Broad Ripple High School - Riparian Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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rka 1949 Jk iia at Ian SJ nitltutlo n li tke le nqtn e ne d dh a do ur one man. .... Emerson . . . and that one man is Principal Karll V. Ammerman. For the Broad Ripple story see .... Events pages 1-17 Faculty pages 18-23 Students pages 24-49 Activities pages 50-65 Athletics pages 66-79 Community pages 80-96

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DOWN THROUGH TWENTY-SIX YEARS... Karll V. Ammerman has been the in- spiration behind the progress of Broad Ripple High School. During the 26 years of his leadership, Broad Ripple has grown from a little country school with an enrollment of 94 to a thriving com- munity school with 1,468 students. The eight-room grade and high school combination, pictured at the lower left, was built in 1882 and rebuilt in 1896. It was razed in 1947 to make room for the new unit. The section shown lower center was built in 1913 and is the old- est unit of the present school. Two stories of the west wing, upper panel, were completed in 1935. Shortly there- after, the cottage and football field were added. In 1939 a third story was added to the west wing. Ripple is still expanding! Ground breaking for the newest addition, lower right, was held December 15, 1947. With the new wing and building Broad Rip- ple can accommodate 1,500 students.