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Campus Mirror Published During the College Year by the Students of Spelman College, Atlanta, Georgia Yol. XXII Saint Patrick Ella Lett, ’46 Saint Patrick, the apostle and patron of Ireland, was born in 387 and died in 493. His entire life must have been quite fascinating, although historians seem not to have become interested in his story until he was sixteen, when he w r as taken prisoner by some Irishmen who made a raid on his home in western Britain and carried him of! into slavery in Ireland. After six years, Patrick succeeded in es caping to the Continent where he took refuge in the Monastery at Lerins. While in Lerins, Patrick claims he had a vision in which he saw himself going as a vic torious apostle of Christianity to the Irish. He regarded this as a divine call, and immediately returned to Gaul where lie studied and prepared himself along with two other prospective missionaries for Ireland. Fourteen years after Patrick's training began, he was ordained Bishop of Ire land on the death of Pallodius, the for mer bishop. As bishop Patrick had quite a complex problem to solve — it was his responsibility to gain the good will of the local rulers and to minister to and hold together various Christian communi ties or districts Had it not been for Pat ricks’ knowledge of both Latin and Irish, and the experience that he had gained by living six years in the country, he prob ably would never have accomplished the success that came to him. It is believed that Patrick's work had quite an humble beginning. Upon return ing to Ireland, he had landed in Wicklow at a place called Inverdea, and from there he went into east Ulster and began his missionary labors on the southwest side of Strangford Lough. Patrick began his work in a wooden barn which had been given to him by an Irish convert; later, a district ruler declared himself a Chris tian and presented to Patrick an estate at Trim on which he was to found his first church. \\ ith this as a beginning, he es tablished 360 churches, baptized with his own hands 21.000 people, and ordained a great many priests. Regardless of the apparent success of his work, at the time of his death Ireland was more pagan than Catholic, but the significant fact is that through tin- dynamic work of Patrick the (Continued on Page 3) MARCH, 1946 Lt. Col. Winthrop Rockefeller Visits Campus Charlotte Arnold, ’46 On Monday, February 25, 1946, we wore honored to welcome as our chapel guest Lt. Col. Winthrop Rockefeller. We at Spelman are greatly indebted to the Rockefeller family for many of the advantages which we enjoy today. All of our buildings, including beautiful Sisters Chapel, stand as monuments to the kindness of this family. In the brief greeting which Col. Rocke feller extended to us during the chapel services, he stressed what a privilege it is to be able to gather together every morning in such a beautiful auditorium to offer prayer and songs to God. Interracial Sunday Helen 0. Jenkins, ’47 February 17, 1946, was known to peo ple throughout the nation as Inter-racial Sunday. On this day, the Intercollegiate Forum of Atlanta held its regular meet ing at Emory University. There were representatives from Morehouse, Clark and Agnes Scott Colleges, Georgia Tech, Emory University, Gammon Theological Seminary, and Spelman College. It was the good fortune of those attending to hear Dr. Haywood of Gammon Theo logical Seminary who brought a very challenging message to the group. Dr. Haywood pointed out that the first step in attempting to change the general attitude of those who want to think of another group of people as a “disagree able problem” is to get those persons affected by such an attitude to want to change it. No group, continued Dr. Hay wood. wants to be referred to as a prob lem. He made it clear that the problem exists between individuals within two separate groups, not between the groups themselves. The reason for the per sistence of the black-white problem, suggested Dr. Haywood, was an emo tional one. and the difficulties arising between members of both groups must he faced with rationalism, not emotional ism. Dr. Haywood further pointed out that much of what is called a “race problem” (Continued on Page 4) No. 6 Georgia Youth To Publish Quarterly The State NAACP Youth Conference of Georgia has undertaken the publica tion of a quarterly newspaper to be called FACT!, Victor Backus, a student at Morehouse College and Publicity Chairman of the Youth Conference, an nounced today. The first issue will ap pear March 1st. Among those who will write for the new publication are Dr. Guy B. Johnson. Executive Director of the Southern Regional Council; Dr. Benjamin E. Mays, President of Morehouse College; Dr. William M. Cooper. Director of Ex tension and Summer Studies at Hampton Institute; Miss Margaret Fisher, Execu tive Secretary of the Committee for Geor gia. an affiliate of the Southern Confer ence for Human Welfare; Dr. Ralph Mark Gilbert. President of the State NAACP Conference of Georgia; At torney Thurgood Marshall. Special Coun sel of the NAACP; Dr. William Madison Boyd, of Fort Valley State College; and Miss Lillian Smith, of “Strange Fruit” fame. Coulton Waugh, former PM car toonist, will do a comic strip. FACT! is being published on a non profit basis, Mr. Backus announced, in the interest of real Democracy for the Negro now. Special attention will be paid to problems of the Deep South. An unusual feature of the new publication is that it represents the co-operation of young people and adults. Negroes and Whites, and all the principal organiza tions engaged in the struggle for inter racial justice. Sale of 1 ACT! will be by subscription only. One year’s subscription costs only fifty cents or one dollar for two years. Subscriptions may lx* secured through Victor Backus, Box 48, Morehouse Col lege. Atlanta. Georgia. Seniors Present Movie Saturday evening, March 2. 1946. the Senior Class of Spelman College pre sented a movie, “The House of Seven Gables, based on Nathanie l Hawthorne s novel. In addition, there was a short feature showing the places of interest and natural phenomena of Florida. The seniors wish to thank Spelman students. Morehouse men. and faculty and -tall members for patronizing the movie.