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==Higher education and journalism==

==Higher education and journalism==

While he was on the LSU faculty, Thomas also attended law school. He graduated in 1909 with an Bachelor of Laws degree but did not begin practicing law until 1934. He remained in his teaching position at LSU for several more years until the early 1920s, when he became publisher of a small daily newspaper, ''The Baton Rouge News'', forerunner to the modern ''Baton Rouge Advocate''. He was later an editor of a weekly paper in Hammond in Tangipahoa Parish. He left Hammond in 1923 in his 47th year to come to Minden, where he was on the staff of the new ''The Minden Tribune'', a forerunner to the ''Minden Press-Herald'', which merged into a daily newspaper in 1966, five years after Thomas's death.<ref name=agan/> In 1925, Thomas became professor of journalism at [[Louisiana Tech University]] (then Louisiana Polytechnic Institute) in [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]]. His poetry was published in regional and national literary anthologies. Thomas remained on the faculty at Tech for several years, as a part-time instructor in his last year there. He returned to ''The Minden Tribune'' in 1927 before it merged with ''The Webster Signal'' to become ''The Signal-Tribune''. Once again, he returned to higher education: professor of journalism at the [[University of Arkansas]] at Fayetteville.<ref name=agan/>

While he was on the LSU faculty, Thomas also attended law school. He graduated in 1909 with an Bachelor of Laws degree but did not begin practicing law until 1934. He remained in his teaching position at LSU for several more years until the early 1920s, when he became publisher of a small daily newspaper, ''The Baton Rouge News'', forerunner to the modern ''Baton Rouge Advocate''. He was later an editor of a weekly paper in Hammond in Tangipahoa Parish. He left Hammond in 1923 in his 47th year to come to Minden, where he was on the staff of the new ''The Minden Tribune'', a forerunner to the ''Minden Press-Herald'', which merged into a daily newspaper in 1966, five years after Thomas's death.<ref name=agan/> In 1925, Thomas became professor of journalism at [[Louisiana Tech University]] (then Louisiana Polytechnic Institute) in [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]]. His poetry was published in regional and national literary anthologies. Thomas remained on the faculty at Tech for several years, as a part-time instructor in his last year there. He returned to ''The Minden Tribune'' in 1927 before it merged with ''The Webster Signal'' to become ''The Signal-Tribune.'' Once again, he returned to higher education: professor of journalism at the [[University of Arkansas]] at Fayetteville.<ref name=agan/>

 

While in Arkansas, Thomas wrote letters to the editors of local newspapers to remain in touch with the community. He returned to Minden in 1934 and never left. Twenty-five years after he had received his law degree from LSU, Thomas opened a private practice in Minden with R. F. Langston, which lasted until Langston's death in 1936. He then maintained a solo practice.<ref name=agan/>

While in Arkansas, Thomas wrote letters to the editors of local newspapers to remain in touch with the community. He returned to Minden in 1934 and never left. Twenty-five years after he had received his law degree from LSU, Thomas opened a private practice in Minden with R. F. Langston, which lasted until Langston's death in 1936. He then maintained a solo practice.<ref name=agan/>