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

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Lots of Olsens mean more eager minds to educate. future shows more to come Ripple ' s overflowing halls attest the record- breaking enrollment of 2000 students. The fresh- man classes of the last two years have been the largest in the school ' s history. A new addition, costing nearly a million dollars, will partially relieve the crowded conditions. Con- struction of the new wing, started early in ' 59, will be followed by the tearing down of the oldest sec- tion of the building for replacement by a modern classroom structure. i ' mi ■ Future Ripplites play in the yard of a nearby grade school. Crowded classrooms become more of a problem at Ripple. Hungry Ripplites line up for long wait in cafeteria. 11

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Wlr miiiiitB. , ' - ' :vS »; •rt ; V,A ' ,.; •;4 Vii; lSV! ■ Ripplites jam the halls; Rockin ' on the Rockets ' tennis courts, Ripplites listen as Dick Summers spins platters.

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Wolfgang enjoys quiet evening at home with the Nelsons. American Field Service Committee members make plans to sponsor another foreign exchange student. Ripple grows in world understanding Austria and Holland meet as exchange students Evy Stone and Harry Dawson compare costumes of summers abroad. Rolling out the welcome mat to its second Ameri- can Field Service student. Ripple greeted Wolfgang Pfeifer, a tall, blond, blue-eyed German youth. Shy at first and shaky about his English, Wolf soon fell into the swing of things. Quickly catching en- thusiasm for sports, he became student manager of the Rockets ' football team. He seemed aston- ished at the number of American cars and liked the bright colors of American clothes. Wolfgang lived with the A. W. Nelsons during his American stay. By talking to Wolf and learning his views. Ripple pupils gained more world understanding. In exchange, two Ripplites went abroad. The task of choosing Ripple ' s exchange students started with the school ' s AFS committee members, who composed a list of four applicants. The final selec- tion came when the New York AFS office notified Harry Dawson and Evelyn Stone of their accept- ance as AFS students. Harry sailed for the Netherlands early in the summer. Holland, he remarks, was as he hoped it would be— an unassuming, unhurried land, hav- ing a pleasant soothing effect on the spirit. Flying to Austria, Evy stayed with families in Vienna and Steyr. Good food, lasting friendships, and a week on the Mediterranean made her summer ' s trip a wonderful one. Furthering world understanding here in the United States, the Social Studies Department sent Dolli Jegen on a three-day tour of the United Na- tions ' Headquarters.