University of Detroit - Tower Yearbook (Detroit, MI)

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YY ‘: ; 7 ae Stevens Thompson Mason was at the age of twenty-three inaugurated as the first gover- nor of the infant state of Michigan. Although he was summoned to the duties and decisions ofa man whale yeta boy he conducted himself and the destinies of the State in a manner to merit undying fame and respect ‘in the history of this Sreat Comm onwealth. Ee Neither the indications of ier natural wealth nor the vi- { sion of her youthful chief ex- ecutive accurately foretold the greatness that was to be hers.

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Early in the year 1837, an even century ago, Michi-Gan-Ong, the place of the great lakes rich in natural promise and dramatic history, was no longer merely a territorial possession, a beautiful peninsula among inland seas, having become in that year the twenty - sixth State in an infant nation. The hardy pioneers and early settlers saw their dreams come true, as experimental frontiers were pushed westward, untamed nature successfully challenged, and a stable and highly organized State carved out of what had been the northern wilderness. Their arduous and patient progress, from rude beginnings of civilization to the social security and other ad- vantages and opportunities of law and order and religion in the Commonwealth of States, is not without its inspiration to us who are the heirs of their labors. This volume is our humble and rev erential salute to their heroic stature. es be a