Woodward High School - Treasures Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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MR. CLEON J. WINGARD-GUR PRINCIPAL As firsf ciTizen of Woodward, Mr. Wingard addresses The Founder's Day assembly. Mr. Wingard waves from DooclIebug. The Wingards siT in suspense as The Bulldogs puT on a goal-line STdnd Behind The imposing desk in The Principalls suiTe siTs a man of greaT warmTh and vigor, Mr. Cleon Wingard. I-le is an enThusiasT Tor The acTive liTe-Trom a characTerisTic bowTie ThaT cannoT dangle in his work To a peppy azure Triumph sporTs car ThaT perTecTly embodies his open spiriT. WhaT powers This man who manages To be Two or Three phone calls ahead OT his work? WhaT keys unlock The Treas- ures OT This man, Cleon J. Wingard, whose desk Top lies sub- merged IexcepT in picTuresl beneaTh sTacks and sTacks OT papers, beneaTh Trays holding more papers, beneaTh pens and pencils, beneaTh an eighT-pound Indian axe head, be- neaTh a shining brass doorknob salvaged Trom a door aT Old Woodward? One key is cerTainly a memoranda pad on which are scribbled counTless noTaTions Tor reTurn calls To The ciTy- wide Explorer Planning CommiTTee, The CincinnaTi School- masTers' Club, and various oTher groups whose TiTles are undecipherable. AnoTher clue is shelves loaded wiTh books on educaTion. pamphleTs and magazines on The laTesT ideas in eTTecTive educaTional organizaTiOn, and manuals depicTing Woodward over The years. BuT This is The Woodward Wingard. WhaT TurTher indi- caTions OT The real man are Tound in his home? ImmediaTeiy caTching The eye is a library conTaining TOrTy To TiTTy volumes on The American Indian, and a specTacular collecTion ol some 4000 arTeTacTs represenTing all phases OT Indian cul- Ture, This is The hobby ThaT occupies mosT OT lvlr. Wingard's spare Time luspare Time is a misleading Term: squeezed in Time is beTTerl. AnoTher hobby is asTronomy. In This Tield lvlr. Wingard has amassed anoTher library, dealing mosTly wiTh lunar phenomena. Perhaps Mr. Wingards mosT reveal- ing hobby is Sunday paper work aT The high school. IT is noT diFTiculT To undersTand why a man wiTh The pas sion Tor acTive liTe OT Cleon Wingard spends his Sundays behind his oTTice desk, Tor This very acT explains ThaT his love Tor liTe goes Tar beyond selTish parTicipaTion3 his desire To help Olhers geT The same enioymenT is sfrong, T-lis meThod OT accomplishing This end is educaTion. Early in Mr. Wingards liTe, however, There was liTTle To inTluence his educaTional desires. In JohnsTOwn, Pennsylvania, he aTTended a high school OT some 750 youThs where aTh- leTics-noT academics-were sTressed. ATTer graduaTion Mr. Wingard enrolled aT The UniversiTy OT PiTTsburgh as a pre- medical sTudenT. BuT, aTTer one year, someThing happened To alTer his inTended rouTine' he TaughT aT Faulks ExperimenTal School aT The UniversiTy PrompTly he changed his cours s OT sTudy To science educaTion and received his B S degree In I935 1TTer earning an M A degree aT The UniversiTy OT Cincinnah an eager Cleon Wingard was nwmed as a Teacher and assisTanT principal aT Garheld School in Cin cinnaTi I948 Tound Mr Wingard aT Sands School and IQS4 broughT him To Abigail CuTTer Junior High IOId Woodward I-lere he became acquainTed wiTh The rich Tra diTions OT Woodward Through The monumenTs Through The publicaTions OT I3O years OT loyal sTudenTs Through an impressive sTained glass window picTuring William Wood ward as he Iourneyed down The Qhio on a TlaTboaT, Then in AugusT T959 aTTer The deaTh OT WinTon I.. Moeller Cleon Wingard was appoinTed To The mammoTh Task OT guiding Woodward High School. YeT he has as- sumed This posiTion wiTh an assuring conTidence, a warm sinceriTy, and a hopeful saTisTacTion. Following buT his TirsT successTul year as Principal, Ivlr. Wingard has Tirrnly im- pIanTed himselT in The Woodward TradiTion ThaT is proud To receive him.

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MR. ARTHUR I. VIGARD Assislanf Principal of Senior High MR. SHRIMPTION LEADS JUNIOR HIGH Dealing wifh Frusiraled siudenis is only a pari of Mr. Eugene ShrimpIon's fob as chief adminislraior of lhe iunior high. Besides pulling candy our of siuloborn candy machines and reiurning lost niclcles and dimes, he also manages lockers, checlcs on habiiual slcippers, and mainlains discipline. Super- vising ihe siudeni sfore, direciing inslruclion pro- grams, and scheduling meelings of ihe arf, indus- lrial arf, home economics, and social sludies deparf- menls are fhe ofher areas under his supervision. QUIET EFFICIENCY TYPIFIES MR. VIGARD Friendly, iirnn Mr. Arlhur Vigard, siiling al his desk on which are his papers, nameplale, and iele- phone, is 'rhe iirsi impression Woodward malces on many enrolling sludenls. Besides welcoming lhese pupils and handling lransfers and wiihdrawals, Mr. Vigard is responsible also for lhe caieieria. By di- reciing over Iwo Ihousand 'reenagers Ihrough lhe lines in liille over an hour, he performs The daily fear of reslriciing Ihe lunch schedule lo Ihe fourlh period only. I-le also orders and disfribules lexi- boolcs, solves disciplinary and ariendance problemz, and adminislers science, malhemaiics, and business classes. MR. EUGENE SHRIMPTON Assisianf Principal oi Junior High