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Tonicht, The Department of Physical Education of the University
of Kansas, with the cooperation of the K=Club, brings you

the dramatized story of basketball, as told by its inventor,
Dr. James Naismith, of the University. Characters ir the
dramatic scenes will be portrayed by members of the K+Club,.

the organization of lettermen of the athletic department.

 

MUSIC s Wise 207 - FADE
ANNA: | And here is your narra’or, Dr. Naismith, inventor of basket+=
ball.

NARRATOR: Good evening, frierds. We ave going to re-create a few
seenes from the history of basketball, showing its develop-
ment from a YMCA sport to a world-wide populer form of
recreation. The st of basketball goes back to the fall

| of 1891. Nee on sor eines in the a collese in

; Springfield, Mass. (START FADING PADING) ‘a ‘a faculty meeting,

F ne Dr, Gulick, the’ director of the collese, is speaking.

| GULICK: ‘(Fading in) Gentlemen....e.It is a serious problem which we ©

: facet We're getting nowhere, now that the football season.

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is over. | (Murmur,

 

er VOICE ls Dr. Quiltex,+s.cle've tried our level best! The mob of boys
| you assigned us is the most unruly group I've ever seen,

The whole point of cur trouble is.es.e.«They've gotten fed up
with continual gymnastic: during the cold season. It's too
long a tire between football and baseball periods. And we
have no suitable indoor sport. we

VOICE 2: My, Williams is richt, doctor, We've tried indoor football,
but it's not practical. It's too rough. And the football
bows Gon't go for the lighter cames...Like lacrosse,..and
soecer, They're losing interest, |

GULICKs (Quiets

 

und rtone_w th gavel) Well..».Gentlemen...Bear with
it a while longer, please! Meanwhile, I've an idea ike:

wight be developed. (Pause) If there's no other bisidneniin
) we'll adjourn the meeting util next week. (Noise) ic
; Naismith..If you have a moment, I'd like to speak with ‘gen,
NAT: Why, certainly, sir.

 

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“GULICKs Jimeeeesl'm going to assign that elass of boys to you.

You've been pretty gcod at devising rew forms of recreation.

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