Word: stauffer
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Reading Dynamics Institute also produces the same kind of propaganda associated with party activity. Usually it is composed of statements from well-known people who have been converted to the idea of reading dynamics. Professor Stauffer of Delaware is probably the party's chief propagandist. But not to be overlooked are statements from prestigious non-experts such as Senator William Proxmire whose famous quotation is: "I must say that this was one of the most useful educational experiences I've ever had. It certainly compares favorably with the experiences I've had at Yale and Harvard...
...these critics, Reading Dynamics convert Stauffer has an answer: "They are always demanding we show them how it is possible it can be done. But none of them has ever shown us that it can't be done...
Also located in Wilmington was the University of Delaware and its Reading-Study Center. The center was directed by Russel G. Stauffer, who is now president of the International Reading Association. "I was getting many telephone queries about the new Wood technique and the feasibility of rates ranging from 5,000 to 20,000 words per minute. I indicated that my 'informed' judgement led me to conclude that such rates were hardly attainable. I was just as heated in my denials as anybody could be, but I was forced to deal with...
...Stauffer enrolled in Mrs. Wood's course and ended up reading fiction at more than 2000 words a minute. Next, he organized a class of about 20 hardheaded faculty members, including the University president, the Librarian, the Dean of Students, and the Dean of the School of Engineering. According to Stauffer, two persons dropped the course for personal reasons and those who remained reported markedly increased rates and satisfaction with the course in general...
Lynch boomed out of the blocks and won going away, seven yards ahead of Villanova's Larry Livers, and three more in front of Gray. The time, 0:51.5, tied the record set last year by Maryland's Chris Stauffer...