Laramie High School - Plainsman Yearbook (Laramie, WY)

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SUPERINTENDENT J. E. THAYER Mr. J. E. Thayer, Superintendent of Public Schools in Laramie, was born in Altoona, Kansas. When he was three years old, his sister, father and he moved near Cody, Wyoming. He attended the University of Wyoming and received his B. A. and M. A. degrees. His postgraduate work was done at the University of Southern California at Los Angeles. His teaching career began near Basin, Wyoming in a rural school, where he taught for two years. He then was Superintendent at Manderson, Wyoming for four years. In 1923 Mr. Thayer came to Laramie to be the junior high teacher and coach. Two years later he became junior high principal and in 1930 advanced to be high school principal. He succeeded A. A. Slade as Superintendent of the Laramie Public Schools in 1945.

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MR. Z. O. LOGAN, Chairman School Board MRS. C. B. JENKINS, Clerk MR. F. R. TRUMBULL, Treasurer MR. E. D. LANTZ mrs. j. a. McPherson MR. E. L. APPLEBY

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PRINCIPAL J. K. CORBETT Mr. J. K. Corbett, principal of Laramie High School and one time L. H. S. basketball and football star, was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He grad- uated from Laramie High, received two degrees from the University of Wyom- ing, and did postgraduate work at Stanford University. He then began his career as a teacher and coach in 1925 at Guernsey, Wyoming. While there he married a Laramie girl, Clarissa Jensen. From 1929 to 1935 he was super- intendent of schools at Glendo, and spent the next seven years as Lingle’s superintendent. He was then transferred to Hart Mountain, Wyoming where he became high school principal and superintendent of 1,500 Japanese boys and girls. In 1945 Mr. Corbett took the position he now holds at Laramie High. Since that time he has served on the State Athletic Association Commission for eight years, and was. president one year. He also has been president of the Southeast District of the Wyoming Education Association.