Central High School - Centralian Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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 Major IV. S. Me IVade TYPIFYING to all who know him everything that is fine and noble in n man Major V. S. McWade during his two years at Central has well established himself in that niche in the esteem of the students which is reserved for the most popular members of the faculty. He has an enviable service record dating from before the Spanish-American war. During the World War he was for a time stationed with the 88th Division at Camp Dodge. Leaving Camp Dodge, he took charge of the Dumvoodv Institute in Minneapolis where he remained till, at the end of the war. he was assigned to work with the high school cadet corps. His peculiar genius for understanding and appreciating the American boy has aided him immeasurably in his work in tin- military department of the local preparatory schools. Captain Ralph Me Fail I AS professor of military science and tactics of the Cadet corps of the Minneapolis high schools, Captain Ralph McFaul has been sincerely respected by every man who has been under him. Thoroughly human, and known to the cadets as a considerate, kindly leader, he has made friends wherever he has gone. Captain McFaul was graduated from Central with the class of June. 1912, and received his college education at St. Thomas academy. He served during the World War as a captain of infantry. Succeeding Captain Fox as military instructor in the Minneapolis secondary institutions, he quickly gained the reputation of being every inch a soldier—and a man.