The proceedings of the fourth annual meeting of the College Reading Association (a fledgling organization in 1961 when this meeting was held) consisted of two symposia, a number of papers, and special reports on research related to reading, as follows: (1) "Opening Remarks" (Albert J. Mazurkiewicz); (2) "Improving Reading in the English Classroom" (Phillip Shaw); (3) "Improving Reading in the Laboratory" (Martha J. Maxwell); (4); "Improving Reading as a Psychological Service" (Barbara Ann Becher); (5) "Role Playing as an Aid in Improving Reading Ability and Empathy" (Charles J. Versacci); (6) "Reading Achievement and Social-Cultural Conditioning" (Albert J. Mazurkiewicz); (7) "Psychotherapeutic Correlates to the Teaching of Reading" (Edward R. Dubin); (8) "Problems in Speed Reading" (Lawrence Charry); (9) "A New Method of Teaching Reading" (Evelyn N. Wood); (10) "Lack of Reading Training: A Public School Viewpoint" (Rosemary Green Wilson); and (11) "The Teacher Today" (Eleanor Logan). (MS)