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Campus Mirror Published During the College Year by the Students of Spelman College. Atlanta. Georgia Vol. XV MARCH 15. 1959 No. 6 HIGH CROSS OF MON"ASTERBOICE. Thi* Irish Celtic Cross in a shape and design built by the Irish from the Hth to the I2th centuries; 55 of these still remain in Ireland. Besides the ornamentation most of these crosses have groups of figures representing various suhjects of sacred history such as the erucifiiion The Unconquerable Irish Yvonne Wright ’4-0 In these days when harmless people with century-old cultures are being bit terly persecuted and threatened with extermination there may be a ray of hope for them and for us who sympa thize and wish them only good in re viewing a little of the long history of the unconquerable Irish. It would be hard to find a people who have been persecuted more persistently for centuries than have the Irish. Their lands in Ireland were confiscated. They were forced to pay taxes to support an alien Christian church and government. Their children were taught in schools in a foreign tongue and not by Catholic teachers. 4 et the people, their religion, and their literature have survived. The Irish possess and rule Ireland once more. May they ever! The Irish from their records claim to have had a considerable civilization as early as 1000 B. ('. They have always been as far travelers as ever the Greeks were and, like Odysseus, they went to learn and were generous.in spreading whatever they had of knowledge, arts and culture. Christianity was accepted and developed among them in the fifth century. They became earnest mission aries and were the first people to carry the faith to Germany. They established bishoprics there, introduced arts and letters and taught the knowledge of ag riculture. Wherever they built monas teries they cultivated the land around them and made them places of beauty. They built hostels for the travelers and asylums for the sick. \\ hile Briton was still pagan, Ireland was well advanced in (’hristian culture. From ancient days the Irish people have loved story and song. Their beau tiful literature along with their religion has been a powerful force in keeping their unparalleled dignity and their pride in their own personal worth. Alter the fall of Rome and the conse quent decline of civilization on the con tinent of Europe, the Irish travelers continued to carry Ireland's culture to France, Germanv, Switzerland, Italy, the I anv Countries and further. The rec ords ot the intellectual revival of the period of Charlemagne >how that Irish mentors contributed an important influ ence to it. Irish learning and culture (( outinued on I ’age (i)