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

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Above: National Merit Scholarship Finalists Jerry Egger, Rick Tucker, Jill Bart- lett, Larry Stout, Bill Waycott, Steve Tague, Pam Pogianni, Susan Engert, and Bill Royer compare notes on the scholarship offerings of various colleges. These students are in the upper two per cent of all high school pupils. honor talented students Below: Marion County Press Day winners, Jim Heubi, Kitzi Haycox, Jerry Egger, and Bill Royer admire their first-place trophies. Right: In connection with the Op- portunity Lecture Series, Professor George E. Smith speaks to teachers on foreign and modern languages. 23

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Learning can give you a funny feeling. You read and discuss the very same ideas that man has had for centuries. It makes you feel a little insignificant but then you realize that this feeling is a privilege. academics a moment to open a book . . . read a word . . . question . . . receive an answer . . . understand . . . learn. With over 80 per cent of its grad- uates entering college, Broad Rip- ple concentrated its academic ef- forts in college preparatory- courses. To upgrade the achieve- ment level of all pupils, regular ninth hour study halls and classes were replaced with special labora- tory-study periods. Pupils uti- lized this opportunity to increase their knowledge of subjects in which they had a special interest or needed additional preparation. 25