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Watch ing Jack's hand fly over the pages
(his hand acts as a pacer), you can't be
lieve that he's actually reading.
Fie must be skimming. But he's not.
Jack is seeing every word . . . and uses a
special technique to read quickly. More
significantly, however, is that he can com
prehend and recall what he's read . . . right
down to the details.
Jack Focht 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 Insti
tute. He is one of more than 250,000 grad
uates in the United States.
Jack is one of our newer students. He
started the course at about 400 words a
minute and worked up to speeds over 3,500
words a minute. Jack 'says: "My profession
requires a great deal of reading and I can
now read more material faster, with a def
inite increase in comprehension."
You may not learn to read quite as fast as
Jack Focht (and then again you might!)
but the nationally known Reading Dyna
mics Institute guarantees that you'll at
least triple your reading speed with good
comprehension ... or receive a full tuition
refund. Just to show that Jack Focht is not
unique, here are the beginning and ending
speeds of recent graduates in this region:
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B. P. Hansond. Air Force Officer 271 2149
Jaxnei R. Knott Student. Creighton Univ. 295 1870
Ben Kelly. Student Creighton Univ. 267 1955
Kathleen Cheney, Nurse 258 1837
Thomas A. Brown. Stu.. Creighton Univ. 380 1772
Robert D. Faulkner, Biochemist 394 1759
Grayson P. Jones, Engineer 465 1368
Mary Megel. Student 218 1348
Calvin Boone, 283 2230
John Bruse, Student Northwestern Univ. 354 1380
Carl R. Gray. Clerk, Safeway Stores 263 1440
Kathleen Francis, Stu.. Creighton Univ. 260 1611
Ismet Bozkurt, Student Univ. of Nebr. 218 930
Terry L Mazurak, Student 317 1806
John E. Tate, Attorney 384 1160
Eldon Hennlng. Social Worker 30 1 1160
Sid Burkey, Student 304 1050
Roger Schaat Student 666 4410
Tim Burkey, Student Hesston College 480 1605
Senate Leaders Praise Techniques
Senator Proxmire
Wisconsin
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of the most useful education
experiences I have ever had.
It certainly compares with
the experience I've had at
Tale and Harvard."
Senator Talmage
Georgia
"It is my opinion that if
these techniques were insti
tuted in the public and pri
vate schook of the country,
it would be the greatest sin
gle step which vie could
take in educational progress."
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Lifetime Membership
The Evelyn Wood Reading Dynamics Institutes ton
duct regularly scheduled brush-up classes for their
graduates, free of charge. During these classes grad
uates refine their new reading skills, learn to achieve
higher speeds, better comprehension . . . and when
necessary, receive individual counseling. Every grad
uate is a lifetime member of this unique world-wide
program.
Utah school teacher discovers
technique of dynamic reading.
EvelTi Wood first observed dynamic reading 13
years ago when a professor at the University of Utah
read her term paper at an amazing 6,000 words a
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 comprehen
sion, 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 8 years of toil and re
search, working with naturally fast readers before
she began to find the answers. Eventually she de
veloped 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 Delaware, and
ihe first Reading Dynamics Institute was opened in
Washington, D. C, in September, 1959. Since that
time, institutes have been opened in 67 cities through
out the country, and national enrollment for the
course has topped 2.50,000.
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 read
ing 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."
Tou 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
of rapid reading, every word on the page is noted.
No mechanical pacers
She was also critical of reading courses that use a
mechanical pacer, as students tend to revert to pre
vious reading speeds once the pacer is not there
to help them. When reading dynamically, the read
er's hand is used as a pacer.
SEE FREE DEMONSTRATIONS
OMAHA
MONDAY, OCTOBER 24
6:30 & 8:00 p.m.
Prom Town House
70th & Dodge
Ballroom Suite E
LINCOLN
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25
6:30 & 8:00 p.m.
Lincoln Hotel
147 No. 9th
Wildhaven Room
You will see a documented film that in
cludes actual interviews with Washing
ton's Congressmen who have taken the
course.
ir You will learn how we can help you to
faster reading, with improved compre
hension, greater recall.
FALL CLASSES START
OMAHA TUES., NOV. 1
LINCOLN WED., NOV. 2
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