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commissioner's salary for the college presidents, but only to emphasize
that this commissioner's job is perhaps one of the most important jobs
in the United States so far as the welfare of the youth is concerned.

_ Perhaps I should add that I was closely associated with Dr. James
Naismith, the originator of the game of basketball, from 1902 until the
time of his death in 1939, which ocourred at Lawrence, Kansas. I succeeded
Dr. Naismith as head of the Department of Physical Education in 1923, and
he still remained as professor of Physical Bducation in the department until
the time of his death. Naturally, through those long years of association,
I came to learn much of his idealism and his desire that basketball should

be kept clean, because this game is the only great game in the world that
is the product of one man's brain.

Very cordially yours,
Director of Physical Rducation,

FOA:A H Varsity Basketball Coach.
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