PAGE TEN THE MICHIGAN BATIK QTMTTAVF WA% rWyAlft- m --- averTs UF MCH CrlT hlLL SUINDAY, JANUARY 28. 196F F (Advertisement) (Advertisement) (Advertisement) (Advertisement) (Advertisement) (Advertisement) Reading Dynamics Classes To Start In Ann Arbor - Average Graduate Reads 4.7 Times Faster Than Before 1 i Institute Director's Editorial By Frank Kowalik i i 1 As director of the Detroit In- doctors, engineers, and educa- made our classes successful. stitute two of the questions I tors-people from many occu- When we opened the Michigan hear most often are: Who are pations have learned this new Institute we knew the peopl Instiute w knewthe el some of the graduates and, what reading skill - they now read1 results can I ex- dynamically. would be interested in personal ~pest? To relate the results we can improvement in the specific di- T a h s w rection of reading skills. The The E v e ly n refer to the average Readings.hss e Wood reading Dy- Dynamics graduate who is an . o ~pechi pr ven ti onthe ep ae d- namics course is independent reader now reading this. In addition, we are pleased serving p e o p 1 e more than 1500 words per mn- with the pre-registration enroll- from all facets of ute with equal or better compre- ment for future classes. life Men, women, hension. The speed of most un- As part of Reading Dynamics Kowalik boys and girls of trained readers is between 200 I can assure you that we will age 12 to 84 are t a k i n g the and 400 words per minute. endeavor to earn a proud posi- course. They are administrators, The Michigan Institute is one tion in the community and that clerks, executives, salesmen, of the 74 opened in the United we are obligated to those who tradesmen, officers, housewives, States and we are elated to find have taken our course and to students, accountants, lawyers, that Michigan p e o p 1 e have those who will take it. Cl e 1 e i i Free Demonstrations Classes to be held in Ann Arbor Residents of Ann Arbor and tion presented at each of the nearby areas will be able to demonstrations find out at first band beginning Those attending will also re- tomorrow how they can benefit ceive a full exo)Janation of the from the amazing Evelyn Wood Reading Dynamics course, high- Reading Dynamics course which lighted by a feature film and a teaches people to read three, question-and-aniwer session. five-even ten times faster with G .Graduates of the institute in equal or better comprehension. Detroit have achieved an aver- Free demonstrations of the age of 5.01 times increase in course will be held tomorrow, reading rate, considerably above SundayMondayny'the three times increase guaran- Bell Tower Inn and theHoliday teed in writing for all enrollees, Inn East. and the 4.7 times national aver- I age increase. c A l Typical Classroom Scene Dr. Gallup Cites Success INCREASE YOUR READI-NG EFFICIE CY NOW as the White House staff under the late President Kennedy, members of Congress, executives, educators, housewives and high school and college students have. Our Average Graduate Reads 4.7 Times Faster with equal or better comprehension ATTEND FREE DEMONSTRATIONS Internationally famous Evelyn Wood Reading Dynamics invites you to attend one of the many convenient free demonstrations this week of this unique method.t Dr. George Gallup, noted poll-Ireading speeds can be greatly for many experiments. In time, ster and columnist, has cited not increased," Dr. Gallup states in the method developed by Mrs. only Evelyn Wood's success in his book, "Miracle Ahead" (Har- Wood, or similar ones, will gain greatly increasing r e a d i n g per & Row), "her experience acceptance in the schools and speeds, but also the far-reaching suggests that the brain of man become the regular practice of effect it can have on the rap- is able to absorb material at a the public. With an increase in idly expanding field of knowl- far faster rate than anyone has reading speed, man has one way edge. "Apart from Mrs. Wood'sIimagined. Once this truth is ac- to cope with the ever-rising success in demonstrating thatcepted, the door will be opened flow of knowled<;e." These introductions to the Reservations sre not necessary Reading Dynamics course pre- to attend any of the demonstra- cede start of classes which will tions. Each will last approxi- be offered in Ann Arbor. mately one hour. and there is no Ann Arbor becomes the third obligation on the part of those city in the Detroit area to offer who attend. this remarkable