316 ^. HISTORY OF 



Bader; 1755, Christian 'Krogstinpp and Abraham 

 Reinke, Senior; 1755 to 1787, Mathcw Hehl; 1756 

 Francis Christian Lemhkc ; 175G, David Nitshmann, 

 Daniel Bishop and Daniel Neubert; 1757, George 

 Weiser; 1759, Jacob Till; 17ao, Abraham Rusmyer and 

 Godfrey Roesler; 1762, Christian Krogstrupp; 1763, 

 ]krnhard AdamGrnbc; 17G5, Nicholas Eberhard; 1774, 

 Godfrey Roesler; 1784, John Klingsohr; 1790, Andrew 

 Huebner and Abraham Reinke, Junior; 1801, John 

 Herbst, John Meder and John F. Freeauf; 1811, Jacob 

 Van Vleck and Constantino Miller; 1812, Andrew Be- 

 nade, John M. Beck and Abraham Reinke, Junior - 

 1822, Thomas Longballe; 1823, John Christian Beckler; 

 1829, Andrew Benade and John F. Loefller; 183G, 

 William Eberman and Charles F. Kluge; 1843, Peter 

 Wolle and Charles W. Senft. 



The Schools. — Litiz has long been celebrated for its 

 schools, and we shall attempt to give some description of 

 tliem. 



There are four schools in the village ; tv/o of them are 

 however, infant schools ; one for the little boys and one 

 for the little girls. In these schools, the small children of 

 the village, and some from the neighborhood, arc taught 

 to read, the rudiments of arithmetic, and. some writing, 

 and from these, they are promoted into the two existing 

 higher schools. 



The young Ladies' Seminary. — The commence- 

 ment of this Institution was as early as 1794. Previ- 

 ous to the building of the edifice in which we find it at 

 present, it was conducted partly in the Sister's House, and 

 partly in a small house, adjacent thereto. In the year 

 1804, on the 2Gth of October, the pupils then living in 

 the Sister's House, moved into the new building, expressly 

 built for school purposes. It is three stories high, and 86 



