GOAL OF THE JUBILEE

In undertaking to raise a fund of $300,000
to construct the Temple of Basketball in memory of
Dr. James Naismith, we know we have the good
wishes of sports lovers everywhere. We have already
been assured of the help and cooperation of important
sports figures, sports editors, and college authori-
ties, but we aim to make the Temple of Basketball a
national institution, and as such it should be a
monument erected by the efforts of all who ever
played or watched the game.

Just as the game is a nationally popular one,
so we want the Temple of Basketball to be the result
of popular national effort. We are not depending on
one group in the sport, but on all groups. At a time
when the world is preoccupied with bitterness, re-
criminations and destruction, it is inspiring to feel
that here at home we have not forgotten to pay permanent
homage to a man whose ingenuity has brought joy to

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Roger Le Putnam
Mayor of Springfield
Chairman, Executive Committee