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Counseling Center :
February 17, 1983/The Maroon Tiger/Page 15
Not Just For Crazy People
Mrs. Katherine McMillan, secretary; Dr. Vincent D. Murray, Director; Ms. Cheryl D.
Flood, Dir. Learning Resources; Ms. Ossie L. Jones, Dir. of Testing
by Camilla P. Clay
Many people would agree that college
students need all the help they can get in
order to cope successfully with their
college careers. The Morehouse College
Counseling Center has been in existence
for eight years under the direction of Dr.
Vincent D. Murray.
Dr. Murray says the Center serves as a
preventive measure for students when
they are experiencing academic and
personal problems.
Students are able to discuss their
problems without being judged” he said.
The counseling center functions as a
student support group that enables
people to make competent decisions,
which will affect their lives.
The counseling center employs a
competent staff consisting of: Dr. Vincent
Murray - Director of the counseling
center, Mrs. Katherine McMillian - Ad
ministrative Assistant, Mrs. Ossie Jones -
Director of Testing, and Ms. Cheryl Flood
- Director of Learning Resources.
The former location of the counseling
center is now known as the R.O.T.C.
trailer. But since September 9, the loca
tion of the center is in Harkness Hall on
the main floor, rooms 201-203. Business
hours are Monday - Friday, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
The phone number is 681-2800, exten
sions #342, 378, and 366.
Sometimes people shy away from the
label “counseling,” and view it as only for
the “crazy” people but after eight years,
the student body of Morehouse has
accepted the Counseling Center as a very
natural, normal, and integral part of
campus life,” said Dr. Murray.
Health Clinic At Spelman
by Christopher Lee One such service is the
At Morehouse College and Spelman College Family Plan-
other Atlanta University Center ning Program. Their goal is to
institutions, students, “promote positive reproductive
employees, and faculty fail to health through education and
take advantage of free or low- preventive health services,” con-
cost services offered at other cerning the socio-, psycho-,
schools or through the Office of physio-, and mediclo- logical
the Chancellor. aspects of sexual health. The
service is located in the MacVicar since for students expense is a
building (the hospital) behind major consideration. Services
Manley. (404) 681-3643 ext. 288. include education (formal and
The facility was funded to informal), contraceptive ser-
serve the whole A.U.C. com- vices, counseling, referral, ex-
munity and fees are based on a aminations and numerous sup-
progressive sliding fee scale port services,
payment system. However most The personnel consist of the
students receive services free, project director, a nurse prac
titioner/clinical services direc
tor, medical consultant, patient
counselors, a medical
technologist and a secretary - all
throughly professional.
One note is that the program is
federally funded and slated to be
reviewed (possibly terminated)
by the present administration.
Dr. Henry Gore, A Young Man Geared Toward Upward Mobility
by Felicia Stewart
When Henry Gore walked
across the stage at Booker T.
Washington High School in 1965,
little did anyone know what
avenue his life would take.
Would it be mathematics, music
or military college? In his senior
year of high school Gore was
offered a math scholarship to
Morehouse College and an
ROTC scholarship to a military
college, as well as a music
scholarship to Juliard.
“I don’t know why I decided
on a career in mathematics, but it
seemed as though something
was leading me in that direc
tion,” said Gore, who is currently
the chairman of the Mathematics
Department at Morehouse
College. In his ten years at
Morehouse, Dr. Gore moved up
to department chairman in only
Oliver Delk
by Wendell Williams
Morehouse students are quite
familar with the Business Office,
Financial Aid and the Registrar
Office in Gloster Hall. But oneof
the lesser known offices is
located on the third floor, the
Office of Governmental
five years. Dr. Gore states, As a
teacher I give as much of myself
as I can to help my students.”
The valedictorian of the
Morehouse class of ’69, Gore
‘taught’ his first mathematics
class at the Atlanta School of
Business during his junior yearat
Morehouse.
While at Morehouse he was
activeintheGleeClub,and in his
senior year he became its presi
dent. Although Dr. Gore did not
decide to make music his career,
his love and dedication to music
is manifest in his marvelous
record of musical experience as
an extra-curricular activity. Dr.
Gore has trained over ten choirs
in the city of Atlanta and he is
currently the director and pianist
of Cascade United Methodist
Church gospel choir.
Dr. Gore is also the full-time
Relations.
The Office of Governmental
Relations does not deal with the
students directly. Instead, the
office deals with the federal
government in its attempt to
raise money for the college.
Indeed, the whole third floor of
Gloster Hall primarily focuses on
fund raising.
Oliver Delk, III, now into his
fifth year, is director of the Office
of Governmental Relations.
Delk, 29, describes his work as
a “middleman between
Morehouse and Washington.”
“We handle all of the
paperwork,” he said. "We are
involved in the application
accompanist for Ralph Freeman,
a full-time music minister here in_
Atlanta. Gore and Freeman
made their first debut at the
Atlanta Civic Center, November
15, 1980. The two have traveled
extensively abroad, to such
places as Germany, England,
Paris, Mexico, Egypt and The
Holy Land. They are scheduled
for another tour abroad this
summer.
Gore began taking piano
lessions when he was seven years
old and in high school he was
also a member of the band and
chorus. He was a part-time
accompanist and he won the
Graham Jackson music award in
his senior year in high school.
An active member of his
church, Dr. Gore has been a
Sunday school teacher besides
directing many children and
process from start to finish.”
And he added, “If, for exam
ple, the biology department
wanted governmental aid for
new equipment, then we would
start the process in motion,
which would hopefully lead to
federal aid being given to the
department for the equipment.
We might try to get aid from the
National Institute of Health or
National Science Foundation.”
The native New Yorker travels
to Washington on average of six
times a year to solicite available
funding from various federal
departments such as the Defense
and Health and Human Services
Departments.
young adult choirs.
Gore, states, “The Lord
supplies all of my needs and I
look to him for direction and
guidance.”
The 34 year old graduate of the
University of Michigan has many
accomplishments to his credit.
He is a member of Phi Beta
Kappa, Beta Kappa Chi, and Pi
Mu Epsilon Fraternities. Dr. Gore
is the Atlanta Regional Director
of Blacks in Mathematics, a
member of the American
Mathematics Society,
Mathematics Association of
America and American Associa
tion for Symbolic Logic.
Since teaching at Morehouse
Dr. Gore received the first
William Jones McBay award for
outstanding performance in
teaching.
Gore, who received his doc
Delk pointed out that his
office was chiefly responsible for
getting $200,000 for the Graves
Hall renovation project and
funds for the construction of
White Hall, which was com
pleted last May.
He said that Reagan cutbacks
in government assistance have
reduced an already dwindling
supply of federal aid further.
He pointed out that there are
currently twenty-three
applications which have been
filled with the government.
The sociology department, for
example, has aksed for $57,940
for the "Identification of
Resources and Information Ex
torate in mathematics with a
concentration in logic, has a
long-range goal of receiving an
advanced degree in Computer
Science, doing more extensive
travel, and doing further
research in the area of
mathematics.
Dr. Gore is a prime example of
a young man geared toward
upward mobility.
Dr. Henry Gore
change to Promote Family In
dependence.”
In addition, Delk is in the
process of obtaining more
money for the Graves Hall
renovation project.
He also points out that one of
his goals is to increase the
amount of federal funding
Morehouse receives.
A 1981 National Science Foun
dation survey placed Morehouse
17th among the 114 black
colleges and universities in total
federal funding.
"My goal,” said Delk, “is to
assist Morehouse in boosting its
ranking into the top ten within a
year.”
Meet The Office Of Governmental Relations