Just as with many of Taiwan's old schools which have spanned both the period of the Japanese occupation and the period after retrocession to China, Kaohsiung High's alumni are a microcosm of Taiwan's history. "Every time there is an alumni gathering, the Japanese school song, the Mandarin school song, and the medley of Mandarin, Taiwanese and Japanese languages makes it really festive," describes Lin Shou-shan.
跟台灣地區許多跨越日據、光復至今的歷史悠久老校一樣，雄中校友的組成也宛如台灣歷史縮影，「每當校友會，唱完日本校歌再唱國語校歌，台語、國語，日本話夾雜，好不熱鬧」，林壽山形容。