Worcester Polytechnic Institute - Peddler Yearbook (Worcester, MA)

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gotten way in the shape of the swimming pool which he, together with his partner, Mr. Aldred, gave to the Institute in memory of Mr. Fuller’s father, Dr. Homer T. Fuller. In December, 1925, President Earle gave a talk to the Tech Alumni at the Astor Hotel, New York City. He was feeling rather blue because there were many projects which seemed imperative for the happiness and welfare of the Institute which could not be affected without additional funds. He spoke at length upon this and as the President finished explaining the list, Mr. Fuller’s partner, Mr. Aldred, reached for it, took a pencil from his pocket and jotted something down returning the list to the President, who read, to his delight: “I will give $10,000.00, to any of these projects.” This was read by the President and Mr. Fuller immediately matched this sum. It was a very happy day for the Institute. Later the President, a classmate of Mr. Fuller’s, got in touch with him and suggested that he and Mr. Aldred build the swimming pool as that would cost in the neighborhood of $25,000.00. This they agreed to do and though it cost over $31,000.00, Mr. Fuller cheerfully stood the expense over and above Mr. Aldred’s $10,000.00. At an Alumni meeting early in 1928, Mr. Fuller conceived the idea of bringing old-time Yankee ingenuity to the fore, prompted perhaps by the appearance on the market of the remarkably handy steel flexible Farrand rapid rule, the product of an exceedingly ingenious New Hampshire man. His announcement of the “Yankee Ingenuity” scholarship, the most liberal fund offered by any college in the country, aroused widespread interest among leading engineers, and chal¬ lenged the industry of young men throughout New England. Thus Mr. Fuller has become in a little over 33 years from his graduation, at which time he was a young man without any prospects save the training and education he received here, one of the greatest benefactors of the Institute.

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JAMES LOGAN, M.A., D.Eng. May 6, 1852—Nov. 30, 1929 Hon. James Logan was born in Glasgow, Scotland, May 6, 1852, and died at his Worcester home after , a long illness, Nov. 30, 1929. When he was three months old he was brought to this country by his parents who settled in Cherry Valley, Mass. James Logan began work in a woolen mill in that village at the age of ten. He worked fourteen hours a day. As he grew to manhood he took ad¬ vantage of every opportunity to improve himself and to better his prospects in life. He studied bookkeeping, became skillful in this work, and filled several positions in Worcester as bookkeeper. At the age of twenty-one Mr. Logan became associated with Sanford and Com¬ pany, booksellers and stationers, first as bookkeeper, later as salesman. This open¬ ing gave him an opportunity to become familiar with the paper industry, and led to a position with the Whitcomb Envelope Company, of Worcester. With this company he learned every phase of the envelope business, developed his skill as a salesman, and added to his wide circle of business acquaintances. After one or two business changes in 1884, Mr. Logan associated himself with two of his fellow-employees at the Whitcomb Company, forming the firm of Logan, Swift and Brigham, Manufacturers of Envelopes. Fourteen years later a merger was effected of nine of the leading envelope manufacturing concerns in this part of the country under the name of the United States Envelope Company. Mr. Logan was chosen First Vice President and General Manager of the new corporation. In 1922 he became its President. To his new duties he applied himself with the tireless energy and devotion that had always characterized him, and that brought ultimate success to the new organization. Occupied as he was with the management of the great envelope company, Mr. Logan was nevertheless interested and active in countless other good works. He was a loyal and zealous worker in church and Y. M. C. A. circles. He served his city of Worcester most efficiently as its mayor from 1908 to 1912. During the World War he was tireless in his efforts in behalf of our soldiers and for the success of the allied armies. He served as Trustee and Director of banks and similar financial corporations, and held official positions in numerous other organizations. Mr. Logan was interested in the Worcester Polytechnic Institute for more than half a century. Closely associated with members of the classes of 1877 and 1878 during their undergraduate days, he was made an honorary member of the Class of 1878. He was also elected an honorary member of the Alumni Association, being one of the first to be thus honored. In 1900 he was chosen a Life Trustee of the Institute, which, in 1926, conferred upon him the honorary degree of Doctor