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

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Faultless typing is among the business education skills of NOMA spelling award winner Betty Bush. Presto! A mimeographing machine handled by Typing III pupil Penny Huddleston produces perfect copies. Trial classes, fresh ideas Just plane geometry is not a sufficient mathematical challenge for Ken Bierman and Louise Stout, who demonstrate a proof to their Solid Geometry class. 24

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Reviewing Indiana government are Hoosier State del egates Jane Clay, Andy McCuen, and Tom Merrill Journeys inio liistory learl to stiikini; lessons of ihe past anrl iliiillin ' 4 (hallcngcs (jI liistory-in-tfic- inaking. I ' lipils lia cl tliiough tlie ages and around the globe using social studies as a vehifie. Voyagers through world and I ' uitcd Slates liistory view exploration, conllict, and great progress in the development ol hiunan civilization and American society. (.o ' eriniient and l (on(jini(s pupils enture into the II. S. political system and eccjuomy. louring vital spots ol today ' s coiiiplex world, pupils study Pan American and (iontemjxjrary His- tory and International Relations, (jeography teaches land and climate conditicjns, important travel factors. Psychology does not accjuaint pupils with faraua lands, but with men ' s minds and ni Hi itions. Cadet I caching leads seniors to the world ol c liildicii and lets them explore a future career field. Historical travel sheds barriers of time, distance Modern conveniences invade the classroom! Mrs. Ruth Woods and her audio-visual U.S. History class view the past through an experimental television program. Jk

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Dead bugs are the only good bugs in an insect collection ' Biology teacher Mr William Jessee inspects collections of Don Hamilton, Mem Mueller, and Astra Rozite. display progressive spirit in math, science, business Progress is the most important product of far- sighted planning- on the part of the Mathematics, Science, and Business Education Departments. Two experimental freshman algebra classes, whic li incorporate the fundamentals of modern mathenia ' - ics, typify strides being made to keep the Math JDe- partment tuned with the times. Ripple offers the state maximiun of 12 courses from elementary alge- bra to analytical college studies. New theories are subject to testing in the sci- entific field in an experimental chemistry class. Frogs and formulas, plains and problems make up the science courses, biology, pliysical scienie, cliemistry, and physics. Fulfilling a conununity need by iiaining young men and women h)r the business woild, the Business Department uses up-to-date methods and e(|uipment. Typing, shorthand, and nine otlier sul))ects prepaie pupils for part-time jobs and life careers. Scientific curiosity motivates second-year Science Seminar par- ticipants Jim Bishop, Milton Bird, Fred Kantner, and Carole Henley, who are examining the periodic chart of the elements. Not pic- tured is Jim Larsen.