316 HISTORY OF 



Bader; 1755, Christian Krogstrnpp and Abraham 

 Remke, Senior; 1755 to 1787, Mathew Hehl; 175G 

 Francis Christian Lembke ; 175G, David Nitshrnann^ 

 Daniel Bishop and Daniel Neubert; 1757, George 

 Weiser; 1759, Jacob Till; 1760, Abraham Rusmyer and 

 Godfrey Roesler; 1762, Christian Krogstiupp; 1763, 

 Bernhard AdamGrube; 1765, Nicholas Eberhard; 1774, 

 Godfrey Roesler; 1784, John Klingsohr; 1790, Andrew 

 Huebner and Abraham Relnke, Junior; 1801, John 

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

 Van Vleck and Constantine 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. Loefiler; 1836, 

 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 

 them. 



There are four schools in the village ; two 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, are taught 

 to read, the rudiments of arithmiCtic, 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 vv^hich we find it at 

 present, it was conducted partl}^ in the Sister's House, and 

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

 1804, on the 26th of October, the pupils then living in 

 the Sister's House, moved into the nev/ building, expressly 

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



