South Salem High School - Sword and Shield Yearbook (Salem, OR)

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The Class of 1984 was dreaded in their junior year. Nobody in the administration wanted us to become seniors, and one of the reasons for this was the dread antics of the notorious Tom Cox Club. Tom Cox had risen from an obscure, overweight fresh- man who ran through a West Albany spirit sign to become the pseudo-leader of a pseudo-group of rowdy followers. When- ever the senior class was assembled, be it at game or at pep assembly, Tom Cox could always be found in the middle of whatever riotous behavior our class came to be asso- ciated with. When asked why Tom and his followers of ten dissented from the ordinary rally- type cheer, Tom had this to offer: Some- Wendy Goddard Kurt Goeller Cam Goins jon Gortmaker x 'A 'Q Ye? The Tom Cox Club keeps seniors amuse times the cheers are fun, but sometimes they suck and we need som satisfy our desires. Something became such Hawaiian shirts at basketbal night raids of last year's se countless escapades during sunglasses, hats, newspaper ething else to occurences as I games, mid- wior campout, Spirit Week, , general rau- cous and undesired behavioj at assemblies, and the infamous elevator worthy occasion. The list m cheer on any st also include the less spirited but equllallly obnoxious stink-juice attack of 1982, ani posum in Center Hall in 1 spokeserson Sean Oingo commented: Tom, accom sans such as D. J. Burke and . -,bi .XJ l the dead op- 83. Cox Club led the people into raucous cheers and di creet crowd violence by his physical pre ence and boisterous voice. These ajc however ludicrous, were necessary maintain our sense of total ambiguityf' School is work, work, work, and I see role as to brighten things up a little bit. Y know, give the people something to lau at, something obnoxious, preferably voiced Tom on his role this year in the Cla of '84. We all need a little perversion in o lives, summed up lon Held. Tom Cox it oingo Cook anied by arti- ,lon Held, has -S. Me Tyler Graham Micheal Grant Richard Grant Teresa Granlund Chris Greenwood Dawn Hadley Denise Hagens Mark Ham 14 Seniors 1 1--fr IDN 'ts-all? fy, fl f 01' w---'97 1 1 m . I ,

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-r '7 Natalie Fish Marianne Freeman Marcie Fry Tony Fulgaro Thyra Gardner Gary Gates Peter Gertenrich Eric Gettis Brenda Gibson jeff Gibson Michelle Gifford Elizabeth Gingerich year for seniors ut of high l hi H Reading comic books in World Lit, and trying not to laugh at the hat QMr. MacKnight, Scott Meinert, Andre Lafayette, Terry Martellj. school, on to college Well, here it is, our senior year! Time to relax and cruise in with four P.E.'s and two study halls. The easy life, as it was called when we were freshmen, the reward for three years of high school. Well, what hap- pened to it once we were finally seniors? The senior year had to be the most difficult year for all college-and career-bound stu- dents - not the easiest. People headed for universities must first contend with the S.A.T.'s and the achieve- ment tests. If this was an easy way to spend a senior Saturday l'd hate to see a difficult one. These two tests had to be the most mind draining, body punishing, and pressurized tests we had ever taken. They certainly were much harder than anything we took as underclassmen. What happened to the cruising part? For people headed into either a career or college, the final two semesters of high school, along with the level of classes that were taken were very important. To top it off, college applications must be filled out during this time. ln the final semesters we had to receive excellent grades if we were to be accepted by reputable colleges or bu- sinesses. Where were all these easy classes that we had been hearing about since we were freshmen? Were we wrong for taking a rigorous schedule instead of easy classes? During a supposedly relaxed Christmas va- cation, many seniors found themselves frantically filling out applications and writ- ing essays for college application deadlines. And what were freshmen doing during this time? Playing in the snow, of course. For all the people going into a career or on to a university, this was the last easy year! Maybe that was what they were talking about when we were freshmen. I would hate to think that they were lying to us. -A. Lafayette Seniors 13

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Mari Hamilton Kathryn Hanel jay Hansen Laura Hansen Don Harp Troy Haugen Keith Hauswirth Marni Hawes Robert Hayward Peter Heald Tom Heidt Cindy Heinlein Andrea Heinz jon Held john Helms Shannon Hill Shelly Himler Carol Hoekstra Melinda Hogg Cynthia Holder