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

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skills enriched by audio-visual aids Above: Hindu sign language supple- ments Kathie Stewart ' s oral report to her English Vg classmates on the epic poem Ramayana. Below: Occasionally trading texts for guitars, Spanish V pupils develop their Spanish vocabulary by learning native folk songs. Above: Astonished by the sound of her own voice, Kim Kerch hears the playback of a German conversation drill in the language laboratory. Below : Tricky rebuttal questions from Fred Morris keep Dan Satinsky alert as Nancy Jenkins and Peggy Reichert search for debate facts. 27

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Above: This young lady is now about 110 years old, relates Loren Schmidt in an illustrative talk to members of his Speech class. 26 Language Making more extensive use of audio-visual equipment, the En- glish and the Foreign Language Departments sought to give stu- dents a thorough knowledge of their own language and a greater fluency in a foreign tongue. To aid pupils in gaining read- ing speed and accuracy, a Tach- omatic 500 machine which showed film strips at different speeds was added to the reading laboratory equipment. To give more specialized instruction to the experimental English Vg classes, teachers worked as a team, exchanging classes for a month. Advanced foreign language pupils read classical novels and short stories in learning to ap- preciate the culture of the coun- try. Fourth year French students presented the French version of Charles Dickens ' A Christmas Carol for other classes. In ad- dition, participants of the I. U. Honors Program conducted bi- weekly study labs after school.

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Modern math stresses understanding 1 J H ' ' ' 1 1 f] 1 n V K ' •m 1 ' isJi Above: The theory of limits provokes thought in Calcuhis pupil Steve Tague in his brain sion with Mrs. Juanita Pugh. Below: Experimenting to resolve hori- zontal force components, Steve Mur- phy and Ken Johnston delve into the physics of general science. 28 Just old math with a new dress, explained department head Miss Pauline Rathert in her evaluation of the modern math program. With the transition to modern math, Broad Ripple ob- tained new text books on all levels of study. Completing the modern- ization, the department installed overhead projectors and accom- panying screens in its classrooms. To investigate rather than to verify was the new objective of the Science Department ' s labora- tory program. Among several ad- ditions of new equipment, a new- ly completed library of single concept films helped explain laboratory procedures in the physical sciences. An addition to the greenhouse, completed in the spring, enabled biology students to work with more live materials. Below: Mr. William Groves explains parabolas to his Geometry Ig stu- dents with the visual aid of conic sec- tions from a wooden cone.