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REV. THOMAS C. HOUTZ, A. M. EV. THOMAS C. HOUTZ, A. M., Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy in Susquehanna Uni- versity, is one of the foremost educators of his time. His ancestors were Germans of sterling integ- rity and marked excellency of character, a providential bless- ing of inestimable value and a vantage ground of significant import. His parents, Christian and Christina (Shuey) Houtz, chose farming as a vocation, and located in the beautiful Nittany Valley of Central Pennsylvania. In this picturesque garden spot of the great Keystone State, near Lemont, was born September 28, 1853, Thomas C. Houtz, amid pleasing envi- ronments and bright foretokenings of noble achievements for this new actor in the arena of life. The earlier part of his life was spent in the rural employ- ments and rustic delights of his native place, aiding in the development of that sturdiness of body and strength of mind so much needed in the onerous solicitudes and multifarious burdens of subsequent professional employments. The public schools at Lemont with excellent teachers gave the first powerful impulse to a mind naturally vigorous, and successfully paved the way for a future college education. A term at the County Normal School in 1872, and a sum mer and fall term in 1873 at the Boalsburg Academy, proved a still greater incentive for the higher training which can alone be attained under the strict discipline of the college curriculum. Accoraingly the young Academian entered the Sub-Fresh- man Class at State College, Centre County, Pennsylvania, September 2, 1874. Former habits of industry and critical methods of study soon marked the new Collegian as a young man of promise and future fame in any chosen profession. A Freshman prize for the best entrance average was a first trophy of honest labor and true merit. Following this were two more prizes, one in Mathematics, another in Physics, with graduating honors in June, 1879. On September 23, 1879, Professor Houtz was married to Miss Maggie Duffee, an accomplished young lady of Lemont,
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