South High School - Pot O Gold Yearbook (Lima, OH)

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ll ll Weirc loyal to thee, clear olcl South FQ nf M l , Our Builcling huge pile of red bricks, ivory stone, square towers, and sunny windows-that is South High School, our Alma Mater. Unchanging in itself, it is the center of an ever varying campus-now White With snow, now green with grass, or perhaps thickly dotted with yellow dandelions. Here it has stood for sixteen years. In September, 1918, students entered South High School to attend classes for the first time. True, the building wasn't its present size, perhaps only one-third as large, but until 1923-24 it served its purpose with forty-two classrooms, one study hall, three manual training shops, a machine shop, gymnasium, and the principal's office. In 1923-24 the building was enlarged to its present size. Additions included fifteen classrooms, a study hall, a larger gymnasium, auditorium, library, and cafeteria. Thus it has stood. Thousands of students come and go in an endless procession throughout the years.