University Daily Kansan
Thursday, April 18. 1974
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Profs Win Awards
Two KU faculty members were selected by the Board of Foreign Scholarships and the Department of State to receive Fulbright-Haway awards. Sakari Sarola, professor of sociology, received an award for research in Finland. Andrew Tsubaki, professor of sociology, received an award and Oriental languages and literatures, received an award for research in Japan.
NSF Grants Given
SIX KU students received National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Fellowships in the sciences, mathematics and engineering. The fellowships, which carry a year and a year and cover fees, are for three years of graduate study.
The NSF graduate fellows are Theodore
Eugene Burke of Scranton; Ronald R.
Charpentier of Lawrence, Mass.; Margaret
Jones of Berkeley; John T. Lasser
of Kansas City, Kan.; Martin Parsons
 of Oklahoma City, Okla.; and Robert Alan
 Verrey of Arlington, Va.
Students Get Awards
Three KU graduate students in entomology have won awards from the Raymond H. Beamer Fund to allow them to carry out research this summer for doctoral dissertations. They are H. Alexander Hawkins of Lawrence; Joseph F. Scheing of Lawrence, and Edward A. Martinko of Colorado Springs.
Students Get Fellows
Two graduate students in the School of Business have won national fellowships to help support them while they work on their doctoral dissertations. Allworth "Kil" Silcox of Lawrence won a grant of $4,500 from the American Association of Collegiate Schools of Business. Laurence A. Anderson of Lawrence won $9,000 from the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (ALCPA). This is the second time in two years a student in the School of Business has won the ALCPA grant.
Students Win Prizes
Two KU students recently received honors in national organ playing competitions. Gwen Adams, Osage City junior, and Elyse Miller, Lipscomb competition sponsored by the First Presbyterian Church of Ottumwa, Iowa. Donna Whitehead, Tulsa, Okla., senior, wifh five place in a contest sponsored by the First Presbyterian Church of Fort Wayne, Ind.
Penn House Devoted to Assisting the Needy
By WES BARFOOT
Kanan Staff Remorter
Penn House at 1035 Pennsylvania St. looks much like any other old, weather-beaten, bohemian home.
Helping People Find Ways to Solve Problems is Goal
According to Occeo Miller, however, Penn House is more than a house; it is an organization devoted to helping people. Miller, one of the directors of Penn House, said yesterday that Penn House was established in February 1969 by a "a bunch of mammas on welfare" to help themselves and other poor people.
"One of our main goals," she said, "is to take care of the problems that fall between the chinks. There are enormous reserves available not being fully utilized simply because people don't know how to get at them."
Miller said that Penn House tried to help people find those resources and the agen-
"For almost everything you can think of
there is an official agency that can provide them," she said.
In addition to helping people find ways to solve their problems, Penn House offers its own services, according to Miller. She said she has designed a set of pride and self-image are offered to those who needed them. Clothing, furniture, canned goods and Office of Economic Opportunity (OED) food vouchers, which have already been donated to people, are also offered to people.
Miller said Penn House originally started with five families and grew to about 90 families in three months. She said there were about 500 families and 600 families beined helped by Penn House.
Penn House received an OEO grant its
House received but it lost the year because of
OEF funding.
Miller said she thought the loss of funds had helped Penn House.
"When we had money we were prey to
Your Student Number Is Your Own Forever
"Student numbers and other information are put on a tape system." Agnes R. Barthwell, assistant registrar, said yesterday. "We keep the data cards only until we are sure there are no conflicts, then that information is put on file on magnetic tapes."
Old student identification numbers never die. they don't even fade away.
Because of an increase in student population, a six digit student number was
According to Barnhill, a student was assigned a number, in somewhat of a numerical order, by one of two secretaries when he applied for admission to the University of Kansas. Barnhill said a number was never issued twice.
"We needed an abbreviated system of some type," she said.
According to Barnhill, the numerical system was born of necessity.
"We used to write student names on cards," she said. "We had to identify names in a small field on the cards and some names were too long. If two students had identical names, we had to use their birth dates."
She said there were many problems with the old system used before 1955.
BY ALAN MANSAGER
Kennan Staff Recorder
A hand-stamp numbering machine was used before the data processing system was instituted. It took from three days to a week to process all the cards, Barrhill said.
"If everyone enrolled late, it would all be a hand operation," she said.
every rip-off artist in Kansas, she said, "I think it was good for us to find out that we were wrong."
In 1955, there was a student who was assigned the number "1," Barbillah said.
She said the fund cutback had forced Penn House to rely more on itself. This self-reliance, she said, caused the members to develop a lot of pride.
"He worked in the office here and got in it before anyone else," she said. "I don't think we had anything to do."
Miller said that another of their functions was to help the elderly poor.
A late enrollment still requires hand processing, she said.
"All the old folks on social security don't have money to buy medicine," she said.
The number range from one to 007444 in 1955. According to present files, there are 25 students currently enrolled at KU who were also enrolled in 1955. The lowest number for students presently enrolled, 005292, belongs to one of those 25 students.
"We occasionally assign two numbers to the same person and have two persons who are not part of the group."
She said the present numbering system might change in the future.
In a written statement Miller said, "We feel that the individuals most knowledgeable concerning the problems of poverty are the ones who must daily contend with these problems. We also feel that in many instances people can more readily accept advice and instruction from their peers."
"There is some talk of using a student's
some security number," she said, "and
something else."
Human error has caused some problems in the numerical system. Rarbhill said
Miller said Penn House didn't have a boss but had an executive board of 10 members. Of these 10 members, she said, eight are persons of low income.
She said Penn House could provide money for medicine for a short time until permanent arrangements were worked out with other agencies.
Another service of Penn House, said
One benefit of this policy has been a close relationship between Penn House members,
Miller, to provide volunteer help for the elderly and disabled who need property assistance.
She emphasized the problem of dehumanization, which sometimes accompanies the assigning of numbers to persons.
Miller said Penn House was trying to get volunteers to paint the woman's porch and fix the roof. Penn House is also trying to get a waiver of her property tax, said Miller.
She gave the example of an elderly woman who was on social security, disabled and whose only income was $130 a month. Miller said this woman recently received a property tax bill of $89, which was more than her annual income. In addition to the property tax bill she said Miller, the woman's roof leaked and her front porch badly needed painting.
"Students don't like to be thought of as numbers," she said. "But the numbers don't mean anything. They are just a useful device for identifying students."
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