HELP US EXPAND

The mailing list of this bulletin is printed here. It
includes all of the traceable members who at sometime or other
have been on our rolls. There was an uncertantity regarding many
former members especially those in high schools. Please check
for any errors or omissions and notify the secretary.

Our membership showed a tremendous decrease last year.
We dropped to 105 active men in 1933-384 from the top of 276 in
1951-32. While our number includes meny of the most important
coaches in each section of the country there are literally hun-
dreds of important coaches who have not joined or who have lost
interest. About 600 men are coaching collegiate basketball and
nearly 20,000 are handling the sport in secondary schools. If
this Association is to be representative and effective it must
attract many more of this number,

The work of enlisting is under the direction the
Membership Committee of which B.T.Grover of Ohio University of
Athens, Ohio, is chairman, Other committee men are: lst District;
E. G. Hickox, Springfield College; 2nd District, Nat Holman,
City College of New York; 3rd District, Val Lentz, St John's
College, Annapolis, Md.; 4th District, A.F.Rupp, University of
Kentucky, Lexington, Ky.; Sth District, Ray Deitrick, Ohio
Wesleyan, Delaware, 0.; 6th District, J. Cc. Truesdale, Grinnell
College, Grinnell,Iowa,and Marsh Diebold, Carleton College, North-
field, Mimn.; 7th District, Louis Menze, Iowa State College,
Ames, Iowa; 8th District, G.0.Romney, Brigham Young University,
Provo, Utah; 9th District, Sam Barry, U. of Southern California,
Los Angeles, Calif.

This committee earnestly desires the assistance of all
coaches who will help in the necessary expansion. Active members
should anticipate calls to interview prospects in their territory.

In the meantime there are two very definite moves for
each of us to take. First, start missionary work right at home
by sending your $5.00 annual dues, Heretofore, it has been the
practice to wait until -convention time to pay, but this should be
done NOW. Unless you have a 1934-35 membership card you have not
paid.

Second, make a criticial study of the service this group
can perform and list the ways we have fallen down in the attraction
of other coaches. Then each must not hesitate to express these
shortcomings either to the Membership Committee or to the. Secretary.
You may think of other difficulties, but here are some topics which
may Start you. 1, Are dues too high ? ° 2. Should an allied,
non-voting membership be stressed ? 3.If closer membership contact
between conventions is necessary, what steps to accomplish this
would you advise ? 4. Are conventions sites satisfactorily located ?
S. What convention program changes or additions would make the
meetings more valuable ?

Basketball furnishes our bread and butter. Do we want a
forceful voice in this game ? If we do then a hard-working and
representative organization must be maintained.