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In the old days
they smacked us across
the knuckles
if we read with our hands!
Today, reading with your hand is quite
acceptable.
In fact, it's somewhat of a status sym
bol, because people who read with their
hands are graduates of the Evelyn Wood
Course.
The hand, however, hasn't always
been the symbol of rapid reading. The old
method of teaching students to increase
their reading speed was to equip them
with a reading machine.
The theory was that a motorized arm
on the machine would extend out over the
page. The arm would move down the page
at a steady speed. Hopefully, your eyes
would go along for the ride.
The machine, while seemingly a good
idea, didn't live up to its expectations. It
come to a free mini-lesson
MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY
Feb. 23 Feb. 24 Feb. 25
DANA AUDITORIUM
Room 112 7:00 P.M.
READING & STUDY CENTER
225 N. GREENE ST. GREENSBORO 274-1571
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couldn't slow down when the reader ran
into a confusing passage. And it was too
awkward to use in easy chairs or beds.
In 1945, Evelyn Wood discovered the
hand as a device for reading faster.
Her reason for using the hand as a
tool was to "give my students the ability
to read groups of words at a time and to
increase their concentration so they won't
have to go back and re-read so often."
Her principle worked.
Since 1959, 450,000 people have taken
the Evelyn Wood Course and have in
creased their reading speed by an aver
age of 4.7 times.
Using the hand to read faster is a
very interesting experience.
If you would like to try your hand at
Monday, February 23, 1970
it, why don't you come to a Mini-Les
son™? In one hour's time, we'll have you
reading down the page faster than you
can imagine.
In fact, you'll actually take home
with you a definitely faster reading speed
that can be used on newspapers, maga
zines, correspondence, textbooks, and
technical journals.
Well tell you about some of the other
things that have made this the most popu
lar extra-curricular course in the world.
We'll also show you how we improve
memories, and how we make chapter out
lining an obsolete study technique.
It's a wild hour. And it's free.