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

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Pupils learn practical application of skills by Laurie Tether A buzz of band saws, an appetizing aroma of spice cake and cookies, a clack-clack of busy type- writers . . . these are characteristics of Broad Ripple ' s practical arts departments, training stu- dents to be better businessmen, secretaries, archi- tects, and homemakers. The Business Education Department offers courses in junior business training, business arith- matic, typing, shorthand, bookkeeping, retail sell- ing, office practice, and business law. Acquainting students with modern office equipment, the de- partment prepares them for business occupations. The Industrial Arts Department offers courses in mechanical drawing and advanced drawing. These courses are necessary for architects and for those who plan to enter skilled trades. Modern ma- chinery helps students in shop classes gain valu- able experience needed for careers in engineering and industry. Setting an attractive table. Penny Oshier and Lois Knight demonstrate proper form to their Foods class. Mr. Nelson Cooksey helps Bill Stoelting draw to scale. Cabinet crafts ore practiced by Bill Hoverly and Bill Hazel. 26

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Appreciating heritage, Mike Lamm looks at the Free- doms Foundation poster illustrating constitutional rights. Ku Klux Klanner, Steve Smalley, models a replica of the secret society ' s costume for his class in U. S. History. Pan American History concerns the Latin coun- tries—their European backgrounds and their pend- ing problems. Ripplites enrolled in this department correlate their studies with extra activities and projects. For a week before elections, Social Studies pupils and teachers present to the school a series explaining voting procedure. Returning a verdict is a problem confronted by some as they experience jury duty at the mock trials conducted by Indiana University law students. Pupils interested in current topics in national and world news broadcast group dis- cussions on Junior Town Meeting. This year, essays on Our American Heritage were written by 1200 students in the department in connection with the Freedoms Foundation. Note- books were compiled by a government class and a display in the school library depicted the various facets of the freedoms enjoyed by United States citizens. To culminate the Freedoms Foundation activities, a television program was presented in November discussing the Foundation and Broad Ripple ' s contribution. South American momentos are admired by Bob Nelson, Sorajone Terry, John Clark, Pan American History pupils. 25

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OOOOOOOOOO i oooooooooow 7 tFACI l i , -, 1, Typing techniques are taught to Kathy Davis and Rich Boesinger by Miss Winifred West. Whirring sewing machines, clanking pots and pans, and boys ' voices in the cottage are heard as the Home Economics Department educates Ripple ' s lasses and lads in clothing, cooking, and partici- pating in future family living. Clothing is the study of the construction and care of simple garments, during which students make clothes to enter in the annual Arts Salon Style Show. Foods, teaching the fundamentals of food preparation and nutrition, allows the students to enjoy the products of their efforts. Featuring the study of child care, family rela- tions, and discussions of the effects of alcohol and narcotics, is Family Living, a one-semester course to aid students in preparing for a well-adjusted family life. Looking for a job? Mr. Albert Mahin interviews Donna Polley as a service of Ripple ' s job placement bureau.