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

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AFS ' ers gain understanding, friends while living abroad Holland is much more than Am- sterdam, cheese, and windmills, ac- cording to American Field Service Representative Mary Jo van het Erve. From her home, Raenmond, in south- ern Holland, Mary Jo came to the United States with the dual purpose of learning American customs plus relating the Dutch culture to Ameri- cans. One difference Mary Jo no- ticed was in the school system. In Holland, students attend high school for five or six years, thus, taking more time to study the same amount of material as Americans study in four years. Although the work here was harder, Mary Jo found time to participate in many activities includ- ing writing a column in the Ri- parian. Meeting new friends through school and through her host family, .. Ocioher l]ty AFS day « Movie A Day w fo AFS ar tf 3: IS the Richard Creedons, Mary Jo real- ized that not all Americans are loud and rich, but that they are much like the people of Holland. Broad Ripple was unusually lucky in having two of its students chosen for the AFS Summer Program. Exper- iencing two different situations, Hud- son Cooney and Laurie Gustafson were both impressed by the hospitali- ty in their own host country. The boat trip over, the daily sauna, and the beautiful landscape represent Finland to Hudson. Living at his family ' s estate in Tampere, he taught English at a camp. Wyeing to teachers, offering food to monks, and eating hot pep- pers comprised Laurie ' s stay in Bangkok, Thailand. While there, she studied Thai at a Thai school. Se Z ng tags and counting money, Mary Jo van het Erve takes an active part in Rip- ple ' s first Annual AFS Tag Day. With a Buddhist monk and her Thai sister as guides, Laurie Gustafson tours the grounds of an old temple, Wat Benja, during her AFS summer in Bangkok, Thailand. 26 — Student Life

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Spring rouses fresh spurt of energy at Ripple Military Ball Queen Judy Barnes receives a kiss from Mayor Richard Lugar after being crowned at the ROTC event. With crepe paper and netting, Debby Hamilton creates topiary trees for the 1968 Prom, A Night in New Orleans. Student Life — 25

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An autumn day in Holiday Park provides the perfect atmosphere for Mary Jo to share the popular Dutch sport of bicycling with her American sister, Madelyn Creedon. AFS ' er to Finland, Hudson Cooney, ig- nores a No Photography sign located only ten feet from the Russian border. Supervised by her entire American fam- ily, Mary Jo prepares her younger broth- er, Richard, for trick or treating. Student Life — 27