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

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s t I I The distinct group of professional people known as press photog- raphers, who are usually associated with the grimness. pathos, violence, sorrow and drama of everyday life, relax a bit from their daily chores at the annual Short Course. Nationally fa- v mous. from leadmg newspapers and magazines all over the coun- try, these photographers are attending one of the numerous lec- tures on new developments in their field of photography. Appar- ently the speaker to this group has not lost his sense of humor. Three top photographers sit and view a salon exhibit. They are, from left to right, George Yates, one of the officials of the Short Course; Perry Cragg, chief photog- rapher of the Cleveland News; and Gordon Kuster, chief photographer of the Colum- bus Dispatch. Assisting in the exhibit are: standing from left to right. Earl Fidler, KjSU student: Professor Dario Politella of the school of journalism at Kent; Norman Salem and Don Friedman, both students. 17

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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.

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Anne of the Thousand Days ' It was dress rehearsal night ... a few outsiders were sitting in the first rows of seats . . . and the auditorium was black. The red glow of a cigarette puffed upon by one of the stage crew cut through the darkness. At the same time the whirrrr of the curtain indicated that the last rehearsal was underway . . . but it was still black. Slowly, a spotlight was pinpointed upon Anne. Her simple face, expressing none of her pent up emotions, was illuminated dramatically. For the next two hours the middle ages of England were brought to life by U. T. ' s production of Anne of the Thousand Days. At the end of the play, Anne resumed her original place, the spotlight was slowly dimmed and the stage hand in the front row puffed again on his cigarette. King Henry VIII, Harding Olsen, gazes thoughtfully, while Anne, Norma Home, pleads to be kissed after their marriage. 18