This Temple of Basketball will bear the same relationship to
the court game as baseball's Hall of Fame at Cooperstown, New York, bears
to the diamond pastime and it will have the same commemorative Significance
in regard to the founder of the game as the Walter Camp Memorial at
New Haven has for the father of the American football.

The Temple of Basketball will not only be a permanent monument
to Dre Naismith, but in its Hall of Fame will be perpetuated the names
and accomplishments of the gamets foremost players, past, present and
futuree Deposited and safe-guarded in the Temple of Basketball will be
documents, curios, souvenirs, and.records of the sporte And enshrined
each year in a suitable mamner will be the names of the recognized annual
All-American basketball teams.

The Committee feels that it is fitting that a sport which has
captured the imagination of millions of people, young and old, of both
sexes, should pay united tribute to the man who was its founder. The
Temple of Basketball will be more than a memorial to Dr¢ Naismithe It
will be a permanent monument to the youth of the world, to American
idealism, to the joy of sportsmanship, fair play, and a wholesome game.

A National Jury of qualified leaders in the sport will be
appointed to pass judgement on all candidates for the Hall of Fame, and
only those worthy of the honor will be nominated for the distinction.
Players, past and present, will be given careful consideration.

The Hall of Fame committee will set up a list of qualifications
which a player must have before he merits primary consideration. No
area in the country will be overlooked in determining the names of the
men who will be honored annually.

The enviable distinction of Winning permanent recognition in
basketball by being nominated to the Hall of Fame will prove a strong
incentive to the players throughout the country, and will be a boom to
the sport. Mythical teams will take a more concrete form when enshrined
in the Temple of Basketball and what is now a passing interest, namely,
the All-American team will become an important reality each year.

The Hall of Fame, a long-hoped for dream of basketball authorities,
will be finally realized. And in it basketball will have a permanent

home where the immortals of the game will be forever honored,