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Daily Kansan Wednesday, March 29, 1967
MEET TOM HALL
He's a college baseball player
He can read 2,500 words a minute
Tom Hall is just another guy that likes to play baseball more than most. Since he's working his way through college, he doesn't have much time left to study. Maybe even less than you. That's why Tom enrolled in our Reading Class.
Tom admits that for eight weeks his schedule was worse than usual, his baseball was at stake. Women just had to wait!
Now that the course is over, Tom is still no egghead—or professor. Baseball's still his first love. But there is one difference—Tom now reads 10 times faster. He finishes his work before it finishes him! And he's still eligible for the team.
Tom Hall is not a mental freak, nor is he a naturally fast reader. He learned this revolutionary technique of rapid reading at the Evelyn Wood Reading Dynamics Institute. He is one of more than 250,000 graduates in the United States.
You may not learn to read quite as fast as Tom Hall (and then again you might). But the nationally known Reading Dynamics Institute guarantees that you'll at least triple your reading speed with good comprehension . . . or receive a full tuition refund. Just to show that Tom Hall is not unique, here are the beginning and ending speeds of recent graduates in this region:
Improvement by typical graduates in words per minute
1st 8th
B. P. Hansond, Air Force Officer ... 384 1073
James R. Knott, Student, Creighton Univ... 271 2149
Ben Kelly, Student, Creighton Univ... 295 1870
Kathleen Cheney, Nurse ... 267 1955
Thomas A. Brown, Student, Creighton Univ... 360 1772
Robert D. Faulkner, Biochemist ... 394 1759
Grayson P. Jones, Engineer ... 465 1368
Mary Megel, Student ... 218 1348
John Bruse, Student, Northwestern Univ... 354 1300
Carl R. Gray, Clerk, Safeway Stores ... 263 1440
Kathleen Francis, Student, Creighton Univ... 260 1611
Ismet Bozkurt, Student, Univ. of Nebraska ... 218 1930
Terry L. Mazurak, Student ... 317 1806
John E. Tate, Attorney ... 384 1160
Eldon Henning, Social Worker ... 301 1160
Sid Burkeley, Student ... 304 1050
Roger Schaaf, Student ... 666 4410
Tom Burkey, Student, Weston College ... 460 1605
Utah school teacher discovers technique of dynamic reading.
Evelyn Wood first observed dynamic reading 18 years ago when a professor at the University of Utah read her term paper at an amazing 6,000 words per minute. Mrs. Wood's curiosity caused her to look for other exceptional readers, and over the next few years she found 50 people who could read faster than 1,500 words per minute, with fine comprehension, outstanding recall and great reading satisfaction. She was now sure it was possible to read faster than anyone had thought, but the question of how was not yet answered. It took 6 years of toil and research, working with naturally fast readers before she began to find the answers. Eventually she developed a technique whereby the average student was able to learn to read 3 to 10 times faster. She taught her method at the University of Utah for three years, refining it even more. Further studies were conducted at the University of Doleaware, and the first reading Dynamics Institute was opened in Washington, D.C. in September, 1959. Since that time institutes have been opened in 67 cities throughout the country, and national enrollment for the course has topped 250,000.
Comprehension is stressed
At a recent teacher training conference, Mrs. Wood emphasized that dynamic reading is nothing like the skimming techniques commonly used in speed reading courses. She said, "Skipping words is dangerous, as you don't know whether or not you have skipped a word which could change the whole meaning of the sentence.
"You read five times faster," she pointed out, not by reading every fifth word, but by reading five times as many words in the same amount of time. Mrs. Wood emphasized that using her technique of rapid reading, every word on the page is noted,
READING DYNAMICS INSTITUTE
WICHITA
5301 E. Central
685-1374
COLO. SPRINGS
1605 S. Tejon
594-3565
LINCOLN
124 N. 16th
432-1275
TOPEKA
1501 W. 21st
AM 6-5555
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OMAHA
119 S. 19th St.
393-1050
DENVER
1575 Sherman
292-1495
THURSDAY-MARCH 30th
3:00 P.M.
FT. COLLINS
2121 Clearview
484-4394
WESTMINSTER CENTER UCCF
1204 OREAD
Evelyn Wood
ALBUQUERQUE
207 Darfaucht Dr.,
N.E., 265-6761
6:30 P.M. & 8:00 P.M.
HOLIDAY INN
23rd & IOWA STREET
KANSAS CITY
3706 Broadway
531-4220
FRIDAY—MARCH 31st
12 NOON
WESTMINSTER CENTER UCCF
1204 OREAD
6:30 P.M. & 8:00 P.M.
HOLIDAY INN
23rd & IOWA STREET
PLAN TO ATTEND
- You will see a documented film that includes actual interviews with Washington's Congressmen who have taken the course.
- You will learn how we can help you to faster reading, with improved comprehension, greater recall.
- You will see a Reading Dynamics graduate read at amazing speeds from a book he has never seen before and then tell in detail what he has read.
NOW REGISTERING FOR SPRING CLASSES
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ACHIEVEMENT WARRANTY
We guarantee to increase the reading efficiency of each student AT LEAST 3 times with good comprehension. We will refund the entire cost after completing minimum class and study requirements, does not have a reading efficiency as measured by our beginning and ending tests.
EVELYN WOOD. READING DYNAMICS INSTITUTE
1575 Sherman, Denver, Coln, Dent, L8.
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