YOU CAN GET BETTER GRADES
Is Year Child Mee ting
Space Age Challenges?
HERALD AND NEWS, Klamath Falli. Or.
Monday, January 30, 196!
PAGE
Editor'! Note: This is the first
in a scries of 15 articles by an
educational authority, giving stu
dents and parents practical help
on how to improve grades in
Ichool.
By LESLIE J. NASON, Ed.D.,
with HARRY KARXS
Nevir has It been as important
- as it is today (or American boyr
and girls to know how to make
good grades.
Sputnik plunged the U.S. into a
contest of brains. Academic stan
dards are rising. The road to the
diploma is suddenly rough and
getting rougher. More is required
o( the student than ever before.
For every college student in the
U.S. in 1920, there were two in
1940, four in 1950, and six in I960,
and there will be 11 in 1970. The
increase in college enrollment in
the next 10 yeais will be greater
than it has been in the past 40
' years.
Thus competition for a seat in
the American college classroom is
. just as keen as competition w ith
the Russians.
Millions uf American boys and
girls, however, are ill-prepared to
compete in either of these con
tests. They have not learned how to
write, how to pay attention, how
to read for precise meanings,
how to control the speed and ac
curacy of their mental processes',
or how to prepare for and take
' examinations.
In this series of articles we are
- going to talk about some common
sense principles of learning that
can help you make better grades
In school and life.
To begin with, let's clear away
a major obstacle that stands in
the path of learning.
It's the fashion today to blame
poor grades, delinquency, bad
' manners, and flat tires on your
great-great -grandfather's genes
and on the pattern of I he paper
Daddy put on the wall of your
nursery.
You Can Do It!
Heredity and environment influ
ence your life, of course. But the
notion that they cast your charac
ter and habits in a hard, inflex
ible mold is nothing but a con
venient myth an easy, alibi for a
bad performance.
We are now going to ask you
to forget that myth. Wc are going
to ask you to accept in its place
a simple but revolutionary truth:
' You can consciously Antral the
operations of your brain just as
you can control the speed and di
rection of your automobile.
.' In World War II the Air Force
psychologists proved that you can
-leant, to see more in a shorter
pan of time. By flashing pictures
on screens they trained pilots to
take in a fantastic number of
'details in the wink of an eye and
:to describe thorn accurately. ,
' Similarly, the Navy, experiment
Jng in ' its radio schools, pro ed
;that operators could develop ac
curate receiving ability to the
point where a sentence of Morse
Code was almost a blur of sound.
Several years ago. a Long
each, Calif., man, T h u r m a n
Vade, enrolled in a speed read
ing class at the Business and
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Average reading speed for col
lege graduates and U.S. business
executives is about 260 words a
minute. By conscious effort Mr.
Wade hiked his speed to 450 words
a minute in a few weeks. Present
ly he was reading 800, 1,200, and
then 2.200 word a minute. At
cruising speed he could swisn
through a 400-page volume in one
hour. When last heard from, Mr.
Wade had pushpd his reading
speed to the 6,100-word pcr-min-ute
mark and was at the point of
going into orbit.
But does he understand what
lie reads?
Yes. Tests show that as a fast
leader his understanding has in
creased. Although Mr. Wade's case is un
usual, speed reading teachers
know, that with proper training
most persons can double their
leading speed and increase their
comprehension 10 to 50 per cent
We are less concerned here w ith
the mechanics of the thing than
with the fart that such improve
ment is possible by conscious ef
fort. You can change your speed.
You can improve your understand
ing of what you read.
Fast and Accurate
Joe was a student in an inter
mediate algebra class. He had
troubles. He brought tliem to what
we shall describe informally as
Dr. Nason's Clinic for Lagging
School Children. His third grade
teacher had told him to choose
between being slow and accurate
or fast and inaccurate. Since he
had chosen to be slow and accur-1
jate. he now found it impossible
to finish tests within the time al
lowed. He feared that any change1
in his rate of work would produce
disastrous results.
"Look. Joe, you're producing dis
astrous results anyway," we point
ed out, "why not try the alterna
tive that wasn't suggested to you?
Try to be both fast and accurate."
This was awful heresy, but Joe
was ready to trv anything.
"What do I do?"'
