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by the higher and better impulses pays great dividends and we are the

benefactors.

Another great edusator who gave to youth a great gane i Drs James
Naismith, en orphan boy raised by an old mele in Altemont, Canada. He roamed
the Canadian woods and waded streans during his boyhood days. It ws not until
after he had received the degree of Doctor of Divinity at Queens College in
Ontario that he entered Springfield College, at mctvatiahie Masse He was a
minister seeking the larger life for youmg men. With Alonzo Stagg, who was also
a Doster of iivinity, these two men along with Drs Re Tait ekensie, the crest
sculptor, also & Camuiian, contributed most wonderfully to Springfield's renown.
Drs Luthor Halsey Guldek comandod Vaianith to originate a gine that would take
nse ‘ef ahaiitnins Wiatiieiinein coil déiliihtets Sentenll. incicow’ dil es satan
seasons This man Naismith originated a game that is now played by eighteen
million people in fifty-two different countries.

From the platform at the Netional Health and Physical Education
meng ‘anil well eteinntietng hia tia ablin diiihni tah spc ti
sn said waits in. seins hein ‘ans Sn inca enih at eechasasat
that Naismith invented was all that was necessary for the educable child so far
as coordination, rhythm and poetry in action, and building a fine physique was

concerned. I am spealding of basketball as a game, not as a sporte