Dr. James A. Naismith World Honors (November 7, 1961)

A newspaper article titled, "World Honors the Inventor Of 'Naismith's New Game" from Tuesday, November 7, 1961. This article was published in the New York World-Telegram-The Sun, written by John Ferris and is one page article appearing on page 13. The article has two images, one is a pen and ink sketch of the first game of basketball (originally drawn by Genzaburo Ishikawa in 1892) and a picture of Dr. James Naismith as he was pictured on his 74th birthday in 1935 with his granddaughter, Fransan, then 13 months old.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