Friday, April 11, 1952 University Daily Kansan
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Dr Naismith Gave KU Basketball Its Start Back In 1898
Dr. James Naismith, who invented basketball in Springfield, Mass., in 1891, gave basketball its start on the KU campus seven years later.
Dr. Naismith came to Mt. Oread because the University needed a physical education director who also could lead the chapel services.
Basketball and other athletic events did not meet with immediate success on the campus. In fact, it is reported that Dr. Naismith was so discouraged by the lack of interest that he would have returned home if he hadn't sold all his household goods.
By 1920, enthusiasm had so increased that sufficient seating was at a minimum. The seating capacity was 1000, with single admissions at 35 cents and reserved seats at
15 cents extra. Reserve seats for the season were $1.
In 1921, the game was becoming so popular that members of the physical education department stressed the need for a bigger gym with a larger seating space. That year, season tickets for the 10 conference games sold for $5.
Dr. Naismith, who had been educated for the ministry, originated basketball for 18 young men in a class at Springfield, Mass., YMCA college in 1891 while training to become a physical director.
The idea came in answer to the question as to what the physical education classes could do when the weather would not permit outdoor sports. At that time the only winter sports were ice hockey, snow
AWS Application Deadline May 1
Jane Tippin's name was added to the scholarship that same year. She died of infantile paralysis in August, 1948.
Applications for the fourth Associated Women Students memorial scholarship should be filed in the dean of women's office by May 1.
Any woman in residence at the University for at least one semester is eligible for the $50 award to be applied to her college expenses next fall.
The scholarship is offered to perpetuate the memory of all women students whose academic careers have been cut short by death. It was set up by the AWS in December, 1948 in memory of Fredrika Eklblad and Geraldine Cuddy, former students who were killed in a Thanksgiving holiday automobile accident that fall.
Other names included in the memorial scholarship are Joyce Diller and Janice Kollman, killed in an automobile accident in March, 1950, and Natalie Pierson and Jamie Daniels, killed in automobile accidents in December, 1950, and January, 1951.
The scholarship is awarded each spring to a worthy and needy University woman. Kathryn Elaine Mueller, college freshman, won the award last year.
Dog Not Blamed For Weaving
Dog Not Blamed For Weaving
Green Bay, Wis.—(U.R.)-Lawrence
Case blamed a dog running loose in
his car for his weaving driving.
A jury was unimpressed with his odd
explanation and found him guilty of
drunken driving.
Audience Enjoys ACappellaConcert
Choral perfection and melodic harmony marked the 25th concert of the 96-voice A Cappella choir, directed by D. M. Swarthout, professor of piano, Wednesday night in Hoch auditorium.
Because of bad weather the audience was small, but it was most appreciative.
The choir sang selections of Renaissance, Russian and contemporary music as well as spirituals and folk songs. "Ava Marie" (Palestrina), "Bless the Lord" (Ippolitoff-Ivanoff), and "A Clear Midnight" (Healy Willan) were outstanding numbers on the program.
Solos were sung by soprano Gretta Reetz, Lonesome Valley; contralto Joyce Ristine, O Vos Omnes (Vaughn-Williams), and contralto Harriet King, Comin' on Chariot Wheels.
The only indoor games were group games where a number of people gathered and played without any reference to teamwork.
Johnsonville, S.C.—(U.P.)A tenant farmer, Joe Davis, and his wife seem to like the sound of rhyming names. They named their triplet girls Clorine, Florine and Lorine.
Poetry In Triplet's Names
sisted of nine players. This number of players was used because the class consisted of 18 members and the game had to be devised to accommodate a large number of players.
shoeing, and other sports which required considerable equipment and were carried on out-of-doors.
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The first baskets were ordinary half-basket vegetable containers hung to the balcony at the ends of the floor, with someone stationed to empty each one. The last baskets were used because of their greater depth. The name basketball was adopted due to these baskets used.
Physical educators of that time felt a need for a game that could be played indoors in the evening, and that called into play competitive spirit and teamwork. It was with this aim in view that the game was developed.
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with no free throws, out of bounds did not count and the penalty for fouling was the penalty box on the sidelines. The game usually ended when all the players had fouled out.
Rules were very uncomplicated
The first basketball team con-
The popularity of the game was immediate and soon became a national sport. YMCA directors took the game to many parts of the world, and now over 50 nations play basketball. In 1936, basketball was adopted by the eleventh Olympic games at Berlin, largely through the efforts of Coach Phog Allen.
Campus Interviews on Cigarette Tests
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