of Teychenné. The institution came to be known as the Perseverance Schools. Successive heads of the Practising School were Miss Ivy Calmeyer (at the time of whose retirement in 1943 there were 21 staff and 622 pupils on the roll, as well as newly established Nursery School), Mr John David Kester (1943–1948) and Mr M.P. Michaels. In 1924 Mr Richard Lewis Meadows succeeded Mr Teychenné as principal of the Training School, who in turn was succeeded by Mr F.C. Beedle in 1934. Mr J.D. Kester was appointed head of the Training School in 1948 – when there were 657 children in the Practising School and 100 trainee teachers in Training School. The Gore Browne Training Institute was established as an offshoot of Perseverance in 1935, before which time many African teachers were trained at Perseverance. Mr A.H. Ashworth taught music and English and was composer of the school song (with words by Meadows). Managers of the Perseverance Schools, on behalf of the Diocese, were Canon J.W. Mogg, Fr G.W. Hewitt (from 1942 to 1944), Archdeacon H.E. Wraige (from 1944 to 1953) and Canon George A. Pullen (afterwards Dean of Kimberley). The Perseverance School Motto: “Persevere! For honour! For loyalty! For courage! For courtesy! Play up, play fair and play the game!” In 1958 Perseverance Schools celebrated their 75th anniversary and established the first Monday in May as Founders’ Day. Impact of Apartheid Ending his message in the 75th anniversary booklet, Canon Pullen sounds an ominous note when he writes: “What of the future? We may have to move: when, we do not know.” This was in reference to the Apartheid government’s notorious Group Areas Act, which was indeed soon to force Perseverance to move because Lawson Street was in an area designated as "Europeans Only". A new building was erected in Barkly Road, in the area designated for Coloured persons. (At the same time, the Gore Browne Institute which had been built in Barkly Road, was forced to close because it too found itself in the wrong “Group Area”, this time an area designated for Coloureds but not for Blacks. The “Gore Browne (Native) Training School” was disestablished in December 1954.). The formal link with the Diocese of Kimberley and Kuruman and the Anglican Church was severed, with government taking control of Perseverance. Perseverance College in Barkly road Perseverance continued to fulfill its role as a teacher training college through