Show I 'i to Read 2500 Words a " through" Describing it an executive saya The type got fuzzy end then cleared bo that I could see the whole page at onceevery word in focus" A profeasor says "When I broke through my jaws ached to beat the band" Mrs Wood tells of her own experience "I was reading Hudson’s Green Mansions' All at once I was living that story I was walking around among the characters For weeks afterward I could fed every emotion Even now if I let myself go I can hear the flames crackling and fed the heat as that child bums in the treetops" Innovators are seldom popular Almost nobody ' except her husband and a friendly professor at the university shared the vision of what her discovery might accomplish "We're trying to teach young people to read as well as their classmates" she argued with school authorities "Why not teach them to b the best readers in the daas?” Her idea ' was rejected Late in 1959 Mrs Wood brought her revolution in reading to Washington DXL With the help of a friend’s teen-adaughter taught during odd hours she began to give demonstrations One year later she had a booming business and a following as dedicated as if she were the high priestess of a new cult A girl who had been an average student took the course and lifted her medium grades to straight A’s A shy teen-ag- er told me “I picked up a book at the swimming pool and was flipping through the pages as we do in reading class when I saw that everybody had gathered around me They were watching me read that silly book But you know something? It’s nice when folks look at you as if you're something speciaL" ge heretics have not accepted the faith They A few want to know what happens to the human eye when it reads so fast TVying to solve the riddle Mrs Wood once borrowed the best testing machine ' she cou£l find The test was a failure the machine was too slow Up to now nothing faster has been needed be : cause nobody could read faster than the machine Engineers are analyzing her techniques seeking principles that may help computer operations Speedkgeading if you listen to its disciples multiplies comprehension and pleasure too “When I ' taught high school I saw hundreds of bright boys and girls drop out because they couldn’t get through their books” Mrs Wood says “With the pain removed from reading think what this can mean to those young people" Here is a final sobering thought If yoq are an average reader you have spent about six minutes reading this article If you were a Wood graduate you would have gulped it down in less than one minute saving five minutes Now what would you do with those five minutes? Mrs Wood has the answer “Why read of course Read all the wonderful books you have missed Pack your mind with learning Just think of it Some day your wisdom and leadership might help change the world!" ‘ fcl : NEW YORK-EUR- OPE ROUND TRIP over and lack— oily $30 down Economy Class Excursion Fares to Earope— lowest fires ever! Big KLM DC-7-C 24 monthly payments of $1245 Or go Royal 8 Jet at new low fires See you traYelagent— professionals plan letter New 17-D- ay trips— or all yon nearest KUI ofieeKLH (09 Fifth Areme New York 17NY ITS A nr n Oisot mot kk mmnr rua rus tsm uma m no ust TREAT TO GO ROYAL DUTCH |