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

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I R S 1 o be, or not to be -that was our question. Four years ago we came, eager, curious, expectants—some Kundred fragments of to-morrow ' s world. And this our privileged-four years in whicK to cast the molds for the greater Broad Ripple. As confident Freshmen we set to worlt. Remember our feverish class spirit? One hundred strong, we felt ourselves a power in the school. With untried resources, we invaded the fields for activity -scholastic honors, athletics, music and art, the Riparian, the school clubs. Remember our particular pride in ' our ' new wing, in the athletic field, in helping to found the Student Council; the traditional Christmas pro- gram; in our first Ripple Round-Upl Remember how we gloried in being Freshmen, with the opportunity to grow side by side with the school. The Sophomore year was even better. We were integral parts of high school. Saddle shoes, hair bow s, the boys first Letters --these were our insignia of belonging. We showed Freshies ' the ropes with sublime con- descension. W e fought for a weekly Riparian. W e helped establish the Ripples. W e fought against changing the name of the school. We knew everyone. W e were of The People. Then suddenly, September came again, and we were Juniors. The glories of organizations-delightful secrets over the Reception -the un- speakable joy at THE SHORTRIDGE GAME, when a Junior made

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SENIORS

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19 3 9 tne winning toucKdown -our pride when our president, Vance Wilkinson, placed us in state athletic ranks. That was the year we received our charter from the National Honor Society; the year transfers arrived by the dozen, the year that Commencement made us feel the first shadows of leaving Broad Ripple. Vacation again ; then Senior dignity. We returned to the actual sounds of Duilding - ' a dream come true. Proudly we entered into our final enjoy- ment. One more fall of football games and wiener roasts ; another winter of classes and parties and high school happiness; and then the Spring, when the high walls of the new building laid new shadows on our campus; when our thoughts turned to the outdoors, to baseball, to track; when Commencement was suddenly a thing of the present. Senior credits, schol- arship examinations, the Yearbook, the Senior Play, Mothers ' Tea, Class Day -Graduation I Today, we leave Broad Ripple. It is ready for great achievements; and we, too, must go on. But in return for what we have found here, we leave something of ourselves --in traditions to be kept, in ideals to be met. W e have seen hundreds where there were dozens. We have seen depart- ments where there were single classes. W e have seen great walls rise where there were no walls, and we have retained the spirit that we found. W e point with pride to— the new Broad Ripple.