The synod of the Dutch Reformed Church decided to make an appeal to the whole church to establish an educational institution
for the Deaf.
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Mr P.A. Cook is appointed as the sixth principal.
Division for the blind began and the school was renamed as ‘Instituut vir Doofstommen en Blinden’.
Referred to as ‘School for the Deaf’ for the first time.
The school as a ‘church school’ becomes a public school.