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

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of the pleasure they give . . . Sugar and spice and everything nice , that ' s what Home Ec is made of ... A completely modern kitchen is the delight of school cooks . . . The sweets table tempts Ripplites at lunch time . . . That new band regalia has turned all Ripple heads ... The oohs and ahs for the RIPPLES OF 1940 were well deserved, a super performance enhanced a super new stage.

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lolfe at Jjroao Jvlpple PRESENTING A CROSS SECTION OF RIPPLE LIFE . . . Boy, this is good. Ripplites enjoy lunch hours in the new cafeteria . . . Student librarians cheerfully serve the book-worms ... A daily battle for efficiency takes place in the office . . . Discovered, the source of all those neatly printed tickets: Ripple ' s miniature printing press . . . Mi, Mi, Mi! The popularity of the chorus classes is proof

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CJie GfcUviUes Whoopee! we shouted as with prophetic eyes, we took a peek into the future and glimpsed all the thrills and excitement of 1940 that for a Ripplite spelled fun with a capital F. Football was our first attraction. Remember the fun we all had at the games? Egually important was each date on the basketball schedule and what crowds attended each home game in our new gym! Say, didn ' t we feel grand when, at the tournament, Ripple added a new feather to her hat, a city championship won by our up and coming B team? Long nights of practice netted one colossal operetta performance when pirates and maids held a battle of the sexes. Who won? The women, of course, and the enjoyment was mutual when the jilted were re-united in the music department ' s super production of Joan of the Nancy Lee . Did that certain girl take advantage of Leap Year and ask you to the Sweet- heart Dance? Three cheers for Scotty, our King of Hearts . The RIPPLES OF 1940 really rated when it came to swing bands, jitterbugs, Mexican senoritas and nursery rhymes. Sure ' n ye recall all the pretty colleens ye met at the Dublin Fair when Margie was Peg O ' My Heart, and the jitterbugging joes trucked their way around at the Sweater Hop! Came May with state contests, and Broad Ripple placing in Latin and Music competition and bringing home first place honors in typing. The Mothers ' Tea held sway for one grand afternoon when all the seniors ' mothers were honored. Adam and Eva , our Senior Play, was shrouded with mystery until the curtain went up, revealing many hilarious goings on. A grand success was Class Day with its quips and oracles for the future. That very night was the Junior-Senior Reception — ah! there ' s a thought — soft, rip- pling music, golden-threaded moonlight — memories. Baccalaureate and graduation soon treaded after. Nights filled with back- ward glances of longing, yet glimpses of anticipation into the future. Thus our school year drew to a close, packed with memories long to be remembered — treasures never to be forgotten.