Volume XIV, Number 4
GARDNER-WEBB COLLEGE, BOILING SPRINGS, NORTH CAROLINA
FEBRUARY, 1960
LEAP YEAR IS HERE
GIRLS MAP STRATEGY
"LOOK BEFORE YOU LEAP--BUT
BY ALL MEANS LEAP!"
Leap Year! That wonderful year when the girls get an
opportunity to make their feelings known. For three long
years the girls sit idly by and dream of dating that special
someone. Then suddenly they find themselves in the midst
of Leap Year. In order to find out what G.-W. students think
about Leap Year, some of the sophomores were asked sev
eral questions relevant to Leap Year. The answers reveal the
serious attitude which the students have regarding Leap
Year. When asked his opinion of Leap Year in general, one
“ineligible” male replied, “Leap Year is a fine institution for
girls with fast legs and homely faces.”
Should a girl take advantage of the opportunities Leap
Year affords? The same young man answered, “I believe a
girl should take advantage of the opportunities if she doesn’t
take advantage of me.” Another young man said he felt
there were some girls who used every year as a “leap” year.
A sophomore recently returning to G.-W. said, “Man, being
the stronger sex, has no right to be ensnared by the wiles of
a woman against his will.” He thus openly admits that men
can and are taught even when they don’t want to be. An
other young man said that “if a girl proposes during Leap
Year, it’s a pretty good sign that no one has ever proposed
to her, and she is getting desperate.” A sophomore “Mrs.”
said she felt that “a girl should take advantage of any op
portunity she gets. After all, there’s no telling what might
develop after the first plunge is taken—maybe a second date
at the boy’s insistence.” The general concensus of opinion
seemed to be that many girls need every advantage possible,
and so it would be very foolish not to use them wisely.
CAUGHT! Marilyn Roper, recently chosen Leap Year Queen by the Gardner-Webb
student body, holds firmly to Denny Turner, Leap Year King.
When asked what was his
opinion of a girl who would
propose during Leap Year,
one boy remarked, “My feel
ings would be determined by
her seriousness and her bank
account.” A girl answered, “I
guess a boy would feel trap
ped but delightfully so.” An
other boy said, “Most boys’
attitudes would (or should)
be good because they just
haven’t had the nerve to ‘pop
the question’ first.” One in
telligent girl said that if a
girl manipulates in a very
subtle manner, the boy will
never know but what the
whole thing was his idea.
“It’s okay with me as long as
she looks like Sandra Dee,”
one honest fellow admitted. A
married student expressing
his opinion on girls who pro
pose replied, “I hope she gets
what she wants. At least she
can’t complain about the hus
band she gets.”
Would you say yes to a girl
who proposed during Leap
Year? The movie star fan
said, “If she looks like
Sandra Dee, who wouldn’t?”
(Well????) A young lady re
plied, “If he has good sense,
of course he would say yes.”
One of our basketball players
said he would accept if he
were not already going
steady. (That’s the breaks!)
The best answer to this ques
tion was submitted by a mar
ried student. “I was married
during Leap Year.” he ad
mitted.
Another question prompted
some serious contemplation.
If you were a girl in love with
a boy, would you propose to
him in order to avoid further
delay “Yes, BY ALL
MEANS!! Never let anything
go until tomorow that you can
do today,” says an aspiring
girl. An “eligible” male says,
“Definitely ... He who hesi
tates is lost!” A boy who ap
parently is very “looks” con
scious admits, “If I looked
like ‘Gravel Girtie,’ I might.”
One alert fellow answered, “I
don’t know. Girls have a mind
of their own, and I wouldn’t
dare try to think like a girl!”
Do people take Leap Year
seriously? Most G.-W. stu
dents think not. As one boy
said, “Most fellows would say
yes if a girl proposed any
year whether or not it was
Leap Year!” This is your year
Girls, so go to it. Remember
—“ ’Tis better to leap and
lose than never to leap at
all!”
Leap Year Talk By Professor
Touches Off Great Manhunt
CORNERED !_.-^Marilyn, “the girl most likely to leap,” and Denny, “the boy most like
ly to run,” begin their royal duties in a very pleasant manner.
The old auditorium rever
berated with laughter and the
students broke into spontan
eous applause during Profes
sor Dedmond’s Leap Year
chapel program on Monday,
February 15. It’s been a long
time since there was so much
merriment between 10:30 and
11:00 o’clock on Monday,
Wednesday, or Friday in the
E. B. Hamrick Building. The
jokes are still being repeated
on the campus; and at least
three girls are sure that they
are the one accused of shout
ing FRED, FRED, FRED,
T^RED, FRED, in the hopes
that by repeating a word five
t’mes, the “word” would for
ever be theirs.
Professor Dedmond declar
ed that the acme of loveli
ness, the paragon of feminine
pulchritude, the gal with the
deep black Ligeia eyes and
the Eustacea Vye hair whom
he would marry if she pro
posed to him this year would
instantly perceive his crav
ing for roquefort cheese, filet
mignon, potatoes au gratin,
and French bread — all he
admits are fattening. But, he
declared, “It’s what’s up front
that counts!”
Mr. Dedmond outlined the
scientific reasons back of
Leap Year, knowing full well
that no one is interested in
the scientific reason for the
Bissextile Year. Of more in
terest were his enumerated
ways that bachelors beset
with determined young ladies
may discourage their propo
sal. He did, however, advise
the young ladies not to give
up easily. Paraphrasing Ten
nyson, he advised the young
ladies that “It’s better to leap
and miss the other bank than
never to have leaped at all.”
gem is only in outline form.
Students have wondered if
Prof. D. would publish his
speech. Alas, however, the