"When you're working 'slow and
accurate,' does your mind ever
have space left over to think about
other things?"
He admitted that when he
worked slowly he tender! to daydream.
"All right then. The point is to
make your mind and your pencil
work so fast that there's no time
or space in your brain for day
dreaming."
We gave him a test comparable
to one in which previously he had
completed 12 problems mine cor
rectly I in 50 minutes. This time,
consciously, trying to speed up his
brain, he finished 20 problems
in 40 minutes and got 18 right
! PtdfcpntpH with nrnnf nf the mar.
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velous new 1110017 that speed and
accuracy do go together, Joe start
ed getting his algebra done on
time.
"Haste makes waste." . . . "Slow
hut sure.','
Those old sayings, dignifying
slowness, are mere excuses for
plodding.
The truth is that you can con
trol your thinking habits and, by
controlling them tremendously
improve your learning.
vm-'t sir j
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By HAL BOYLE I in your omelet! world together, is getting weaker! It is healthy to be friendly. A
NEW YORK (API-Things aj Lookir.s for something to cele-umd who isn l7' 1 psychiatric study found that even
columnist might never know if he brate? How about the 85th anni-i Woman's work is but begun: In so-called normal people some
didn't open his mail: vorsary of the first U. S. silo, 1900 only 14 per cent of Amcricanitimcs show marked neurotic
People take health (or granted,! built in Maryland in 1876? iwomcn between the ages of 35 to symptoms after as little as three
hut the surgeon's knife slill waits
for most, early or late
Our quotable notables: "We
suppose there is hardly a man
64 years had jobs outside the hours of isolation.
home Today well above 40 per, Nu one can lruthfuliv call 16
We are 180 million people, and no "as not an apple orchard luu uu- , "dirty capitalists." This country
about one million operations are tucked away in his heart some-j Memo to the younger genera-Imakes 2,300.000 bathtubs a year.
done a year, of which some iOlicie. thnsiopher Morley. jtion: We are informed that the! It was Arthur Wing Pinero who
per cent are still for the removal! The high cost of higher educa- namc ' truant officer in an In- observed, "Those who love deop-
of tonsils or adenoids. !tion: Bennington College, a Ver-j"''"13 ,own was Mary Willily never grow old: they may die
If your son objects to house- monl institution, puts this price Kctchum. lof old age, but they die young."
hold chores as "sissy," you can laS on '0"r daughter's learning!
tell" him that ex - heavyweight 1
lag on your aaugnters learning! u umM nunit, i,tiM-HMiiti ,
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w newer you can allord it or not, Js
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college.
champ Jack Dcmpsey, who threw
some of the fastest and fiercest
fists in boxing history, as a boy
helped his mother do the laundry.
Caution to cat or dog owners:
be careful of a "runny-nosed" I is $50 annually.
child in your neighborhood. It can! We're not sure just what this
infect your pet. proves, but the Hotel Edison here
Food for the future: A Canadian, 'ound that its men guests spent
scientist has found that bees, likcjmoro time on the phones than did
beefsteak, are easy to prepareRhe women., (Our conclusion: The
and are highly nutritious. Well. pen were listening to women.)
if you want- a -little more sling1 Next 'o the common cold and
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Jaycees' Man Of Year Is Active
In Several Local Organizations
Wes Sine, 7305 South Sixth , He hunts, fishes, boats and water
Street, a lifelong resident oliSkis lor recreation.-
Klamath Falls, was named Jay- He has instructed gymnastic
cee man of the year during the
(Enclosed is $1 in check, money order or cash.)
. Stet
He has instructed
classes as a volunteer in the
VMPA nrnni-am far ointit vmic
annual Klamath Junior Chamber durjng summer a vo,un.
of Commerce award banquet in teer Red Cross swimming instruc
the Klamath Union High School tor at the municipal swim pool,
cafeteria Thursday. h . m.mh.P nf ,h
Sine, 24, has been very active, y. Men's Club and has Darlici-
pated in
5. Her parents are Mr. and Mrs
Albert Blake of 1018 Eldorado
Avenue.
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THE BUSY BAKERETTES
Eight girls met at Mrs. Mar
vin Brown's home Jan. 24. Club
members are Susie Bray, Karen
Werner, Marie and Cathy Angel.
