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Mansfield, Pennsylvania, Normal School. Her interest in this subject grew steadily. Her collection had become quite large before she entered college. A significant period in Clara's life was spent at Indiana, Pennsylvania, where the family moved in 1878. Here she prepared for college in the Normal School of which her father was principal. In 1880 she returned to Burlington, where she took her Freshman year at the University of Vermont. During this year she was confirmed in the Episcopal Church, of which her parents were members. In the autumn of her Sophomore year, she entered
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