b'F R O M T H E B E G I N N I N GKatoomba to Central and back each day of the school term.In 1902, he passed his Junior Exam, receiving an A in everysubject. For the Senior Exam in 1903, he gained As in English,French, Arithmetic, Geometry, Trigonometry and Mechanics; Bsin Latin and Algebra; and Cs in Ancient History and Physics. Boththese examinations were conducted by the University of Sydney. Williamretainedfondmemoriesofhishighschool.Intheschool magazine of 1927 the following notice appears:THE NIMMO LITERARY PRIZESEarly in the year, W.M.Nimmo, Esq. donated a sum of 5 as a prizefor the best imaginative composition, with the object of encouragingsuch composition in the school. With the donors consent the moneywas divided to provide for prizes in the upper and lower school andverse composition was included.4Starting OutI n1904,WilliamNimmoenteredtheUniversityofSydney.Influenced by the respect and admiration he bore for F.V. Pratt, heintended to join the Ministry of the Presbyterian Church and tothat end he spent his student years living in St. Andrews College. Hisname appears in the University Calendar as Treasurer of the MensChristian Union in 1905. He read English, Latin, Philosophy andHistory and passed his final exams in 1906. The degree of Bachelorof Arts was conferred on him on his twenty-first birthday in 1907.Bythistime,hehadabandonedthoughtsofenteringtheChurch. As he told a reporter from the Sun Herald in 1964,In the middle of my theological studies I suddenly asked myself whatright a young fellow like me had to lecture people twice my age onmorals and the like.Instead, he turned to the only profession he thought his degreefitted him forteaching. In February, 1907 and no doubt fol-1 4'