*’ Penn Slate—SO > ; Muhlenberg—29 . VOL. 37—No. 9.3 IjflPvet The Coals For Coeds Matrix Jable ; .Bedlam in “The Pants Press” office, with campus “Famous Femmes” simmering from news direct from the current issue, will be-the theme of the original skit presented at the Matrix Table by -members of Theta Sigma Phi, women’s professional journalism honorary. - performers will reveal the 'in side story of women in' journal ism,; the groans and disgusted ■sighs issuing from the want ad office and frantic speed at the copy desk: • -Voting for Quill Girl—-most popular coed—who will be hon ored at the Matrix Table spon sored by the journalism honor ary, will close at Student Union at 5 p.m. today. - - The six prominent • campus women competing for .the honor include Eleanor L. Fagans ’4l, Marjory A. Harwich ’4l, Norma P. Stillwell ’4l, Anne M. Borton ’42, Janet M. Hartz ’42, and Louise M. Fuoss ’43. Two other BWOC’s will be. ' honored at the banquet as Cap Girl, most versatile senior, and Matrix Girl, the coed who has contributed most to the College. Women invited to the formal dinner scheduled for the Nittany Lion Inn at 6:30-p.m. Monday have been urged to return accept ances to Student Union before ,-noon Monday by Jane A. Fulton ’4l, Theta Sigma Phi president. ,-R-:.o'Hara, Secre- . tary of the Commonwealth and one of the most outstanding women of Pennsylvania,' will address attending student and" faculty celebrities. Fwothie Gomes Out Fwoth wesumed pubwication today by weleasing wits wannual Senwior Wall wissue. Copwies may be purchased at Stuwent Wxmidh. (Wis is what wappens to must stowies!) Collegian Coeds Choose King-Manhattan Madcap By R. HELEN GORDON '42 ... To' complete the Senior Ball -theme of Night in Manhattan, minus subways and bars, the feminine Daily Collegian staff presents its own version of dance king, Mr. Manhattan Madcap, or coeds' reasons for wearing an old gown. Voting for this highly-coveted position was done absolutely on the sly—all ballots were signed in invisible ink, no one was nom inated, in fact no one knew any thing about it. With promises of sketches upstairs, ping .pong downstairs, and heavy importing ■ for the weekend, however, every one realized another festivities ruler simply had to be chosen. 'Men w r ho .were micrawbrith, : milquetoastish, or who smoked in Rec Hall were declared eligible for- Manhattan Miracle Man. Re sults were close, but the madcap .won out over “The Little King” : .and ; “Little Henry” both dis ,-qualified because of professional gating. . . D., the sentimental •gentleman of swing, promises to •dedicate a few medleys to our -addition to the royal family, -leading • > off with “Latin from Manhattan,” and throwing in ;:-“Brooidyhconga’! just to show he . ;isii!t~provinciaL . - -Senior Ball. Smoothie will ®tSttlllJ ,rr Gals Take Over; By-VERA L. KEMP Women's Editor ■ Women are equal, to men. Women are equal to men, Women are—. But at times we have to repeat the fact like a grammar school student sent to the black board to write a misspelled word one hundred times.^ For 149... issues the women’s news is crammed on the back page (with an occasional respite on page one) but for the remain ing issue—well, here it is. After pleading for space all year with “pretty pleases” in the'feminine manner, we grabbed the chance to shove the Collegian men into the farthest corner of the news room, leaned back in the editor’s chair, and took over the job of “putting the paper to bed.” Though journalistic Amazons for the 150th issue, we revert to our female traits by character istically dressing up the paper with shapely type, delicate ar rangement, and subtle humor. Instead of the usual -fight for Defense Provides Jobs lor Women Women surge to the front again as the Selective Service Act takes hundreds of men out .of industry leaving more and more jobs open. First step was made in the newspaper field when a. New York 'newspaper hired a Vassar graduate as copy -boy to replace the hopeful youths who have for years been edging their way into the newspaper field via the mes senger service. The Federal Bureau of Inves tigation has sent out a call for stenographers ■ and typists who are college graduates. Salaries range 'from $1440 to $1620 and offer splendid opportunity for this June’s graduates. The government, too, has pro (Coniinued on Page Four) Senior Bali King The unanimous choice of'the coeds, above, was named as King of Senior Ball because he is the “typical Penn State man.” probably be introduced at inter mission, and has promised to . hand out autographs to. the-first .20 coeds, in line. P.S.