Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 197, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 September 1917 — ACCLAIMED BRITAIN’S HERO [ARTICLE]

ACCLAIMED BRITAIN’S HERO

London Schoolteacher, Wounded in Battle in France, Attains _ High Fame. London. —A London schoolmaster named Wiman, who enlisted and lost an arm and a leg in France, returned to teaching after his recovery and became the idol of his students. _ The discipline among members of his chess was perfect, the boys enforcing it among themselves. Finally, after the authorities discovered him to be a better teacher than ever, the school arranged for an exhibition hearing of one of his history lessons. At this exldbition Wiman asked: “Now, boys, who is the greatest outstanding British military hero of all time ~ r-? ---—— — The boys Instantly stood, cheered thrice and shouted in chorus “Mr WV man!” • _ *