Villa Maria Academy - Frontenac Yearbook (Frontenac, MN)

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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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AWN! lZ5E:Rw 'wh-B A xi wiv if STATE OF' MINNESOTA EXECUTIVE OFFICE SAINT PAUL I oRvn.LE L FREEMAN February 25, 1958 GovERNoR Deal M1s Svan on I an plea ed o end along a me age, any or all of wh1ch you may u e 1n you chool annual, THE TGWER I :ant to congratulate the students and faculty at Vllla thr1a Ac deny on th1 paFtlC1p t1on 1D our Centennlal Comml 1on Thl 1 a wonderful tlmC for all of u here 1n Mlnnesota to stand back and take stock of the past, present and future of our great state area and who ploneered 1n th1 land under what were OmCtlNE arduou ClFCUN tance The e people, who came from many fore1gn HdtlOHS and fron otner part of the Un1ted States, worked together to bu1ld our COmMuHltlCS, to t1ll the f1ne Oll, and to e tabl1sh Hlnnesota' 1ndustr1es The perseverance of these ploneers serves a an lnSpllatlOH to all of us who now hold the key to Mlnne ota's future We are endowed rlchly w1th natural rc ource and our human re ources are unsur pa ed by any group 1n the nat1on It 1 up to us, then, to use our re ources Wl ely, to develop our potent1al prudently and en courage tne sp1r1t of COOpETdt1OH and COWmUH1ty actlon Wh1Ch w1ll enable us to fear the mantle left us by tho e wno worked to make tne State of M1nne ota posslble one hundred ye rs ago Perhap , even more than 1n our hand , the future l1e wlth those of your generat1on I know you w1ll accept the challenge to gu1de our future through alert, 1nformed and actlve c1t1zensh1p My be t U1 hes to you all Slncerely your , In. bury G O Swan on V1ll M r1a Xcademy Frontenac, hlnne ota xl Uu ,Q-'Q I r V Rx, 1 . ,-. -- - R f Tlx., '-I , 1, ,f' . .5- ff: V - - FQ 'T ' - .1 ,,,. .r.-. . s x s : . - s t s ' A ss ' . s ' r s . 1, 1 V -1 J ' I ' V ' a . s a .. ss . s 's ' '. s . ' ' s ' A J- . Ne here can be truly proud of our forefathers who settled th1s ' A s s 1 s . . s .s s. se - . 1 . , . I U s . . . . . . . . s s V. , S . . . . S . .ig . 1 s . ' ' as s . s - ss ' . s s 's ' - ' , g . . , . r . . . . M 1 Y . S ' A ' , ' f- ' I1 X 0 M- A 1 F Q . I , . F . Q ' A S -J . . . 1 , . . . . . A V F I s - s 1 E . ' s J ' c' 1' c OD 0 0 Q a wa 1 ' L' 1 - ' ' .I . - S

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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 . . . . , . , .