A Message
from the
Naismith Memorial Committee

In undertaking to raise a fund of $300,000 to
construct the Temple of Basketball in memory of
Dr. James A. Naismith, we know we have the good
wishes of sport lovers everywhere. We have al-
ready been assured of help and cooperation of im-
portant sport figures, sports editors, and college
authorities, 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. Ata
time when the world is preoccupied with bitter-
ness, recriminations 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 millions.

AES
Roger L. Putnam

Mayor of Springfield
Chairman, Executive Committee