Donna Tofell, Janice Roid and
Dianne Bard.
We mot on Tuesday and decid
ed to have our meetings on Monday.
Officers for the club are Cathy
Angel, president: Susie Bray, vice
president; Dianne Bard, news re
porter. Marie Angel is going lo giv;
a demonstration, setting the table
for a one-place setting.
We discussed money for a par
ly, but haven't really decided
what to do w ith our club money
yet..
Dianne Eard,
News Reporter.
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Every three minutes bus passen
gers here peered into 15-year-old
Jaqueline Hawry's bedroom win
dow when the buses stopped out
side her house.
Today in the window they have
two statues of women, put up by
Jaqueline's father "to give them
something else to look at.
WES SINE
number of YMCA
membership roundups. He is a
member of the Elks Lodge and
has served on numerous Elks
committees. He is also a charter
member of Linkville Kiwanis
Club, a member of YMCA and
is vice president of the Klamath
Jaycees.
Though Sien has been a member
less than two years, he has been
secretary and director. As a Jay
cee, he has worked hard on
many project committees.
Sine was graduated from KUHS
in 1954. He was active in sports
there. His brother. Merle, is a
KUHS student and has Avon let
ters in football and wrestling. ' . , .
Sine's parents are Mr. and Mrs. ASI llllf TmIC Afj
ElunnH Sine 45I Tlima Avo. t' Will IIIIJ U
nue. His wife is the former Kay
Blake. They are parents of two
children Elwood. 6, and Weslyn,
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starts a new job as director of a
teen-agers' club. Howarth is 80
years old.
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, ; Ovulation Suppression
! W rilrr'i Cramp
; J Strong Minds
. f Douching
. Why tin tnatt prmrriptinnt
, coil $10 or mare?
; A- They don't. A recent study
shout that the averiipe price 10
Z the patient of a prescription in
the U. S. i about S3. Over 60
per eent of all prescriptions were
$3 and under. Only nhout one
1 in !00 prescriptions cost as much
; as $10.
4J. Oom tht netr rnntrareptir
' frill prevent or rfWny nrulatinn?
I A. If raVen for m days durinp
- the menstrual ode, the oral
I hormone preparation which was
approved as a contraceptive hy
'. the Food and Druj. AdminiMra
; lion in May of last year, presents
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periods, warm soaks, and writing
in a more "relaxed"' manner.
Q. h the nlrf unrine. "Strain
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fahe?
A. F;ilse. The highly intelitpent
are generally taller, heavier, and
physicallv and mentally healthier
than ihoe of averaee intellisence.
Ihe meni.illy Billed tend to be
independent, confident, and ma
ture. Alhourh they are inclined
to be "risk-takers" in the wot-d
nf ideas, the sifted have a more
even disposition than the average
person.
(J. I Anil? douching detirnhle?
A. Doctors contend 1 hat the
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daily mechanical cleansing.
in organizational activities 5)cal
ly and has nruyle many friends
by his public service and with his
sincere, sotl-spoKen manner.
Sine works indoors as manager
of the appliance department for
Mnntcnmprv Wrn and fnmnanv
but he is a lover of the outdoors.
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How Dr. Nason Helped a Boy's Future
MhUxfc' n Mi i ! iWtmmmwmmimtJiiim u n ma - r itbii iifiaai fcj a
The boy vaa overweipht and unpleasant. He larked con
fidence; he was 'failing in school. Nobody liked him except
hti mother
"If he could just learn to make better grades," the said,
"may lie that would help."
She had failed to help him improve thoe grades. So had the
school. The boy wa failing. Then someone told the mother
about a man who might perform the miracle.
.4k he had so many times before, Dr. Lelie J. Nason, educa.
tor and itperialiit in study habits, took the rate.
By teaching the hoy how to study he performed the miracle
of lifting him front failure to scholastic success as veil as
surreys with other children.
"He an't stupid." Dr. Naon notes. He just never had
been taught bow to Irarn.'
In simple, nnntrchntrnl language, Dr. Naon now reveals
some effective, neglerted techniques of the art of learning.
Don't urn the articles on "You CA Get Better Grades,'
vhirh Dr. .aon ha written tlh Harry Karns. The series
starts in this paper Monday.
Read
Dr. Nason
today
in ihe
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