Villa Maria Academy - Frontenac Yearbook (Frontenac, MN)

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DEDICA TI ON To the famous and the unknown who by the sweat o thezr brows labor o thezr hands aches o thezr hearts and aspzratzons o their zs today we the senzors o mneteen hundred and jlfy eight dedicate our annual The Tower 6 f ' , f ' , f . , . . f . souls molded Minnesota into the great state she . , , . f . . . . , . , .

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FOREWORD Proud are we, the students of Vllla Marla Academy t unfold ln the pages of The Tower of 1958 some of our llterary and artlstlc achlevements to commemorate the centennlal of Mmnesota We are proud also to say that our surroundmgs here at the Vllla have been the msplratlon for much of thls ww ork Streammg 1ts way through our own Lake Pepm and theme mg 1ts way through the pages of our annual the MISSISSIPPI Rlver carries much of the early hlstory of MlDHCSOt8 T Indlans to explorers to mlssronarles, and to colomsts It was not only the great hlghway' to a valley rlchly endowed by nature, but also the scene of many of the events whlch shaped our hlstory In our own state 1tS streams rush from 1ts t1ny source ln Lake Itasca to become the great lnland waterway of our country, and IH the same rhythm the slmple begmnlngs of our state have grown to the Mmnesota we know today Truly 'the streams of the r1ver gladden the clty of God CPS 45 51 Though here we present gleanmgs from the hlstory of the whole of Mmnesota, the mam purpose of our annual IS to deplct Vllla llfe, not only through plctures, but also through the thought llfe of the students as expressed ln the llterary and artlstrc works whach comprlse our annual Our Villa overlooks 1 mlghtx rn er I' us rner the MISSISSIPPI has a mighty daugh ter too Mmnesota Wlthout thls great waterway Mmnesota would not be IS won derful as she I9 Let us go back to the begmnlnfr of hlstory m Mmnesota back to 1635 when Rldxsson and Gf0S6llllCTS two after coming through WISCCDSIII reached the rner near Pralrle du Chlen Thev paddled upstream and landed at the present slte of H 19 tmgs Radisson trapped and hunted whlle hls partner GfOSCllllCTS helped the Indlans who were camped nearby Marquette and Jollet also used this rn er as a hlghu ay to explore Mmnesota The Got ernor of Quebec Got ernor Frontenac deslred further knowledge of th1s wlld lard He, therefore commlssroned Louls Jollet and Father Jacques Marquette to explore the rn er and 1tS surround mg area Father Marquette dled on the return trlp but Jollets v1v1d descrxptlon of the area lured Hennepm and La Salle to try to fmd the I'lVCI' S SOl1I'CC Many more mcludmg Duluth Perrot L Seuer and de la Perrlere explored the M1ss1ss1pp1 valley Duluth explored the Lake Superior reglon Where a Clty was named for h1m Perrot establlshed Fort St Antoine Le Seuer led an excurslon further up the Mlsslsslppl discovered and explored the St Peter Rlyer, now known as the Mmnesota De la Perrxere establxshed Fort Beauharnols, the present Slte of the Vllla There were other explorers who helped settle thls country who dld not use the MISSISSIPPI for thelr hlghway at all But today when ex plorers and trappers are no more, the MISSISSIPPI stlll flows on, keepmg her daughter thrlvmg wlth the trade she brmgs ln Indeed she IS a mlghty rner and helps to keep our state the Mighty Mmnesota. 5 Sherry Collzns, '62 1 , O 7 . . . - 4, - . ,, . . . . . . . . ' 0 D , , . . , . as ' 1 ' V ' . l . v , A A -ls' , 0 A 1 u , . 7,, ' - 0 Q 1 . . - A ,. n 7 I . . 9 1 - - w L z J ' - . . , . . . . . D K . - ' ' ' . 1 ., 4 , . . . A nl, 131513:3:313213121223225121212132312:E:2:51E:313:?:?:5:3:31313125131313131313:2:3:3:3:3:3:3:3:3:3:3 French fur traders, 1 u L 1 u o u Q , 7 C . i L . - L t ' . . , . . , . C Q S V . 7 . . 7 Q n 5 c A . , . . , . . . . ' 9 . k 1 . . v. f? . . . , . .. ' LC ' 77 .

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STAFF Edztor Mary Sw anson Assoczate Edztors Llzann Cederstrom Marv Margaret Glefer Jerl Jo Helmbrecht Mary Sue Walby Art Edztors Bonnle Bagger Judy Frenzel Typzsts MHYCIZ Bambenek Conme Culhane Martha Jlmenez Rose Spalght Snapshot Photography Glorla Conzemlus Dlane Ostertag Buszness Managers Louella Langenfeld Judy Mlller Portrazt Photography C J Larson Studlo St Paul Cover DCS1g'I1Cd and produced by Vllla Art Students TABLE OF CONTENTS PART ONE Lzterary Source Mmnesota History Streams of Grace Cathollc Mmnesota Rlpphng Streams Language of the Present PART TWO Photographzc Beacon L1 hts Our Leaders Trlbutary Streams The Classes Senlors Portralts Act1v1t1es ACtlVlt1CS Sophomores Act1v1t1es Freshmen ACtlVlt1CS Graders Mmglmg of the Waters Classes Umted 7 - L . . g - ................. 7 7 - Juniors: Portraits .,....................... . . ,