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

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plywood replace wrecked section The home of two study halls, several offices and classrooms, and the mousery for many years, the old section of Broad Ripple stood as a familiar landmark to Ripphtes. Now just a memory of creaking floors and hidden rooms, the building has been razed. Oblivious to construction, students board their waiting buses while Mike Walsh gazes out a window at the excavation going on behind the fence. Opening — 7

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Fond memories persist as machinery, H r ■ - ■ At one time the main school entrance and later sealed and used as the Dean of Girls ' Office, the old doorway recalled memories. A steam shovel devours huge chunks of brick, mortar, and memories as it swiftly de- molishes the old building. Destruction was begun in June and completed by August. H :■ Bulldozing away the last of the crumbled sidewalk, men prepare the area outside the Cafeteria for the foundation of the new Industrial Arts wing. 6 — Opening

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Ripplites view in anticipation as plans For 81 years, Broad Ripple High School has served the Broad Ripple community, named for the fording place on White River where the ripple was the broadest and shallowest. Around the bend and high on the south bank of the river is Ripple. 8 — Opening