Originator of Basketball to see it Played at Olympics, April 5, 1936

A newspaper article Published by the Sunday Standar-Times (New Bedford, Ma.) on April 5, 1936 and titled "Originator of Basketball To see it Played at Olympics." The article talks about the movement to make Basketball an Olympic Sport, how the game was invented, who Dr. James Naismith was, and how the game has florished. It also talks about the National Basketball Coaches and their drive to finance the trip to Berlin for both Dr. and Mrs. Naismith that was observed from Feb. 7 to 13th where 1 cent of each admissions was donated to a fund to send them.James A. Naismith (November 6, 1861 – November 28, 1939), known as "The Father of Basketball" was born in Almonte, Ontario. When he was nine, both of his parents died of typhoid fever and he was raised by his uncle, who later financed Naismith's way through college. He earned his theological degree from McGill University and graduated from Springfield College, then the YMCA Training School, in 1891. After graduation, he was hired as a faculty member, where he taught for five years. It is in his first year as a faculty member at Springfield College that he created the game of Basketball as an activity for an unruly class. In 1895, Naismith enrolled at the Gross Medical School in Denver and received his M.D. in 1898. In that same year, Naismith took the position of department head of physical education at the University of Kansas, where he remained until his death