course already completed by more than 1500 Nationally, there are now more Detroiters from all walks of life, than 400,000 Americans who have including many of the Ann Arbor completed the Reading Dynam- residents who have attended De- ics course at 74 institutes since troit classes. Mrs. Evelyn Wood, a former Utah school teacher, first of. Achievements of these people fered her amazirg course to the will be detailed among informa-(public. Course Praised by Graduates Here By attending Evelyn Wood Reading Dynamics, many Michigan people have increased their reading efficiency at least three times what it was. Here are the comments of some of them: 4 Mrs. Wood's Discovery Helps Many Rea Faster reading and improved comprehen Evelyn Wood Reading Dynam-iLees, read her 80-page thesis ics is a discovery, not an inven.Iat a speed of 6,000 words per tion. People have been reading minute, she discovered as she watched him. And he marked tunapis. a ue the paper without having missed Johnson read as a detail. fast at he could Mrs. Wood knew an average d Faster sion are stressed: Sunday, January 28 Holiday Inn East US-23 & Washtenaw 3:00 P.M. 7:00 P.M. Monday, January 29 Bell Tower Inn 300 S. Thayer 12:00 Noon 6:00 P.M. 8:00 P.M. Tuesday, January 30 Bell Tower Inn 300 S. Thayer 4:00 P.M. 8:00 P.M. turn pages, Bos- well said. H. L. Niencken c o ul d Mrs. Wood read a 250-page book in an hour. Evelyn Wood made her dis- covery in 1945 when she was working on a master's degree, at the University of Utah. One of her professors. Dr. C. Lowell college graduate reads between 250 and 350 words per minute. She began to wonder if she could attain a similar speed to her professor's. In a two-year search for other exceptionally rapid readers, she found 50 people in all walks of life who could read faster than 1,500 words per minute. 4 You will see a Reading Dynamics graduate read at amazing speec's from a book he has never seen before and then tell in detail what he has read. You will see a documented film that includes actual interviews with Washington Congressmen who have taken the course. * You will learn how we can help you to faster reading, improved comprehension, greater recall. SENATE LEADERS PRAISE TECHNIQUE Reading Dynamics Hailed by Senators- Sen. Proxmire, Wisconsin "I must say that this is one of the most useful education experiences I have ever had. It certainly compares favorably with the experience I've had at Yale and Harvard." Sen. Talmadge, Georgia "It is my opinion that if these technique, were instituted in public and private schools of our country, it would be the greatest single step which we could take in educa. tional progress." Analyzing them, she found they shared these characteris- ties: 1) They read down a page, not just from left to right: 2) They read groups of words rath- er than one or two at a time and 3) they rarely re-read a word or a paragraph because they did not understand it. Mrs. Wood began to teach her- self these principles. By the time she was able to read sev- eral thousand words per minute herself, she discovered she had developed a system for teaching others. It took another 12 years before the system was fully developed, tested and proved. She opened her first Reading Dynamics In- stitute in Washington, D.C., in 1959. And in a short nine years, she has opened institutes in 60 more principal cities in the United States and Canada. "We measure your current, reading speed at the first class," she said. "Then we begin work- ing with you. We are often able to double a student's reading speed the v e r y first night. "Hearing the sound of a word as you read is one things that slows you down. We begin with a tech- nique which directs the words from the eye to the mind, by- passing the ear." She said reading rates vary as to the nature and complexity of the material being read. The person whose reading skill is only 250 words per minute is likely to be mediocre at retain- ing anything he reads. "In the final analysis," she said, "the rapid reader does not become a slave to speed but the slow reader is always a slave to Islowness." } r ( Richard A. Wise GM Engineer "I Increased my reading effi- ciency 560% bysattending the, Institute, g o i n g from 526 words per minute to ' 'f.,2,P50," said Wise, a specification en- gineer with the General Motors Corp. "I can now go through' the mail, newspapers and other ma- terial much more rapidly and have more time for scientific reading." Emmanuel