b'A H I S T O R Y O F C O O G E E P R E PRotarians, Old Boys and pupils, the latter forming a guard of hon-our. His body was cremated and his daughters, Mollie Gale andSheilaBowes,carriedhisashesbacktothemountains.There,ColinBowes,hisson-in-law,scatteredthemoverthefallsatKatoomba, as Bill had asked him to do. After his death, his family received many letters from his oldpupils, and from their parents. These, and the letters I have receivedin gathering these reminiscences, are testimony to the fact that BillNimmo was a great teacher, counsellor and friend to more than twogenerations of boys and to many in the wider community. 4A New HeadmasterB ill Nimmo completed his remarkable record of fifty years asheadmaster in 1964. The following year his lieutenant, NickBrown, took the helm at the age of twenty-seven. Nick wasno stranger to Coogee Prep, indeed he probably owed his existenceto the school. His father, Allan Maitland Brown, and his mothersbrother, Harry Sweeny, were both students at the school in its earlyyears. Their schoolboy friendship was to bear fruit when it led tothe marriage of Allan to Elva Sweeny and thence to the birth ofAlanNicholasBrownon29th.April,1938whichwasBillNimmos fifty-second birthday. Nick Brown was five years old when he started in Transition in1944.AftereightyearsatCoogeePrep,hemovedontoThe Scots College and, from there, to the University of Sydney. Here hestudiedtowardsanArtsdegree,majoringinphilosophy, psychology and education. It was during his course, in 1959, thatNimmo asked him to join the staff at Coogee Prep. Nick acceptedthe challenge and continued his studies at night, while he taughtthe composite 3A and 4A class. By this time Mr. Nimmo was in his late seventies and lookingtowards retirement. He suggested that Nick should buy the shares6 1'