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

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a- Puppet Club under Miss Mary Connor, the Press Club with the Riparian writers and Miss Carter, and the Girl Reserves sponsored by Miss Barbara Varin were other active groups. The Rose Club, led by Mr. Curtis J. Weigel de- voted much time to campus beautification, with remarkable results. Lettermen ' s Club served as a good excuse for athletes to hash and rehash all the jokes of the last century, while the Broad Ripple chapter of Quill and Scroll, International Journalism So- ciety, gave the eight journalism students in- ducted this year a place to talk and argue and display their wit in wholesome amounts. Miss Carter acted as sponsor. 4-

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Many clubs and organized activities have served Broad Ripple during the year. Orange Aid, under the guiding hand of Miss Ruth B. Carter, dean of girls, helps many a new girl feel at home through her big sister ; Cozy Hour, directed by Miss Jane Colsher, made many a Monday afternoon pleasant to Ripple coeds. 4- 4- The Broad Ripple Chapter of the National Honor Society inducted eighteen new members this year on the society ' s basis of scholarship, lead- ership, service and character. Miss Elizabeth Roberts is sponsor. The home room became the leading institution of the school for the first time this year. The

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CMz Jvlparian Give me galley six, bud . . . Hand over the glue, I haven ' t had any breakfast yet . . . How many points to that headline, Miss Car- ter? If you hear shouts of laughter, cries of Kin that printer , jokes, arguments, and the rattle of typewriters, they probably issue from the sacred precincts of the journalism room where the Riparian staff is at work. Nevertheless, here the news of the week is recorded, and journalistic brain children are born. Now issued weekly, the four-page Riparian is concrete evidence of the news- paper lore expounded by Miss Ruth B. Carter, faculty sponsor. In the fall semester, the paper was headed by Jeanne Gass, editor-in-chief, and George Taylor, business manager. Mahala Dickson and Norwood Gentry, respectively, held these positions throughout the spring semester. Other responsible staff positions were taken by Merton Brooks, Martha Scott, Julianne McCullough, Emmett Waits, Don Baker, Joseph VanMeter, Virginia Reese, and Ann Bishop. Staff members increased their knowledge by attending two journalistic meets this year: Indiana High School Journalism Convention at Franklin College, and Butler University ' s Field Day. Thus by both formal and informal education and experience, budding jour- nalists build personality, learning to understand human nature, to develop natu ral wit and humor, and to strengthen initiative and orginality.