L. Feinberg Executive "I increased my reading effi- ciency 400%," said Feinberg, president of Ther- nalaire Engineer- ing Co. "Of all the printed material that crosses my desk, only 5 to 10% is worth. while. Since tak- ing the course I have been able to quickly eliminate the non- usable matter and concentrate my efforts and time on the be- neficial material." Vincent Gagliardi GM Engineer Rick Peterson U of M Student "The Reading Dynamics Instl- tute has helped ne considerably in my studies and has built up my confidence in my ability to c op e with any subject. As a premedical" student, I t a k e mostly involved technical subjects and I h a v e benefited greatly through use of the branching diagram method of outlining my study material, also taught at the Institute," saiid Rick Peter- son. He increased hisreading speed from 444 to 1,900 words per minute taking the course. Ted Kennedy Ann Arbor High School Student "I not only read much faster since attending the Evelyn Wood Reading Dynam- ics Institute, but I r et a in much m r e now and - have to review very little w h e n test t i me rolls around," said Ted Kennedy who read 478 words per minute be- fore attending the Institute and now reads 2,000 words per min- ute. Conventional rapid reading courses aspire to 450-600 words per minute. Most Reading Dynamics graduates can read between 1,500 and 3,000 words per minute, and many go even higher. OUR POLICY We guarantee to increase the reading effi- classes or having made up missed sessions ciency of each student by AT LEAST THREE with the teacher. The student must also TIMES with equal or better comprehension. have practiced the required n u m b e r of We will refund the entire tuition of any hours, following the assignment outlined by student who does not triple his reading ef- the teacher. Any student who must with- ficiency as measured by the beginning and draw from the course for any reason may subsequent tests, or the student may retake re-enter any subsequent courses at any fu. the course free of charge. A refund is con- ture time, at no additional cost. ditional upon the student attending all Classes Start Tuesday, February 6 For Further Information Call Detroit Collect ... 962-7056 Readitg Dyniamics .. Senators a n d congressmen have more to read than most citizens of the United States. Mail from their constituents alone takes up a good part of their allotted reading time. Evelyn Wood taught a class of senators and congressmen her Reading Dynamics methods a Sen. Proxmire Sen. Talmadge few years ago and had some fine success stories.- Sen. Herman Talmadge (D., Ga.) called his improvement "fantastic." He added that if7 Reading Dynamics was taught in the public and private schools of the country, "it would be the greatest single step we could take in educational progress." "I must say that this was one of the most useful educational experiences I have ever had," said Sen. William Proxmire (D., Wis.). Before taking the course,' Sen. Proxmire read 450 words' per minute. Today he reads' 2,500 to 3,500 words per minute. Also listed among the more than 400,000 graduates of Read- ing Dynamics are 12 top level members of the White House staff of the late John F. Ken- nedy. Kennedy, a naturally fast reader with an estimated 1,200 words per minute, requested them to take the course. Subsequently, h i s brother, Sen. E d w a r d Kennedy (D., Mass.), and his sister-in-law, Mrs. Robert F. Kennedy, suc- cessfully completed the course. "I can read technical data much faster now and remember Janet and Joyce Kaiser a lot more than Students .~I could before taking the course. "We cut down our homework by two hours," said the twins, I can get through graduates of East . m o re material Detroit High that comes across School. "A ft e r my e skr doan d taking the course A threfore do nat ; have to take as w had muh much home." This gives memore time for Sschool and social more time for pleasure reading, ac ivties because said Gagliardi, senior specifica- dd a bansengneerwit theGenralwe did not have ions engineer ith the General to spend as much time on our Mtors Corp." homework." 41 so es t: 4 Graduates Can Continue Study Michigan's Home Office, 1101 Washington Blvd., Detroit, Mich. 48226 0 In principal cities throughout the U.S.A. Mrs. Sharen Owens Housewife Dr. Robert R. Leichtman o nta 11 All students who are graduated! i I Al tuent wo re rauae!world with no additional charge- !iutic ,ill of.,.4 fil ,;+;- . 11