Spring Valley High School - Saga Yearbook (Columbia, SC)

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Revenge I couldn’t believe he was really on the announcements. Not Mr. Knight with his slow country accent. My first period class screamed with laughter as Mr. Knight pleaded with students to help satisfy Oberly’s ‘social’ needs. Things were starting to get dirty. Two days earlier, at the beginning of RNE week, the Kiss a Cavalier contest had begun between teachers Knight, Oberly, Thigpen, Connell, Rucker, Newell, and Snyder to raise money for the week’s activities. Jars were set up in the commons and in teacher’s class- rooms for donations. At the end of the week the teacher with the highest amount would have to kiss the Cavalier . . . a pig! The day following Knight’s an- nouncement, Oberly retaliated. After laboring over a three page speech the night before, Oberly got his turn on the announcements. He brought to the at- tention of the student body a frantic note reading, “If Mr. Knight wins, I will refuse to participate, signed ... the Pig” Meanwhile, Thigpen remained calm as he campaigned for everyone, except himself. Band members unselfishly donated their lunch money to Connell. Oberly’s jar became flooded with dol- lars and change. Senior Brian Albrecht willingly contributed ten dollars in pennies and the rest of his calculus class walked one by one to Oberly’s jar with money. On Friday, when the pep rally ar- rived, everyone was anxious to see the kiss a Cavalier contest, except the pig. Unaware to the students, Kellie Sharpe and Daphne Litchford were under the bleachers trying to calm the poor frightened pig. Finally, it was announced that Ober- ly had won. Past, present and maybe even future calculus students cheered and crowded in. Mr. Oberly sprayed his breath, cleared his throat, and bent over and kissed the pig square on the forehead. To some it was funny. To some, hilarious. But to the students who had experienced walking into his class to take a difficult calculus test to find a noose over the door and a sarcas- tic smile slapped on Oberly’s face ... it was utter revenge. Dina Pitts The highlight of the RNE pep rally was the kiss- ing of the pig. Mr. Oberly won the contest and was given the honor of kissing the pig. Everything must be perfect for the RNE pep ral- ly. Sophomore Eddy Baysden sets up the micro- phone in the gym. 28 rne week

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Giving Our Heart For Dorothy, the yellow brick road led to the Emerald City — for Spring Valley, it led to Victory. The Homecoming theme, the Wizard of Oz, was the basis for the week’s activities. A combination of spirit, pride and leadership made Spring Valley’s 1984 Homecoming week one of the most creative the school has seen. A stranger may have been shocked at Spring Valley students and their behavior Monday morn- ing. Loud, exotic shirts with pen- cils and calculators stuck in the pockets, high-water pants, and horned-rimmed glasses flooded the halls. “Brain Day” began the Oz theme and challenged students to dress like “Nerds”. At lunch, sophomores Bob Louder and Na- land Shenoy won the Trivial Pur- suit contest for their class. At lunch Tuesday, “Courage Day,” each class lined their four member team up beside the foot- ball field before a crowded stadi- um. Dressed in sweats, bandannas, and buttons, the student body watched a “unique” obstacle course which ended with each class running to save Dorothy from the Richland Northeast side of the stadium. The freshmen team of Brian Faulds, Roger Goodbold, Richard Goins, and Reggie Hoyle, pulling ahead at the last possible second, took a sur- prising victory that even the Lion would have been proud of. Playing the characters of the scarecrow and the tin man. Will Crowley and Jim Best, seniors, give the student body a sneak preview of the charac- ters on the senior float. 30 homecoming