MUSIC AT LIMA SOUTH WAS A 
                               SERIOUS ADVENTURE

                LIMA SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL SONGS 

OUR ALMA MATER

    HAIL TO THEE OUR ALMA  MATER,         
    OUR SCHOOL SO PROUD AND FREE.
                          WE ARE YOUR SONS AND DAUGHTERS,
                          WHO MARCH TO VICTORY.

  On the field     ON THE FIELD OR IN THE CLASSROOMS,       Blue & Gold
                           WITH SPIRITS EVER BOLD.                         
                           FOR OUR SCHOOL IS SOUTH HIGH, LIMA,
                           AND ARE COLORS BLUE AND GOLD.

                            Written By Miss Genevieve Marvin
                                               Lima South Faculty

           Please do not shoot the piano player.  I, Emil White, am doing the
    best that I can.  I tried to get help from a few Lima Symphony members,    
    but to no avail.
           This is the Baldwin Player Piano on which I performed our beloved
    Alma Mater.  Thank you for your kind patience and friendship during the
    playing of this piece.                                                                                              

 

OUR FIGHT SONG

With Spirit                                                                           In the classroom    "oo, oo, I Know"

     FIGHT THE TEAM ACROSS THE FIELD,        
     SHOW THEM OLD SOUTH HIGHS HERE.
     WE'RE GOING TO SET THE EARTH 
     REVERBERATING, WITH A  MIGHTY CHEER.

               RAH! RAH! RAH!        

                           HIT THEM HARD AND SEE HOW THEY FALL,
                           NEVER LET THAT TEAM HAVE THE BALL.
                           HAIL, HAIL, THE GANG'S ALL HERE,
                           WE'RE GOING TO BEAT CENTRAL HIGH TONIGHT!
                                

                   LIMA SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL BAND 
        Under the Directorship of Mr. Herbert Murphy
     Student Leadership-David Hudson (Drum Major)

             LIMA SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL ORCHESTRA
                             Mr. Herbert A. Murphy

            LIMA SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL 
                      SENIOR CHOIR
               Mr. William G. Temple

MR. WILLIAM TEMPLE            AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF A WONDERFUL EDUCATOR
                                          
        Mr. Temple was a pure professional in everything he did musically for the Lima Public Schools and students.
He excelled as a director of music by leading the Lima South Senior Choir, and by directing 16 annual elementary musicals to be staged at both South and Central.    

 

                         LIMA SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL 
                         SENIOR MIXED ENSEMBLE 
                              MISS VERA WRIGHT

              LIMA SOUTH UNITED NATIONS PAGEANT
                    Supervised by William G. Temple

 
   At the time there were sixteen public elementary schools in Lima.  Each elementary school was responsible for practicing and presenting their musical in front of a large audience at either South or Central High schools,
according to which district the elementary shool was located.   The high school drama and music departments
teachers could view promising candidates for their class plays, musicals, and operettas.  

     Here are four pages from the program that introduced us to our future fame at South.  The musicals were
presented in the Spring of 1949, and the following six schools represented the South District:
Jefferson, Lincoln, Longfellow, McKinley, Washington, and Whittier. 

                LINCOLN, WASHINGTON, WHITTIER

               JEFFERSON, LONGFELLOW, McKINLEY