Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1916-09-02
A Brief Sketch Of
Charles Logan, L.,
And His Short Career
By His Father
Palisades First Boy

Palisades First Boy
On the seventh Of April, 1905, there
came to Palisade with his parents a
young boy not yet fourteen and still
in knickerbockers. He was the first
boy to live in Palisade, his family
the first to move to the new suburb.
He was always proud of this distinc-
ton.
The following New Years, 1906,
the little chap was taken down with
scarlet fever and the law required
complete isolation for him in one
room of his home from which he
never at any moment emerged for
sixty days. 1t was during the lat
ter part of his convalescence that
this ambitious boy planned "The Pail
SADIE Press" little three-column,
four-page affair, the ambition many
boys have had before.
Birth of 'The Palisadian'
After visit to New Orleans
lasting till May he returned to
Palisade only to find that "The
Talisade Post" had been born just as
he was under his own roof againa He
was a bit downcast over the usurper
that had blocked his way, and SO all
that summer his aims sought new
channels for the development of his
idea, and in little while "The Pail
sadian first saw the light, in Septem-
Der, 1906.
Thus the birth of "The Palisadian"
is briefly told. The boy was Charles
Thomas Logan, jr., its owner from
the outset. The planning and pre-
sentation of the little village news
paper were done by his father, and
the latter, encouraging the boys
taste and tendency thought to con-
tinue the idea of a. village paper as
a bit of tutelage for his son. "The
Palisadian's" reception was cordial
from the beginning. It finally grew
to what was really a pretentious
publication. 1t made friends and
some enemies. Meanwhile, the boy
was becoming newspaper man by
the process of ABSORPTION the while
he was at his studies at Horace Mann,
BarnS~d School and Columbia Uni
versity.
His School Days
These school days lasted almost
ten years, and when at last i'll health
caused him to leave his beloved
Columbia he had still little over a
year to go before getting his de-
gree. He had always been popu-
lar at Columbia because he had. the
power of magnetism that won him
friends. Then there was a certain
dash about him-not daring or ven
turesome. These latter things made
no appeal to him. But he was bold
and determined and utterly unafraid.
His ideas of fair play and clean sport
prevailed in all of his career. Since
his babyhood he had been ambitious
TO become an athlete, and he was
a good one. In the days of his
Barnard and Columbia career he
ssas 6f re of the fastest big men
on his feet ever slksffswp. He played
basketball and baseball with every
ounce of his strength and energy
in his evely game, and when his
side failed to win, it was through
no fault of his. Clean sport was one
of his ideals, and on the diamond he
proved his prowess because he put
what modern parlance calls pep into
his work. Big framed and powerful
he drove against an opponent with
precision and skill that brought him
much admiration.
Sport as Developer
But these things were the least of
his worth. He loved sports because
they were in his eyes great develop
ers of character and strength. That
he "played the game" fairly was APP
parent to those who remember his
style and temperament in contest
He went out to extend himself no
matter how tremendous the odds. His
companions understood his firmness
and seldom or never revolted at his
methods. He hated gutter, and
could never tolerate the faint of yell
low. In all of my many analyses of
his character l do not recall seeing
him take petty attitude. 1t was
his nature to be big and broad in little
things as we'll as in the larger, more
important ones.
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