March 27. One highlight of this function from our standpoint was the
announcement that Oswald Tower had been named by the coaches as proper
recipient for 1944 of the award presented by Metropolitan Basketball Com-
mittee for outstanding service to basketball. Ed Kelleher really did a grand
job in his announcement speech and left Oswald nearly speechless from sur-
prise and emotion. The trophy was presented Oswald in Madison Square
Garden at the final N. C. A. A. Games under proper spotlight conditions.
The tournaments themselves were wonderfully interesting and presented the
finest of situations for enjoyment and discussion among the coaches.

Two coaches who sent in material, later to be reported on, were Lambert
of Purdue University and Ackman of Concordia College. This material with
other reports and comments will be included in later Bulletins. The 1944
Conferences seemed, to your acting secretary, to have been very worthwhile.
Here’s hoping the war is soon over and all our membership can gather in a
great convention under as inspiring and thought-provoking conditions as have
surrounded us for 1944.

Epwarp J. Hickox, Acting Secretary-Treasurer

BRIEF TREASURER'S REPORT AS OF MARCH 15, 1944

Received from Bank at West Point — closing Acct. of
Treasurer Val Lentz (in service) check ....... $2,186.22

Dues collected January to March 15, 1944........-. 68.00 $2,254.22

Money paid out:

 

Postage: seas. baleoten cnet ewes rqewten oe - 21.00
Mimeographed: Postab:Cards ia's0: 22... jes. <3 5.50 26.50
Cash in Bank, Springfield, Mass., March 15, 1944 .......:.---- $2227.72

Epwarp J. Hickox

REPORT OF SECRETARY

The report of the 1943 Executive Meeting, called by President Kelleher
in lieu of a convention, was sent to you some months ago. It need not be
repeated here — two hundred and twenty-five copies were sent with stamps
sufficient to assure delivery, forwarding, or return to sender. Only a few
were returned. Acknowledgment came in personal comment or in checks for
unpaid dues from some. Some idea of the present location of our member-
ship was thus obtained.

In February plans began to be formulated for the 1944 meeting depend-
ent largely on the dates and places for the National Tournaments. When

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