SHS reunion site

Oh wow, y'all. We received word several days ago that our ISP, namely 1and1, will be upgrading their Linux servers this coming Tuesday, February 26. Since Microsoft is no longer offering support for Microsoft extensions, 1and1 will now follow suit and not include said extensions in their hosting package. Consequently, it may be that several sites we have up and running with 1and1 will no longer be able to get up and run.

Anyway, it isn't a sure thing this site will be effected, but we'll see how that works out. If something does happen, we'll repost at a future date using NetFusion.

Or whatever.

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As of this writing, March 13, nothing untoward has happened to this site. That's nice.

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Before we begin, this website is not affiliated with Spartanburg High School. You’ll find their official site at http://shs.spart7.org.

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Several Spartanburg High School classes of the '50s recently got together for an evening of conversation and dancing. Wander over and take a look at the photos Wayne Hammett sent -- ENTER

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We'll be posting more articles and pictures about the Spartanburg High we knew back in the Wonder Years of the 1960s, as well as Spartanburg High as it was prior to its move onto the new campus in 1959. We got plans, don'cha know.

Check out Ronald Hyatt's article on Coach Red Dobson that appeared in the Fall 2006 issue of Furman Magazine.

The fact we're able to offer this to you is due to the efforts of Joe Wachter, Class of '64.

Thanks, big guy.

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The Spartanburg Viking

You can tell a lot about a person just by the way he looks. Take this gentleman, for instance – by the set of his lantern jaw and the prominence of his brow ridge, it’s obvious to even the casual observer this guy is respectful to his elders, flosses daily, takes out the trash, and brakes for small animals.

Yep, the Spartan Viking. What’s not to love?

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Questions or comments? Email the webmaster.

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Late in the spring of 2005, young Barry Brown, Class of '64, went for a walkabout with his camera through and around the Spartan High campus. The full tour, all sixty-plus pictures, is now ready for viewing. The accompanying text is another matter -- you might want to ignore it and just look at the photos.

The front portico.

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What’s with that Viking dude?

Here's a plausible explanation of how the SHS Viking came to be:

In the late ‘60s, the Feds finally began running out of patience with the slow progress of racial integration in public schools across the South. By the early ‘70s, you had to be crazy blind not to see that the Justice Department was gearing up to do some serious shin kicking -- it was all over the papers and everything.

In order for the Spartanburg city schools to get in step with federal regs, Carver High was closed, with Spartan High absorbing Carver’s students.

For those who’d previously cheered the Carver Tigers, being presented the opportunity to root for the Spartan Crimson Tide Redbirds wasn’t exactly an answer to a prayer. There were those among the new arrivals who wanted -- demanded change.

Fans of pro football may remember about that time the Minnesota Vikings were doing especially well. Even the Mary character on The Mary Tyler Moore Show alluded to the Vikings' prospects in the upcoming '73 Super Bowl. The highly publicized success of Minnesota’s NFL franchise, one way or another, had something to do with Spartanburg High’s adoption of the Viking mascot. It may have been a case of any port in a storm, any feel-good name in a crisis of self-identity. Do it, and get it over with.

In any event, whether by administrative fiat or the student body had choices for which to vote, the Spartanburg High School mascot is now… the Spartan Viking.

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