b'F R O M T H E B E G I N N I N Gtoday! And the thrill of a double footboard tram tearing down the hilland round the corner to Clovelly Road so that both poles came off andthrashed about wildly. If you were very lucky, a pole rope broke and theconductor had to climb on the roof and tie the loose ends together.The tram cutting that ran parallel to Alison Road, just abovethe Racecourse, was a favourite haunt. In the early twenties, DickElworthy (1924) can remember a group of lads mixing a potion ofpotassium chloride and sulphur together with a little carbon andspreading it along the rails. As soon as the tram hit it, a crack likea rifle shot would ring out, terrifying the poor driverthe firstcouple of times. 4StaffA t first, Bill Nimmo had only one permanent teacher on hisstaff,butthiswassupplementedbyuntrainedassistantsfrom time to time. Cecil H. Denison, an old pupil of Bills,who was still boarding with the Nimmos at St. Marks Road whenhe was attending the University, helped out during the influenzaepidemic of 1919 by taking some classes at the school. The photo-graph of the First XI of 1915 shows Les Brown as the coach. Hehad lost an armpossibly in the War.AnotherassistantwasCampbellPratt,theeldestsonof F.V.Pratt,Billsgreatfriendandmentor.Hewouldhavebeen about sixteen when Nimmo started the school and he planned tofollow his father into the Church as he wanted to be a missionary.His family had moved to a parish in Brisbane by this time and soNimmo offered him a position at the school (and board at St. MarksRoad) until he was old enough to start at the Theological College.One night in 1916, while returning by tram from an evening serviceat the Pitt Street Congregational Church, he stood up to give his seatto another passenger. The tram lurched and he fell out into the pathof a passing tram on Anzac Parade and was killed. 3 8'