Abstract This background information about J. George Becht is quoted directly from Samuel A. Farmerie's book, "Clarion State College:  A Centennial History":"Principal Becht, born in Lycoming County (1865) served from August 1904 to January 1912. According to the Williamsport Daily Sun, Principal Becht was a former principal of the Lycoming County Normal School at Muncy, a former four term superintendent of county schools (Lycoming County), and at the time of his appointment, head of the...