316 HISTORY OF 



Bader; 1755, Christian Krogstmpp and Abraham 

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

 Francis Christian Lcmbkc ; 1756, David Nitshmami, 

 Daniel Bishop and Daniel Neubcrt ; 1757, George 

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

 Godfrey Roesler; 1762, Christian Krogstrupp; 1763, 

 Bernhard AdamGrnbc; 1765, Nicholas Eberhard; 1774, 

 Godfrey Roesler; 1 784, John Khngsohr; 1790, Andrew 

 Huebner and Abraham Rcinke, Junior; 1801, John 

 Herbst, John Meder and John F. Frecauf; 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. Loeffler; 1836, 

 WilUam Eberman and Charles F. Kluge; 1843, Peter 

 WoUe 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 arithmetic, and some writing, 

 and from these, they arc promoted into the two existing 

 higher schools. 



The yoltng 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 26th 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 



