b'F R O M T H E B E G I N N I N Gquoted in the press. His wit was well known and he was muchsought after as a speaker for special occasions. He had an activeassociation with the Masonic movement and was Grand Chaplainfrom 1935 until his death. from A Centenary Chronicle 18841984The RandwickPresbyterian Church by Helen Clements.In January, 1949, W.J. Grant died suddenly. He was succeededby the Rev. C.J. Vernon McKeown, a wise and attentive pastor, whoremained with the Church for the next eighteen years.4DisciplineE tched on the memory, if not the hand, of every Old Boy isBill Nimmos ability to wield a cane, which he did frequent-ly and with effect. In the early days, he preferred the longcanes and, as these tended to split easily and so lost their spring,he was lucky to have a reliable supply from the plants in the GlebeGully behind his house. He would choose a stem almost as long ashe was and, as soon as an offence was committed, he would applythe cane across the perpetrators outstretched hand.While he wasteaching, he would often carry the cane in his left hand and habit-ually hit it against the toe of his shoe. This ensured that the endwas split and thus far more dangerous.Various defence strategies were devised and passed on. Onewas to apply Brylcreem to the palm of the hand. When this wasdone, the cane would skid off on the lubricant so that the fullimpact of the hit was averted. Bill would not be thwarted by someof the older boys who, being taller than he was, would put theirhand up above their heads; nor by boys placing their hand too low.In both cases, he thwacked under the hand, on the knuckles. Thisencouraged the cheeky lad to place his hand in the correct positionfor the caning to commence. 5 0'