Mt said of her look-alike "Hei Their Pot Peeve pastime is talking with people—. People who say, "I can't tell you which she does so well that Dad two apart," are the twins' pet takes hal with him to chemical peeve "We've been confused since meetings" baby-carnage days," Jean chipped We'll take the Lawrence twins in "Since junior high school we've to make 'leap week" a triple been separated in classes to aid the threat period when coeds will do piot's and at Delaware they even the date-asking and pay all bills, WSGA Jo Propose Coed Point System At te6lliiO Regulate Extra-Curricular Activities That only 352 of over 1100 Penn State women participate in outside activities was ievealed by a recent sui vey of women's activities con ducted by WSGA House of Repre sentatives Of these, the data showed, at least 25 are carrying more activities than they can han dle efficiently Because of this, the House will propose a point system at the mass meeting in Schwab Auditorium, March 5, uncle' which every office and organization membei ship would be regulated by points, the number depending on time re quited and responsibilities in volved in the activity A quota would be set which no woman would be permitted to exceed Such a system would spread among many students the privi leges, pleasures, and honors fie quently monopolized by a few Organizations and activities would be benefited by assuring each posi tion or office a leader with con centrated interests The point sys tem, as proposed, will be discussed at the mass meeting and will be placed on election ballots for wo men students' approval. Kissometer Will Test Coeds' Love Potency At Engineer's Dance Special to the Collegian Engi neering Depai Uncut, Feb 27 Spurning a contract to build a budge in San Francisco, turning down a plea to erect a new sky scrapet in New Yolk City, efus mg absolutely to help the navy de partment build secerat warships Penn State's engineers were devot ing all of their knowledge of con sifiation today to a kissometer— tirst of its kind—a romantic mdi catoi that will be used at the En gineei's Hop in Rec Hall Friday, March 15 Roughly speaking, the new in vention, when built, will consist of a meter and several mysterious gadgets that will detei mine the po tency of Miss Betty Cb-ed's caress The devilish device will be a closely guaided secret until the date of the dance—and the com mittee has been reluctant to oh vulge any but the baiest of knowl edge on how it works Suffice to say, though, that a pointei on the meter will indicate the relative strength of the, molecular bom bardment and that when this bom bardment gets too great, the ma chine wuli explode' _-~~ LADS DATES Conference Slated' By Mortar Board --Vtio-CarGuid'ancelo Be Topic Of Discussion To help each girl realme her po tentialities and apply them in a given vocation, Mortar Board is sponsoring an All-Women's Con ference on Thursday, April 11 Women students will be excused from classes to attend The conference will open with a convocation and talk by Di Robeit G Bernreuter, associate professor of education and psychology Throughout the day there will be talks on physical education, liberal arts, education, and home econo mics as vocations, and a talk on avocations From 4 to 5 p m, Mortar Board will tea the main speaker of the evening The con ference will be held in the lounges of Atherton Hall Last year Mortal Boai d spon sored a Leadership Conference Judge Sara StofTel Was the main speaker, and extra-curricular ac tivities rather than vocations were highlighted Heavens Aid In Leap Week Show As Moon Goes On Late Shift College Will Open Second Observatory Unit As Naked Eye Planets Prepare Rare Display See Illusiretton on page 4 Galileo net ei knew about Penn State, but in a clumsy fashion he found out a lot about women, and he also discovered a lot about moons, stars, and planets that he didn't tell because he was afraid of being binned at the stake .. ,• He could have figured out, foi instance, that the moon was going to be on a late shift about Febluely 29, 1040 Knowing about women but not knowing about elect' icity he might have thought how nice and dark the nights would be. 4 He wouldn't have known it was ;mug to be Leap Week at Penn State but he might have known theme was going to be a mighty rale arrangement of planets in the western sky He might have thought his little two-inch telescope was going to be a great thing someday but he hard ly imagined that in 1940 Penn State would be opening the second unit of the world's first multiple observatory just as the planets were hanging togethei in the west Observatory Opened . But that's the way things have turned out in the 300 years since Galileo fiddled around with the heavens and yestei day Dr Henry L Yeagley of the Pennsylvania State College (which Galileo never heard of) announced both units of the new observatory would be open to all visitors from 610 to 8 30 pm. m ery clear night this %eels mmean CAMPUS COVERAGE PRICE FIVE CENTS Women's Election Standards Listed; Committees Set ' Mass Meeting Set Mar. 5; Primaries Slated Mar. 1; Final Ballots Mar. 13 See Editorial, "Suffragette-19401 on page 2 With the release of standards for WSGA nominees by Jane A 'Romig '4O, president, and committees named by Jeanne M. Chew '4l and Roberta J Kelly '42, election tco ellen men, plans for WSGA , and WRA elections—primaries, March 7, and final vote,"March 13,-were progressing this week - , Requirements foi WSGA _candr dates ate . A Scholarship I A L least a I 5 all-College-aver age , 2 NO sti uggle to manitani schol; astic standing , , B Activities—limited in number:' C Leadership and Responsibility I Pievious experience in holding i esponslbility 2 Willingness to accept responsi bility 3 Efficiency , - ,- D Independence 1 Willingness to express ideas 2 Puniness with regard to rules E Personal Characteristics , 1 Tact. 2 Good appearance 3 Likable disposition 4 High standards of conduct Election committees are Elizabeth Bakei '4l, Jane A Ful ton '4l, and R Helen Gordon - '42, publicity, DFrances McKibh . ka . - 42 - ^Mtirrni - E'Sfe - rlifig - 4r aAd Josephine H Belljan '42, Ja net Herzog '42, Betty Jo Pattom.'42, and Margai et M Diener '42, - pos -1 tors Ruth W Barbey '42, was named chairman of the installation coffee-hour to be held in Ather ton Hall, Mai ch 14, by Senate „ Nominees for the goverarnek and recreational posts as made by a WSGA nominating committee consisting, of seniors in the Senate and the dean of women's staff: mid a WRA committee which inclddes WRA president and vice president', and advisors Miss Marie Haidt*- sistant professor of physical ,e4u cation and hygiene, and Miss Mll - A Lucey, instructor in ac tivities, will be announced at the mass meeting of all woman stu dents in Schwab Auditorium, 7 to 8 p m , March 5 Groups Sponsor Vespers Lenten Vespe!s, open to all stu dents and faculty every Tuesday until Easter, will be sponsored to night by Chi Omega, Gamma - Phi Beta, and Triangle , to view the sky's rare planet dis play .. Usually the planets are distil buted more m less evenly around the sun Now, however, all are on the same side of the sun For a few days berme and after Wednesday, when Mercury is also visible, the distribution will be such that Leap Week observers may view them as if they were equally spaced on a line which follows approximately the path traced by the sun' + Phenomenal Arrangement,, "The airangement resulting tin this unusual alignment is an ex• ceedinglnc rare phenomonen. and milll produce soon after sunset a scene of rare beauty in the western sky," Dr Yeagley said yesterday Naked eye planets in the order they will be visible starting up from the western horizon are Mer cury, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn and MarS
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