Galesville High School - Arrowhead Yearbook (Galesville, WI)

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Glbz Qrrotnbeah ...QI ,g,.. Honorable eorge ale HE late Judge George Gale founder of the t0XY'l named IH h1s honor was born at Burl1ngton Vermont on Nox ember 30 1816 He later moy ed wrth h1s parents Peter Gale and Hannah Tottmgham Gale to Waterbury I the new locat1on George d1v1ded hrs trme betxx een farm xx ork and attendmg school At an early age he developed a remarkable th1rst for knowledge and soon fam1l1ar 1zed h1mself w1th several branches of phx slcal SCICHCC as well as hrgher mathe mat1cs and natural h1story In March 1839 Mr Gale commenced readlng law at Waterbury Center and was adm1tted to the bar 1n 1841 durmg w h1ch x ear he mow ed to Elkhorn WISCOHSIH there engagmg IH the pract1ce of h1s professxon Ten xears later he mox ed to La Grosse He purchased two thousand acres of land on the Beaver R1ver 1n 1853 and secured the organlzatlon of Trempealeau Countx w h1ch w as made bx takmg t1ers seat of the new sh1re but th1s has smce been mox ed to NVh1tehall because of ItS locat1on After the l1ttle c1ty was founded Judge Gale res1gned hlS 1ud1c1al pos1t1on and gaxe h1mself body and soul to the settlement m Beaver valley Judge Gales Un1vers1ty Cnow Gale Collegej opened Its doors ID 1859 w hen Galesx1lle was already a prosperous commumtx xx 1th sex eral mrlls For the first sew en years of the ex1stence of the college Judge Gale was Presldent and also head of the facultx Its first class was graduated In 1865 At that tlme Judge Gale w as IH the south xx orL1ng for the Samtary and Chrlstlan C0mm1SSIOn He had prev 1ouslx recelyed honorary degrees from Vermont Un1 xers1tx and GaIesv1lIe Umx ersrtx He dred 1n the town he founded Apr1l 18 1868 at the age of fiftx two A monument marks h1s grawe xx h1ch IS w1th1n the grounds of Gale College I I l , V1 . . , I i , , , U , ' , , s , 1 s 1 1 Y 1 VY. n V. Lv . . y v . - a , , 1. 1 1 . c Y a , 1 ' s a a , 1 7 uv' Y r , , . ' 7 1 1 1 l . 1 , 1 J, , , N, . of townships from adjommg count1es. Galesvllle was establlshed as the county s Y , 1 1 V 1 1 s 1 s 1 V v , , . . . . V v v ' V . , -U . Y 1 V '1 . s V 1 s v . uv . . 7 . . . ' v . l . , i . , , J, V ' , y . , 5

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W The Qtrninbeah W Faculty JOSEPH C DEWEY Prznczpal B S Unrversltw ofM1nnesota M A UHIVCISITW of Mrnnesota Graduate work Unrversrtv of lowa BERNECE HENSEL Assrstant Prtnczpal B A Carleton College MARVEL BOTT Englzsb and Latzn B A Elmrra College B Mus Lavsrence College MYRTLE HALGEN Home Economzcs Department B A Unlversrtv of North Dakota MILTON HAUNSCHILD Hzstory and Sczence B Ed Eau Claire State Teachers College GENEVIEX E WEBB Matbemattcs VV hrtevs ater State Teachers College Graduate vtork Unlversltx of Wrsconsln GEORGE KENNETH SMITH Manual Arts Department Stout Institute Graduate vsorlc Stout Institute l l u 1, Uv u 1, Uv ,, V . ., . ., . EVALENE BELL. ............l. ...............,............ A 'Vlusic Department u 1, l . ., U . ., 1 ' Y ' v Y 3 6