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
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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. ' ',, ,"
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•"'.':,.;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
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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
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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'
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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