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     Jumpstart is meant to ''encourage good habits about reading and imagination,'' said Sarah Dangelantonio, head of the English department and organizer of the event. Dangelantonio said that the reading was a nice way to show caring, and that it was an easy event to organize at virtually no cost.
    
     Read for the Record is a national event in which schools and organizations may register a group to read a children's book, selected by Jumpstart, on the same day in an attempt to break the record for the largest national reading of a book. This year, Franklin Pierce took part in the reading, which encompassed 425,565 people nationwide, crushing the old record of 258,000, set by Jumpstart during their last Read for the Record.
   
     ''I think there was a certain value to hearing a story read out loud, as opposed to reading it,'' said senior Danielle White, who attended the event.  ''The oral tradition is important.''

     English professor Donna Decker liked the nostalgic feeling of the event. ''What I liked about the experience was that it gave an opportunity for those of us who read it as children, or read it to our children to relive that experience,'' she said.

     Dangelantonio commented that the selection of Corduroy  material was a good one. ''Everyone remembers it, and it always seems to be a good memory,'' she said. According to Dangelantonio, because it is an older book, published in 1968, it spans generations, allowing older participants to remember the book from their own childhood, or from when their children were small.
    
     About a dozen students and faculty attended the reading, according to Dangelantonio.
    
     The event was a part of the Humanities Octoberfest, and sponsored by the English Honor society, Sigma Tau Delta. To learn more about Jumpstart or Read for the Record, visit Jumpstart's website at http://www.jstart.org/ or http://www.readfortherecord.org/.