Kent State University - Chestnut Burr Yearbook (Kent, OH)

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Dr. Lyman Sanderson. Charles Presson. fidgets nervously while his secretary. Miss Kelly. Marcia 1 lill. calls to find out who was placed in the cold bath on the third floor of Chumley ' s Rest ... it was Elwood ' s sister, Veta. Dr. Chumley, Bill Zucchero. anxiously awaits an answer from his assistant. Dr. Sanderson. Charles Presson. as to who wears a hat with holes cut in it that look like it would fit a rabbit ' s head. Veta Louise, the sister of Dowd. on the right, explains evasively the condi- tion of her brother to a neighbor. Ethel Chauvenet. center, who was surprised at his actions. They are played by Margaret Nunamaker and Sandi-jo Kohls, respectively. Looking on is Myrtle Mae played by Gertrude Haffner. 15

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Harvey, in his only appearance on the stage, looks down approv- ingly on Elwood P. Dowd. both of them. With the paper wrap- pings of his new est purchase still in his grasp. Jim lacovazzo. who played the living Dowd. gazes thoughtfully at his friend. Has anyone seen Harvey? Did you ever notice after a public performance how the applause increases greatly every time the fea- tured performer returns to the stage for a curtain call? This happened on the University auditorium stage on the nights of Feb. 28 and March I, 2 and 3, 1951. It was the University Theater production of Harvey. After the final curtain had been pulled the encores began, as usual. The applause was generous and steady . . . but nothing spectacular. Then on the right side of the stage, a door opened, hesitated a moment, and closed again. The cast on the stage moved their heads slowly from left to right fol- lowing a little imaginary character across the stage. The applause soared into the heights and your throat had a little lump in it. Your eyes were seeing a happy sight. Physically you couldn ' t see a thing, but in your heart, in your mind ' s eye, you saw a lot. You saw the complexities of life all wrapped up in a tall, distinguished pooka . . . rabbit in ordinary language. This pooka, not worried about applause, not worried about making a big name for him- self, but just contributing his part to life in gen- eral, was probably on his way to Charlies place. He didn ' t stay on the stage long. For soon, the door on the left side of the stage opened, hesitated a moment, and closed again . . and Harvey had had his curtain call. Myrtle Mae Simmons, played by Gertrude Haffner. discusses the problem of her Uncle Elwood ' s imagination with a long standing friend of the family. Judge Omar Gaffney. who was portrayed by Larry Bahler. They don ' t quite know what to do with Elwood. 14

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Kent wasn ' t on fire, but . . ♦ The usual on-campus quietness of a spring vacation pe- riod was replaced on March 20-23, 1951 by the noise of clickingshutters, crackling flashbulbsand 300 masculine voices booming across the campus from Engleman hall. As if a world-shaking event was taking place on campus, equipment laden press photographers from all over the United States and Canada converged on Kent for the Tenth Annual Press Photography Short Course. Discussion of techniques new to the press photog- raphy field, comparison of ideas and a picture shooting contest are the chief purposes of the annual ten year old event. Some of the more prominent persons who attended the course are Yousef Karsh of Ottawa, renowned portrait photographer; Joseph Costa, photo super- visor of the New York Sunday News and Gordon Kuster, chief photographer of the Columbus Dispatch. The numerous panel discussions of the day gave way after dark to typically masculine bull sessions on all phases of photography . . . shutters to cheesecake. 16 During a special celebration at last year ' s Short Course, i I members were honored for having attended the course all ten years since its beginning. They are: Henry C. Beck, Jr., Kent State University Robert Coon B. F. Goodrich Company Bert Emanuel Detroit Free Press Ernie Grass Youngstown Vindicator Julius Greenfield, Akron Beacon Journal Richard Kern, Belleville (111.) News-Democrat J. Winton Lemen, manager, Eastman Kodak Don Mohler General Electric, Nela Park Arthur Murray, College of Wooster Hy Schwartz, Kalart Company Eck Stanger, Ann Arbor (Mich.) News A professional model follows the directions of Short Courser Frank Scherschel, assistant picture editor of Life magazine, as he explains the effect of a cer- tain type of portrait lighting to a discussion group.