NATIONAL COLLEGIATE A. A.

NATIONAL FEDERATION H. S. A. A. Y.M. C, A. -

CANADIAN I. A. U. and A. B. A.

NATIONAL BASKETBALL COMMITTEE
of the UNITED STATES and CANADA

CHAIRMEN OF SUB-COMMITTEES

Executive
H. H. Satmon, Jr.

‘Research
Forrest C. Aten

Game Administration

Publication
Oswatp Tower

Questionnaire
H. V. Porter

Vice CHairman, JOHN BUNN
Stanford Univ., Palo Alto, Calif.

Treasurer, FLOYD A. ROWE
Board of Education, Cleveland, Ohio

Epiror, OSWALD TOWER
Andover, Massachusetts

Cuairman, H. H. SALMON, Jr.
40 Wall St., New York, N. Y.

Secrerary, H. V. PORTER
11 S. LaSalle St., Chicago, Illinois

Sumner A. Dove

Complete List of
Committee Members

F.C. Allen
Univ. of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas

John Brown, Jr.
347 Madison Ave.
New York, New York

John Bunn
Stanford Univ.
Palo Alto, California

Forrest Cox
Colorado University
Boulder, Colorado

J. H. Crocker
Univ. of Western Ontario
London, Ont., Canada

M. C. Cunningham
High School
Desloge, Missouri

Sumner A. Dole
Connecticut State College
Storrs, Connecticut

J. Mark Good
Sun-Gazette Co.

Williamsport, Pennsylvan

E. J. Hickox
Springfield College

Springfield, Massachusetts

A. F. Jefferess
114 Carrick Ave.
Hamilton, Ont., Canada

Frank P. Maguire

Dept. of Public Instruction
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

H. G. Olsen
Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio :

Curtis Parker
Centennary College
Shreveport, Louisiana

H. V. Porter
11S. LaSalle St.
Chicago, Illinois

Floyd A. Rowe
Board of Education
Cleveland, Ohio

J. W. St. Clair
Southern Methodist Univ.
, Texas

H. H. Salmon, Jr.
40 Wall St.
New York, New York

Oswald Tower
Andover, Massachusetts

December 11, 1939.

Dee FF, C. ALOR,
Kansas University,
Lawrence, Kansas,

Dear Phog:

Thank you for your letter of December 5 with
enclosures. Some of the names of representatives do not
inspire a great amount of confidence in this organization
and I agree with you that it will bear watching.

Every basketball man was keenly sorry to learn
of Dr. Naismith's passing. There have been many fine trib—
utes to him during the past ten days, even in regions where
one might suspect. that he was almost unknown . It is one
wf the tragedies of humanity that a great man must die in
order to draw from his fellow men the expressions of esteem
whieh he merits.

I had hoped that we could start a movement this
year to honor Dr, Naismith in a fitting manner on the 50th
anniversary of the game , We can still do something to
honor his memory, but it is too late to arrange a program
in which he could have the satisfaction of participating,

Sincerely yours,