—Don’t say . we didn’t warn you. Paramount News has already contracted him for a movie test. Can you blame 'em? ‘ -- \ Special Women’s Issue OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 28, 1941, STATE COLLEGE, PA. space, we push men’s news into “We, the Men” by the erstwhile editor, “Men In Sports” by the usual sports editor, “Nibbling At The Noose” by a junior board member, and items to be found in the Campus Calendar. news about coeds takes the page one spotlight. Being jealous of the many wom en who are elected queens, with unmalicious vengence we name 12 New Coeds Register For Second Semester Twelve new women students entered the College at the begin ning of second semester to raise the undergraduate coed total to 1380, special students to 94, and graduate women to 92. New women and their courses are: education —Frances Lehman ’42f -e le c t ric a 1 engineering— Pearl Lee ’42; home economics— Ruth Bonser ’42 and Reba Haugh ’43. Journalism—Mary Marrs ’43; Liberal Arts—Anna Vaughn ’42; lower division Ruth Littman ’43, Elaine Cox ’44, Patricia Dougherty ’44, Mildred Fossel man ’44, Doris Serfas ’44. and Elaine Sobelsom ’44. Roberts '42 Elected Hew Co-Edition Editor Margaret R. Roberts ’42 was named editor of Co-Edition, women’s paper, to succeed M. Elizabeth Baker ’41., Other new officers include Betty Jo Patton '42, managing editor; Eleanor P. Heckman ’42, feature editor; and Arlene K. Smith ’42, sports editor. Junior Board members are Mary Anastas, Mildred L. Aus try, Marjorie R. Chambers, Helen J. Chiappy, Marjorie E. McFar land, and Elizabeth E. Munroe. iiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiini Late News Bulletins iiiiiiiiiiiiHiinimiiiiiiHiiHitiiiiimiiiiiiiimniiiiiiiiiiir. The men’s staff of The Daily Collegian packed up their trou bles and left for regions unknown last night. Authorities believe they have joined Editor Smyser “far beyond the northern sea.” Meanwhile, the women staff's only comment was “Foo!” Vogue claims the Dutch and Greek influences have reached America. For Dutch-boy bangs are in style this season, with new spring straws guaranteed to en hance-the natural beauty of the hair. The Greeks have held their own by introducing sophisticated Grecian tunics for evening wear. Push Men To Page 4 a king to preside -over Senior Ball. We couldn’t resist the urge to copy the Collegian institution of polling the campus to see what coeds think of Penn State men. Sports? See the complete cover age from the women’s angle. The women’s staff has also taken over the editorial page. From nameplate to finis Col legian has gone feminine for this one issue. We dug up the facts, fearlessly wrote them, used only those male-written stories as appealed to our feminine fancy, and mercilessly exterm inated all “typelice” within our journalistic reach. Tomorrow? We’ll be back in our page four cubbyhole. Back cursing the business staff for fill ing our space with their ads. Back on bended knees to beg for one teensy weensy story to be printed on page one. Back behind the eight ball. But women are equal to men. We, the Women” think we have proved it in OUR issue. If you La Vie Chooses Senior Beauties Five senior beauties whose pic tures will appear in the year book were chosen by the La Vie staff yesterday. They are: Jos ephine E. Condrin, Helen B. Cramer, Gertrude L. Hellmers, Eleanor L. Fagans, and Grace E. Rentschler. Another beauty will be named later. Nineteen women and seven men were named yesterday to the senior editorial staff of La Vie, John G. Dixon ’4l, editor, announced. The women are: Josephine H. Beljan, Virginia M. Berkhouse, Catherine Bidelspacher, Betty A. Bischoff, Sara L. Bollinger, Anne M. Borton, Jane H. Firestein, Ann J. Halberstadt, • Claire H. Hildinger, Aileen M. Holtz, Corinne E. Kahn, Katherine A. Loresch, Josephine H. Noonan, Ruth J. Plesset, M. Elizabeth Shelly, Marjorie H. Stockett, Claire R. Turchetti, Janet F. Twitchell, and Evon M. Wilson. Eleceted to the staff include John M. Jurist, John D. Rama ley, Joseph T. Reichwein, James E. ■ Rush, Jacob N.