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YOU CAN GET BETTER GRADES Is Your Child Meeting Space Age Challenges HERALD AND NEWS, Klamath Falls, Or. Monday, January 30, 1961 PACE ( Editor'i Note: This is the first In a scries of 15 articles by an educational authority, civinc stu dents and parents practical help on now to improve grades in tchool. Technology Division of Long Beach City College. .' ' Average reading speed for col lege graduates and U.S. business i executives is about 260 words a minute. By conscious elfort Mr. Wade hiked his speed lo 450 words a minute in a few weeks. Present ly he was reading 800. 1,200, and then 2.200 words a minute. A! icruising' speed he could swisn end girls lo know how to mak.i ,a v0 .. good grades ' Pur' en ' .. ' , . Wade had pushed his reading ouiy,u,,KUU u.o. uKud, , the 6,ioo.w0rd-pcr-min By LESLIE J. NASON, Ed.D, with HARKY KARN'S Nevnr has It been as important as it is today for American boy contest of brains. Academic stan dards are rising. The road to the ?()inB imo 0lbu ute mark and was at the point of diploma is suddenly rough and getting rougher. More is required of 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 1!0, and there w ill be 11 in 1970. The increase in college enrollment in the next 10 yeais will be greate But does he understand what he 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 man ii nas Deen ui me pasi i".lcading spcc(i and increase their yaars' 1 ! comprehension 10 to 50 ner cent Thus competition for a scat in the American college classroom is just as keen as competition with the Russians. We are less concerned here with the mechanics of the thing than with the fact that such improve ment is possible by conscious cf- Millions uf American boys and furt You chan?e your spe(,d girls, howpvei. 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 lo 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. You can improve your understand ing of w hat you read. Fast and Accurate Joe was a student in an inter mediate algebra class. He had (roubles. He brought them 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 siow and accurate or fast and inaccurate. Since he had chosen to be slow and aceur-i ate. he now found it impossible to finish tests within the time al io Begin with, lets clear awaylIowcd He reared that anv clangc niaior nusiacie uiai sianas in in n,s rale 0 work would produce the path of learning. disastrous results. It's the fashion today lo blame -look. Joe. you're producing dis poor grades, delinquency, bad !., sl rolls resuits anvwav." we point ed out, "why not try the alterna- Most Persons Undergo Surgery Early Or Lafe By HAL BOYLE in your omelet! world logethoi, is gelling weaken It is healthy to be friendly. A NEW YORK (API-Things a Looking for something to cele- 'a1 w 1,0 isn'' 71 i psychiatric study found that even columnist might never know if he biate? How about the 85th aniii-! Woman's work is but begun: Inj so-called normal people some didn't open his mail: versaiy of the first U. S. silo, 1900 only 14 per cent of American! times show marked neurotic women between the ages of 35 to symptoms after as little as three (i4 years had jobs outside the hours of isolation. People take health for granted,!0"'1! in Maryland in 1876 but the surgeon's knife still waits for most, early or late. Our quotable notables: suppose mere is nai'dly a We We are 180 million people, and '!' has not an apple orchard lcenl do. home. Today well above 40 per about one million operations are tucked away in his heart some done a year, of which some loj where. "Christopher Morlcy. per cent are still for the removal I The high cost of higher educa- of tonsils or adenoids. ilion: Bcnninclon Collecc. a Ver- If your son objects hold chores as "sissv. Memo lo the younger genera tion: We are informed that Ihc No ono can truthfully call us "dirty capitalists." This country makes 2,300.000 bathtubs a year. It was Arthur Wing Pinero who to house- monl institution, puts this price ivcicniim. vou can u" ul" o.iugiuci s learning: name of a truant officer in an In- observed, "Those who love deen- diana town was Mary Willllv never crow old: thev mav die lot old age. but they die young." lor one year K.650 a year. Whether you can afford it or not, that is what it actually costs the tell' him that ex heavyweight champ .lack Dcmpsoy, w ho threw some of the fastest and fiercest fists in boxing history, as a boy college helped his mother do Ihe laundry. Keel overworked and under Caution to cat or dog owners: paid? The average wage in India be careful of a "runny-nosed" s $50 annually, child in your neighborhood. It can We're not sure just what this infect your pet. j proves, but Ihe Hotel Edison hero Food for Ihe future: A Canadian , found that its men guests spent more time on the phones than did tWtlttlttltllf,lMittllftltiM""lttft1lltl I,,,. o O Q O O O O . O O O o O b O O O O . O O O O o O 0 O O o O O 4 A ' A'll