318 HISTORY OP 



1802, Rev. John Meder ; 1805, Rev. John F. Freeauf; 

 1815, Rev. Andrew Benade; 1822, Rev. John C. Beck- 

 ler; 1824, Rev. Samuel Renike ; 1826, Rev. John G. 

 Kummer; 1833, Rev. Charles F. Khige; 1836, Rev. 

 J^eter Wolle ; 1843, Rev. Eugene A. Freeauf. 



Among these, Rev. John F. Freeauf, the father of the 

 present Principal, and the Rev. Andrew Benade, deserve 

 particularly to be noticed, as it was under their direction 

 that this Institution was in its most flourishing condition. 

 Long will the names of good Old Pappy Freeauf, and 

 good Pappy Benade, as the young ladies were wont to 

 call them, be remembered by the many who were placed 

 into their care, and there is no doubt, should this meet 

 the eye of such, they will remember with pleasure those 

 happy days which they spent in Litiz school under their 

 care and the many devout prayers they offered in their 

 behalf, when met in the little chapel, as well as the many 

 good and fatherly admonitions they gave them from time 

 to time. 



The Youxg Gentlemen's Academy. — We have 

 already stated that in the early years of Litiz, 

 there were two schools, one for the boys, belonging to 

 the society, and the other for those from the adjacent 

 country. As Warwick township became more settled, so 

 the schools increased, and there v/as no more necessity to 

 send the children to Litiz, consequently, the one for the 

 children from the country vv' as discontinued. Mr. Chris- 

 tian Schropp conducted the town school, for many years, 

 and on the 2nd of January, 1815, Mr. John Beck, the 

 present Principal, took charge of it. At that period, the 

 school was held in an old building, w^hich had been fixed 

 up for that purpose, and v/hich stood at the same place^, 

 where the present brick school house stands. 



