“He loved youth. He and Alonzo |
Stage working together chose the
profession of physical education over |
the ministry, in which they were |
ordained, because they could do|
more for youth, they thought. The}
youth of the world will arise and call |
Doctor Naismith blessed.”

Chancellor Deane W. Malott yes-|
terday made the following statement |
on the work and influence of Doctor |
Naismith:

“In behalf of the University of |
Kansas, I express sorrow at the|
death of Dr. James Naismith, pro-
fessor emeritus of physical educa- |
tion. Not only the University and
the state of Kansas, but the United
States and many nations of the world
as well, will feel the loss of this man
who set high standards of personal
clean living and was able to infuse
these same standards into the lives
of hundreds of young men. His]
contribution.to the athletic world of

the game of basketball will leave a
mark that even time cannot erase.”

A.B. From McGill
+ Doctor Naismith was the possessor
of three degrees. He received an
A.B. degree from McGill University
in Montreal in 1887, in 1891 he re-
ceived his master of physical educa-
tion degree from ¥.M.C.A. college in
Springfield, Mass. In 1898, he earned |
his doctor of medicine degree from
the University of Colorado.

Doctor Naismith married Miss
Maude E. Sherman of Springfield, |
Mass., in 1894. Three daughters and
two sons were born. Mrs. Naismith |
died in March, 1937.

Doctor Naismith, who at the age|
of eight was left an orphan, was)
born in Almonte, Ontario, Nov. 6, |
1861.

This spring, Doctor Naismith and
Mrs. Florence Kincaid, for many
years a housemother for Sigma Phi
Epsilon fraternity, were married.