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

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Student Council members are, Back Row: J. Raeburn, J. Kingdon, D. Baird, J. Woody, T. Stone, J. Lee, D. Foster, B. Krause. Middle Row: Mr. John Morris, sponsor; R. Bow- man, H. Dawson, R. Tucker, B. Sutton, C. Burkle, C. Closterhouse, Dr. Lowell Hicks, sponsor. Front Row: M. McKown, L. Bender, C. Corson, J. Heavenridge, M. Weil, J. Sims, P. Walker, S. Frame. Not pictured are Dave Parish, Steve Zimmerman. As honorary member of the Student Council, Rachel Tucker outlines the progress of the Clean-Up Campaign. Yea Ripple shouts Rachel Tucker in the Booster Section as she gets in the swing of Ripple ' s activities. 19

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Student Council . . . Council Says NX Hi to Exchange Student by Connie Corson Have you met the new foreign student from New Zealand? everyone asked when school opened. Oh, you mean Rachel? She ' s no foreigner! others answered. Rachel Tucker had already be- come a typical American teenager with a slightly British accent and some amusing native expres- sions such as petrol, frock, and Cheerio! The dream of having an exchange student at Ripple was finally realized after months of plan- ning by the American Field Service Committee of the Student Council. When Rachel came in August to live with junior Evy Stone and her family, she fell right into the swing of things. Rachel wasted no time before participating in school activities, especially those of Student Council. She was the featured speaker at the annual SC Auditorium, which was conducted like a regular Council business meeting. Homecoming, headed by Carolyn Burkle, was another important project of the Student Council. Also, to keep students posted on up-and-coming events, the SC members maintained two day-by- day bulletin boards and a cafeteria reminder board. Be Proud of Your Cafeteria was the slogan emphasized by the Council as members supervised the Clean-Up Campaign with the co- operation of the Senior Class. After months of discussion and rewriting, the constitution of the Council was completely revised, presented to the student body in the SC auditorium, and then passed by a unanimous vote of the students. Welcoming Rachel Tucker to Ripple are the Student Council officers Rrent Sutton, John Kingdon, Linda Bender, Marilyn Weil, and Connie Corson. Too much homework! exclaims Rachel Tucker as Evy Stone helps her with her assignment. We never have this much in New Zealand, she states emphatically. 18

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Service to the Community . . . School Serves by Working and Teaching by Jay Wright Service is the key word at Ripple, and Broad Ripple, the community, is well-served. Through the night school, the Riparian newspaper and yearbook advertising, the employment placement service, and the cadet teaching program, the school and the community work together. Back to school came parents and students to- gether for night courses which provided an oppor- tunity to learn varied skills. Business courses were the most popular with the 700 participants. Other subjects ranging from painting, photography, and millinery to academic courses such as Conversa- tional French and English Grammar Review were taught in the evenings. Sign here please! Kay Henderson, Riparian ad staffer, sells an ad to Roger Robey at Jules Medias. Employment-seeking Ripplites, each year numbering about 100, were placed in positions throughout the community by the school place- ment bureau. Kindergarteners and high school pupils alike benefited from the teen-age teaching provided by the school ' s cadet teaching program. The pro- gram enabled seniors to get a taste of effective classroom teaching methods before entering college training. Through the Riparian publications, merchants reach community members in effective advertis- ing, another of Ripple ' s services. Machines galore give Ripplites and citizens of the sur- rounding community a glimpse into the intricacies of the modern business world at the business machines exhibit held last year in the school library.