Portrait of Service ''TA 1 V V hatever we do, we do together. If I'm raking leaves or painting the house, she's right there in the middle of it helping me. " -Roger Red H arding kids are not av- . erage college students. They're special; they're different, and you just can't find another college like Harding." Say Cheese. Roger Red, a studio photographer from Little Rock, snaps a shot of Jamie Nanney from Bells, TN. , while taking' class pictures for the Petit Jean. - photo by John Radcliffe. Does that sound like a member of the admissions staff? Or an administrator promoting his school? Actually it was said by Roger Red, a man whose name may not be familiar to many students, but whose work with Harding is one of the most widespread services rendered to students. Roger Red and his wife, Mary, are the couple who make the portraits for the Petit Jean and have been doing them for years. Ben Red Studios of Little Rock began doing business with Harding in 1954, when the entire process was handled by Roger's father, Ben Red. Roger himself began working with his father before that time. "I was goofing off at what is now UALR, majoring in campusology and not really getting anything done," he said, "and one day it hit me that I was wasting my time going to school when I had a spot in my dad's business if I'd Frank Jeffery Sholey - Memphis, TN. Computer science. President, vice president for Sigma Tau Sigma ; Data Processing Management Association ; Dean 's List ; Programming Team. Charmaine Shores - Cave Springs , AR. Brian Dean Showen - Stanberry , MO. Mathematics . Transferred from York College. Dean 's List ; MECA. Teresa Lynne Showen -Des Moines , IA . Elementary education. Transferred from York College; Dean's List. Eric Vaughn Simmons- Searcy , AR . Dena Olenen Sims- Ratliff City , OK. Physical education . Transferred from York College . Dean 's List ; intramural; Kappa Delta Pi ; PEMM Club ; Campus Ministry . Kelli }. Sizemore -Jacksonville, AR . Stacy Ann Sizemore - Birmingiham, AL. Accounting . President, vice president , historian , athletic director for Tri-Kappa ; Theta Tau Delta queen ; College Republicans; Pi Gamma Psi; Phi Beta Lambda; S.A. Homecoming Committee chairman. Brian Lee Skinness - Eden Prairie , MN . Marketing . Alpha Chi ; American Studies; College Republicans ; Dean 's List ; Marketing Club; SAM. Lisa R. Sloan - Ft. Campbell , KY. Craig Alan Smelser -Three Rivers , MI. Accounting. President , treasurer for Sigma Tau Sigma ; America n Studies; concert band ; marching band; pep band ; Dean 's List ; intramural all -s tar; Pi Gamma Psi ; resident assistant. Mansel Dee Smelser- Tuscaloosa , AL. Accounting . TNT; American Studies; College Republicans ; Dean 's List; intramural; Pi Gamma Psi; sophomore class representative ; S.A. Student Affairs Committee. Charlene Smith- Buffalo, NY . Charles David Smith- Searcy, AR. Computer science. Devotional director for Titans ; Alpha Chi ; Zeta Rho beau ; Data Processing Management Association; Dean 's List; intramural ; SAM. Hugh Scott Smith- Ft. Smith, AR . 240 Seniors just jump in and take it." So he did, and he's been a part of the business ever since. The older Mr. Red died of cancer in January of 1982. This was when Mary came into the picture. She had retired from 31 years at Westinghouse, Incorporated, where she had attained a top position. Said Roger, "Well, I was stuck now with all this work. And I decided if my wife was smart enough to handle her job at Westinghouse, she could learn how to handle a camera." So the lessons began, and Mary Red became a partner. But, Roger pointed out, she would've learned how to do it eventually, anyway, simply because "whatever we do, we do together. If I'm raking leaves or painting the house, she's right there in the middle of it helping me. That's just the kind of wife she is." They do indeed do a lot of things together. They own a 26-foot trailer - the same one they live in while they are at Harding for the two weeks of portrait-making - and travel as much as possible. "We like to get out and see things; that's the way you learn about so many things." $ - Sheila Underwood
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