Hi I It Ti ln,V l lid II III II t fl f, 1 1 HI l t ' It I It I i M I' H V i : o- -or -0- '. scientist has found that bees, like beefsteak, are easy to prepare, and are highly nutritious. Well, if you want- a 'little more sting1 4-H NEWS manners, and flat tires on your great-great-grandfather's genes and on the pattern of the 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 mw going to ask you live that wasn't suggested to you Try to be both fast and accurate." This was awful heresy, but Joe was ready to try 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 tended to daydream. "All right then. The point is to to forget that myth. We are poingimake your mind and your pencil to ask you lo accept in its place work so fast that Utere s no time a simple but revolutionary truth: or space in your brain for day Jaycees' Man Of Year Is Active In Several Local Organizations South Sixth, He hunts, fishes, boats and water resident of iskis for recreation.. He has instructed gymnastic cee man of the year during the i as a vownecr in me , ,., ,, , . , , 'YMCA program for eight years Wes Sine, 7305 Street, a ' lifelong Klamath Falls, was named Jay You can consciously control 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 4earn. to see more in a shorter span 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 .U describe them accurately. , '. Similarly, the Navy, experiment ing in ' its radio schools, proved ;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 Beach, Calif., man, Thurman Wade, enrolled in a speed read ing class at the Business and dreaming.' We gave him a lest comparable to one in which previously he had completed 12 problems (nine cor rectly) in 50 minutes. This time, consciously, trying to speed up his brain, he finished 20 problems in 40 minutes and got 18 right Presented w ith proof of the mar velous new theory thai speed and accuracy do go together, Joe start ed getting his algebra done on time. "Haste makes waste." . , . "Slow but 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. MAIL THIS COUPON TODAY TO THIS NEWSPAPER annual Klamath Junior Chamber of Commerce award banquet in the Klamath Union High School cafeteria Thursday. Sine, 24, and during summer is a volun- 5. Her parents are Mr. and Mrs. Albert Blake of 1018 Eldorado Avenue. 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 Tofull, Janice Reid and Dianne Bard. We met on Tuesday and decid ed to havo our meetings on Mon day. Officers for the club are Cathy Angel, president; Susie B'ay, vice president; Dianne Bard, news re-! porter. Marie Angel is going to giv: a demonstration, setting the table for a one-place selling. Wa discussed money for a par ty, bul haven't really decided what to do with our club money yet.. Dianne Paid, News Reporter. I Ihe women.. (Our conclusion: The men were listening to women.) 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As a Jay ccc. he has worked hard on many project committees. I Sine was graduated from KUHS in 1954. He was active in sports there. His brother. Merle, is a KUHS student and has won let ters in football and wrestling. Sine parents are Mr. and Mrs. Elwood Sine, 4821 Climax Ave nue. His wife is the former Kay Blake. They are parents of two children Elwood. 6, and Weslyn, dow when the buses stopped out side her house. Today in the w indow they have two statues of women, pul up by Jaqucline's father "to give them something else to look at." YOUNG OLDSTER BURTON BIMDSTOCK, Eng land (UPI ) Bob Howai'lh today starts a new job. as director of a teen-agers' club. Howarth is 80 years old. Arivrrllirmrnt ' - ' ' : : i : : : : :. Pleose send me the complete booklet on "You CAN Get Belter Grades" (Enclosed is $1 in check, money order or cash.) Cit, WES SINE in organizational activities local ly and has made many friends by his public service and with his sincere, soft-spoken manner.' 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Naon, educa tor and specialist in itudy hahiti. took the rate. By teaching the hoy how to study he performed the mirarle of lifting him from failure to scholastic success as well as surrrtt with other children. He wasn't stupid.11 Dr. Nason notes. "He just never had been taught how to learn.' In simple, nontrrhnirul language, Dr. Nann now reveals some effective, neglerted techniques nf the art of learning. Don't mi's the articles on "Vou CAN Get Better Grades," which Dr. Naon has written with Harry Karns. The series starts in this paper Monday. Read Dr. Nason today in the MAIL THIS COUPON TODAY TO THI5 NEWSPAPER Pl.os send me coin pl.t. booklet en "You CAN Get Better Grodei" (Enclosed S 1 in check, money O'd.r ot coth.) H.m. J V 2-Speed 2-Cycle Philco-Bendix Auto Washer W) ' EVEN LESS WITH M 4J:? YOUR TRADE-IN! TOP QUALITYv. T2f PHILC0 lUJM BENDIX DUOMATIC 1 1 WASHER DRYER COMBINATION f j JjffE WithTra i o P a EASY CREDIT TERMS AT MERITS! TOP-O.THE-LINE All New! 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