- Shearer, Michael F. Shields, and Howard J. Talley. . • Which Is The / Line / He Uses When He Says *\ Love You 7 By LOUISE M. FUOSS '43 “You eyes are like stars, your teeth like pearls, your skin lily white, and your hair soft as corn silk. I cannot live without you. May I speak to your father?” Traditionally, that is how Daddy talked Mother into cooking his meals and darning his socks. That “line” was good anyplace 20 or 25 years ago. Since then, lines have devel oped with amazing rapidity. Every coed soon realizes that something doesn’t add up when"' her date stares into her eyes and pours forth words strikingly sim ilar to those uttered by his fra ternity brother last week-end. What’s more, it’s surprisingly easy to classify your date by the type of line that he uses: Type A—“ You know I’ve nev er met a girl quite like you be fore. I like you because you’re so unusual.” • Type B—-“ She (the'other wom an) doesn’t understand me. "Why she’ll probably be mad when she PRICE THREE CENTS Maurer, Zeigler; Sherman, Shafer Win Primaries By JEANNE C. STILES '42 Bernice M. Maurer ’42 and Betty L. Zeigler '42 will .vie for WRA presidency and Margaret K. Sherman ’43 and I. Jacque line Shafer ’43 for the vice-presi dency of WSGA in women’s final voting, Wednesday, yesterday’s primary voting showed. Competing for the WRA vice presidency will be Patricia Mac- Kinney ’43 and Ruth V. Moore ’43, and for WSGA treasurer post, Betty Rose Broderick ’44, and Betty W. Story ’44. Anne M. Borton will oppose Marion E. Sperling for Senior Senator and H. Anne Carruthers will vie with Dorothy L. Jones for Sophomore senator. Candidates for May Queen in clude Josephine E. Condrin, Helen B. Cramer, and Eleanor L. Fagans.. Betty H. Christman and Angeline Tristani will vie for May Queen Attendant. No primary voting for WSGA president, Junior and Town Sen ators, and WRA treasurer was held since only two candidates were competing for these posts. Runner-up for president on both WSGA and WRA ballots Wednesday will automatically become secretary of the respec tive organizations. Jean Babcock ’42, and Mildred M. Taylor ’42 will vie for the WSGA presidency in Wednes day’s final elections. Contend ers for Junior Senator are Nancy E. Gosser and Louise M. Fuoss and for Town Senator, E. Mir iam Jones ’43, and Kathryn M. Popp. ’43. Pauline Crossman ’43, and Mary V. Devling ’43, will run for WRA treasurer in finals. 3 O'Clocks Granted For Tonight; 1 p.m. Tomorrow All women students will have three o’clock permissions tonight, one o’clock permissions tomor row night, and regular permis sions Sunday night, WSGA Sen ate has announced. Sunday night permissions in clude 11 o’clocks for second semester seniors, 10 o’clocks for underclass women, except fresh men who have 9 o’clocks. finds out that I’m dating you.” Type C—“l think you’re the loveliest thing that ever happen ed to me. Honest—you are so lovely that I’m half-blinded when I look at you.” Type D—“ Your intelligence is what interests me. You are the .first gal who ever knew what I was talking about.” Type E—“l always said that I wanted to go with a Home Eccer. After all, what good does history and French do when you’re mar- I admire the ability to cook most.” Type F—“ You remind me of my mother who died when I was a baby. You’re the only girl I ever wanted to take home to meet my family.” Type G—“l like the athletic type—and you’re it. What mus cles!” Type H—“ You’re so sweet and feminine. I’d like to take care of you for a long, long time.” Type XYZ—Any possible com bination of the above lines. *
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