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

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Salvete pueri et puellae, says Miss Elizabeth Roberts, as she greets her Latin students, while Buenos dias, introduces many rmuchachos to a semester of Espanol with Senorita Coombs. Starting from scratch, journalism students entered an advanced English course to learn to write news stories in a class where reporters and editors of tomorrow are trained. The young orators of Mrs. Ruth Herin ' s speech class learned the laws of parliamentary procedure and gained experience in public speaking, a requisite to all successful living. With poise and self- assurance seniors left that room prepared to better express themselves in their daily living.

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Owl QwuriajduwL KsiLdL (pAi ufy. . . . Famous authors and poets of the future were trained in composition classes, where students studied creative writing and grammar fundamentals. They sought to create beauty with words, in order that the pleasure they found in the beautiful might be enjoyed by others. In classes of literature, they found a creed of better living inspired by the fine literature of past masters. That the future adults of America may know how to better participate in governing themselves, economics, history, and government are a vital part of the Broad Ripple curriculum. Last year saw a mock presidential election at the school polls, when social studies pupils campaigned to elect their candi- date for the highest office in the land.

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Bugs, birds, and alligators were all found in the biology department, the origin of many pupils ' knowledge of plant and animal life. In chemistry and physics young scientists struggled with formulas and forces, courageously meeting D Day every six weeks. We learned what x equals and the radius of a circle, as Einstein juniors in the classes of the third r . Mathematics became more important to young Americans preparing for futures in the fields of engineering, aero- nautics, and chemical research. Mrs. Margaret Wamsley and Mrs. Stella Richardson combined their talents in teaching Ripple ' s senior girls home nursing and nutrition. Girls learned the fine arts of bed-making, first aid, and the many other skills necessary to the safety and comfort of the future American home.