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

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Right: With thoughts ranging from last night ' s game to next weekend ' s date, Steve Manning looks up from his work for a moment of day- dreaming. Right : Alone in the silence of the empty auditorium, a dreaming Rip- plite hears the exuberant applause of his imagined audience. Left: Isolated from the excitement and confusion of the game, shortstop Randy Mitchell thinks only of the hit that his team needs. Dreams are nice. They ' re an escape from a boring class or from a disappointing taste of reality. More than that they help you to get some insight on where you re going in this hectic world. Youth ' s dreams reveal

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J» II exudes from within Ripple walls Youth is a fleeting moment of joy in the morning of our life, a moment quickly felt, stub- bornly endured, and totally cherished. This is the time when we try to catch life; for youth, catching life is not difficult. This moment offers us unlimited opportunities to learn about life. We find new fields of interest through our daily studies. Everywhere we go, we sense the importance of friendship. After school, we ex- perience the satisfaction of fulfill- ing our responsibilities, whether through our work on the football field, in the yearbook office, or at the corner store. To capture every facet of this exciting life, we are constantly on the move. Sometimes we be- come so busy that we lose sight of what we really want and need in life. So we stop for a moment and look out a window, or listen to the choir practicing, or just run our hand along the smooth wood of a baseball bat. And in our mind, a dream takes shape, a dream with a plan fof our future years. Despite our moments of dream- ing, youth is a time of realistic living. We find that to reach our goals, we must first overcome many difficulties. We experience the dilemma of adjusting to so- ciety while still remaining an in- dividual. But we take comfort in the knowledge that there is al- ways someone to help and en- courage us — a parent, a teacher, a friend. But so quickly, another year, with its own problems and joys, comes to an end. Before we re- alize it, the gates to the football field are locked, the last chapter in the textbook is completed, and the final edition of the news- paper is distributed. Many of us will be back again next year to ponder our questions, endure our problems, and culti- vate new friendships. Others of us will leave Broad Ripple to undertake greater responsibilities, experience new challenges, and increase our understanding of the world in which we live. But we will never forget this year at Ripple, this fleeting ac- quaintance with sunshine and rain, dewdrops and frost — this moment of Youth.

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plans for future days Above: Hoping for another Rocket victory. Ripple cheerleaders, Diane Williams, Cynthia VanTassel, and Linda Marsh, hang posters to arouse school spirit. Right: Treading the well-worn path of Ripple seniors, Larry Goldstein wades through another college cata- logue. Approximately eighty per cent of Ripple ' s grads attend college.