The Infant School Society of Lancaster By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER I N September, 1831, the Infant School Society of Lancaster was organized ; and a room for the sessions of the school was secured in the Lancaster County Academy building,' which stood on the east side of North Lime street, near

far as can be learned from its original minute book, which is now lodged in the Lancaster Law Library. The "Purpose of the Society" was for the improvement of its members in legal knowledge and forensic eloquence. It was customary to have the president of the Society, who was called the "Judge," to

THE GERMAN SOCIETY OF LANCASTER By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER THE Lancaster Journal of Monday, December 30th, 1816, con- conontained an announcement that those favoring the organization of a German society, for the relief of distressed immigrants, were requested to attend a meeting at John Erben's