NOW IN SANDBAN! -^vxWxi-hlja l * 'T Jr J kJ 1 z ~ ’ *T\air'7Lr2 \ W. 4 IB—A —< 11.JR4 A,Ji \ 1 '■t T HlWxifmYLh!oo6 COSTS LESS THAN S2O! Plus Installation New 1962 designs! Fabulous new colors for every room! All sealed under Sandran’s famous 100% vinyl wear surface that gives you a floor as stain-free, as scrub-free as a floor can be! Sandran is so different it’s patented! LOOK FOR THIS BANNER IN SANDRAN RETAILERS* WINDOWS EVERYWHERE! in to see the NEW 1962 PARADEvp® | jd GET this Genuine Famous Springfield \—y OUTDOOR THERMOMETER for one to a customer’ 6 u READ BETTER Sharpen Your Mind While You Read! By WILLIAM S. SCHAILL President., The Reading Laboratory and This Week’s Reading Consultant Are you an alert reader? Here's how to be one i z —sW If you’ve been reading these articles and doing your practic ing you should by now have appreciably upped your reading speed and reading efficiency. Now the question arises, what use should you make of your better, faster reading? The answer is critical read ing. If you ever learned a musi cal instrument you reached a point where you had mastered the mechanics of fingering and could concentrate on interpre tation of the music. You now have reached that same point in reading skill. You’re ready to dig deeper to make your own interpreta tions of articles and books thereby getting the very most from everything you read. There are two techniques involved in making your own interpretations: subjective analy sis and ofyectwe analysis. Here’s how to use them: 1. Subjective analysis: As you read, you should be making a swift check of what the writer is telling you against what you already know yourself of the subject. You also judge the soundness of his opinions by your own sense of logic. 2. Objective analysis: When you finish reading, ask yourself what you have learned. The READ FASTER £ most important consideration here is to distinguish between a report and mere unsupported opinion. A report is something the writer gives you from research or firsthand observation; there fore it can usually be accepted as fact. An opinion, on the other hand, is only as reliable as you believe the author to be. See if you can classify each of the three sentences in the paragraph below as fact or opinion: According to the authorita tive book, "North American Game Fishes,” the Gulf Stream off Florida's east coast is one of the world's finest fishing areas, with most of the notable large game fish of die world. In a sin gle afternoon I have seen sailfish, marlin, tuna and huge, deadly sharks. No fish provides greater sport than the marlin. The first sentence is report, since it cites an authority for what it says. The second is also report, since it is the author’s firsthand observation. The third, however, is opinion it’s what the writer thinks. Critical reading not only adds enjoyment but sharpens your mind. It will keep you on the alert, and make you a more knowledgeable and interesting person. It is one of the great rewards of Modern Reading. THIS WEEK Magazine / February 4,1962