The Weber Literary Journal SPRING GLADYS BROWN Oh! Happy Spring has come at last, Dreary Winter now is past, And the sun his rays will cast Over hill and meadow. The robin, harbinger of Spring From the South the tidings bring; All the birds in chorus sing Of the warm Spring weather. All the world is new again, Merrily pats the April rain As it dances in the lane, Making little rivulets. Springing forth in nook and dale, Scenting all the sunny vale, Blooms the iris with her pale Colors, that delight us so. Daffodil and violet too, Lift their petals, wet with dew; All the world is clothed anew In a bright green mantle. From afar the plowman's cheer Sounds throughout the valley, clear, Waking all the echoes near, In the balmy Springtime. Let's be happy while we may, For Spring does not have long to stay, Father Time plods on his way, Ushering in the Summer. 4 The Weber Literary Journal Limited Armament The Insurance of America's Integrity awarded first place in rich oratorical contest I. WITH the return to the onward march of progress and the resumption of industry throughout the countries of the world; since the awakening from the dark dilemma of the Great War and the struggle of these countries to regain consciousness from that dreadful shock, one fundamen- tal truth is left imprinted on the minds of the citizens of America. This truth is; that the greatness of a nation rests, not upon conquered wealth and bent backs of slaves, but upon the natural resources and upon industry, the intelligence and patriotism of the individual citizen; that the protection of the inhabitants of this country is not dependent upon the establishment of a large army and navy, but rather upon the ability of those citizens to abolish the need of such enormous numbers in these organizations. II. The time is past when men can get the plaudits of the people of America by expounding the doctrine of competitive armament. After four years of preparedness-mania and war orgy, the country is awakening to the unescapable fact that the huge sums it is spending for wars past and future are bringing it to the very verge of bankruptcy. Day by day the movement toward disarmament is growing stronger. The first month of 1921 brought a rapid focusing of attention on the need of reducing the great armament of nations. All at once the people seem to be realizing that the civilized world cannot longer afford their frightful costs in lives and money. Yet, it is not, by any means, the theoretical advocates of universal peace whose voices are now raised loudest to protest against the folly of wringing more dollars for soldiers and battleships from peoples already prostrate in fortune through in- 5