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

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'49-50 Eaingfi !Vew Wall' anal New The school year 1949-1950 was one of growth, change, and development at Broad Ripple. A new 21-room addition to the build- ing was opened. Crowded conditions brought about by the rapid growth of Indianapolis' far north section made this addition neces- sary. Total cost of this new east wing was S757,000 plus approximately 560,000 in equipment. Broad Ripple's addition had to share the spotlight, for along with it came a new prin- cipal, Mr. J. Fred Murphy. He is shown at left with Mr. K. V. Ammerman, retired principal. Mr. Murphy has been in the educational field since 1929, and has been on the staFf of the city schools for 14 years. Before becom- ing head man here, Mr. Murphy served as assistant superintendent of Indianapolis pub- lic schools and head of the department of counseling. Mr. Ammerman, who made Ripple the institution it is today, preceded Mr. Murphy as principal. In 1923 Mr. Ammerman came to this school from Emmerich Manual Training High School. He retired in September, 1949, after 26 years of service. Dedication exercises for the new unit were held on October 5, 1949, with Principal Mur- phy formally accepting the building from Mr. Ammerman. Talks were given by representa- tives of the Board of School Commissioners and by Mr. Virgil Stinebaugh, superintendent of Indianapolis public schools. In the picture below, Mr. Murphy is shown conferring with some of his assistants. Left to right are Mr. Hubert L. Wann, dean of boys, Mr. C. Edgar Stahl, vice-principal, Prin- cipal Murphy, Mr. Harold K. Harding, vice- principal, and Miss Ruth B. Carter, dean of girls.

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191114 ,1f'fili1iu4f1f'fen1ffo.ae7a!Vew70in9 This year the Girls' Physical Education Department was moved to a modern gymna- sium in the new wing. Wall sections of glass brick and built-in ceiling lights illuminate the room. Butterfly basketball backboards of the latest style are suspended from the ceiling. Adiacent to the gym is the dressing room, complete with 18 showers. A 30 toot dressing table and mirror is set against one wall of this room, leaving the remaining space for lockers. Also in this wing are the new ROTC quar- ters, which include a 50 foot rifle range in the basement below. This range, which is con- sidered the best in the state, has a wall of steel boiler plate set at an angle behind the targets so that the bullets will be deflected into a pit below. The range is so treated acoustically that a rifle shot makes little more noise than the dropping of an eraser in an ordinary classroom. Opposite page, above: Girls in physical education play volley ball and badminton in the girls' new gymnasium. Opposite page, lower left: Girls primp before the mirror in the new dressing room. is 9 'Q xv' .1 QU ' v 1 N dig: ,Q gl x Your salutes needn't be quite so snappy, Mahoney! -Janet Baldwin Opposite page, lower right: ROTC Sponsors Barbara Knotts, Carol Dady, and Ruth Hubbard stand in review. Below: ROTC students take practice shots on the new rifle range.