THE WEBER LITERARY JOURNAL One morning; in physics I heaved a sigh of relief when the Professor changed his lecture on moments of inertia and torques to ordinary English, talking of a very common topic a cat. He told us about a phenomenon with which we were partly familiar. He declared that if a cat were dropped with its feet in the air it would always light on its feet. My! that sounded good to hear something I could understand. I thought he had at last come "down to earth." Then to my dismay he spoiled it all. He said, "the reason a cat can do this is because it makes a torque on its body, changing its center of mass, thus turning over like loaded dice." He thought it quite peculiar that a cat knew more about moments of force than his students but asserted that if our knowledge of torques were tested by the same method, the dense students would be eliminated and, through only the fittest surviving, our class would be elevated to the equal of a cat. It may be that the size of the physics class and the difficult contents of our text, worked a hardship on both the students and teachers. But an "artist teacher" would have inspired enthusiasm instead of fear. As artistic qualities are regarded to be innate tendencies, our physics master must have been made, and not born, a teacher. Kenneth Mills. 30 THE WEBER LITERARY JOURNAL FLOWING INKWELL Gean Greenwell's humorous article in this issue entitled "The Art of Communication" marks his "debut" into writing. Mr. Green-well's piece shows marked originality, and it is hoped that he will try an essay for the Flora Eccles Douglas Contest. Virginia Bingham, late of Provo High School, and later of Ogden High is taking a Modern Language Course. Her story, "Mary, the Flapper" is indicative of the "modern" part of the course, for she discusses the oft-debated theme "Flapper vs. Old Fashioned Girl" in a very new and interesting manner. Burrell Rubenstein of the graduating class of 1924 Ogden High School writes "Initiative and Silence". We do not know whether this is a commendation of the "silent herd" or a "veiled" suggestion to some who could lay no claims to membership in this society. Rulon Beus' winning oration in the Heber J. Grant Oratorical Contest is printed here. Mr. Beus was editor of the Herald part of last year, and is also a debater of no mean ability. It is reported that he has also affiliated himself in some capacity or another, with the Weber Gymnasium. Kenneth Mills writes "Is the Art of Teaching a Gift". This classification of teachers into lovable, and hateful personalities of course could not be misconstrued to include most teachers at examination time Oh My No! Madelaine Reeder, who wrote an essay which appeared in the Literary Journal of 1923, shows promise of great ability in her "Three Poems" in this issue. Sara Finch, another graduate of Ogden High School who is continuing her studies here at Weber, has given us an entertaining suspense story in "George Alderbright, M. D." It is rumored that Miss Finch is the one who lost a bet involving a box of candy with a faculty member but that is another story. 31