Columbia Elementary School
610 West "F" Street   -   Joplin, Missouri

montessori   Hon. Thomas Mitchell Shepherd    montessori
class athlete ~ class historian ~ class journalist ~ author ~ educator

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Columbia Elementary School -  6th Grade Graduating Class - 1950





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(A) Top Row: Bill Christman,  Paul Kingsborough,  Unidentified
(B) Judy Newman, Michael Levinson, Norman Alexander, Carolyn Nichols,
Charlotte Garrison, Jill Kreager, Wm. R. Thurston Jr.,
Tom Blaise Shepherd, Linda Austin
(C) Annetta Strong, Dee Foulke, Leona Aber, Tandy Craig, Carolyn Johnson,
Mary Aspoas, Lee Williams, Susan Keeter,  Unidentified

(D)  Beverly Bardon,  Dixie Tingle,  Sylvia Long,  Eleanor Post,  Mona McGuire,
Mary Ana Buck, Nancy Martin,  Gretchen Spooner,  Caroline Cresap

(E) Front Row: Emery Carl Childress,  Buck Jeans,  Sam Knox Hillhouse,
James Goff Dailey,  Ross Thompson Roberts,  ???

Columbia Elementary School - Joplin, Missouri - Sixth Grade - 1950 -
~ Arley Stark, Principal - Eunice White, Music-Art ~
Mrs. Clogsten, History, Geography and Civics
view   Columbia Honor Society 1950 view

COLUMBIA MENSA SOCIETY     PRINCE CHARMING

COLUMBIA-MONTESSORI ARCHITECTURE

Male Leaders Club      Missouri Rangers
~ Dailey ~ Jeans ~ Roberts ~ Hillhouse ~ Levinson ~
~ Alexander ~ Childress ~ Tom Blaise Shepherd  ~


enter front   Shepherd Press & Library   enter back
Swimmer Tom & His Admiring Fan Club 1950-66
Breck Caldwell, Buck Jeans, Bill Thurston, Tom Shepherd
scholarship Columbia Alumni Board - excellence
- Lee Williams & Mary Aspoas with Tom Shepherd -
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Columbia Poster Souvenir ~

The Shepherd-Montessori Institute
Tom Shepherd ~ Founder   
Shepherd  Center for Sane Living
A Learning Resource Tool

Enter Home of Eleanor Luscombe Post
art  ~ architecture  ~ history  ~  literature
Emery Carlyn Childress Jr. Home
Grandson of Frank Childress
Uncle Sam's & Jane's Legacy

The Schizophregenic Society
~ how society, not genetics, creates and perpetuates schizophrenic behavior ~
~ the educational system is rigged ~
~ the classroom dunce may in fact be a genius ~
~ dropouts are not dumb ~ they are bored ~
~ competition in the classroom breeds corruption ~
    ~ Dr. Tom Shepherd Explains ~
                   
ains ~
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To Protect and Serve
Norman Alexander ~ Bill Thurston ~ Tom 'Miguel' Blaise Shepherd ~ Mike Levinson ~ Sam Hillhouse

Columbia Elementary School Honor Patrol

Aztec America - Tom Shepherd - Guanajuato
~ an educational tour of Guanajuato, Mexico, original home of Tom Shepherd family  ~

Shepherd-Montessori Architecture & Woodcraft Designs & Books
~ fine arts education by Hon. Prof. Dr. Tom Shepherd
AFTER SCHOOL

Marty Doane, Nancy Ettinger, Kathryn Meredith, George Walbert,
Michael Goldberg, John Blaise, Tom Blaise, Mike Kelly  -
World War II Photo

VIEW -  Tom Blaise and John Blaise Host Party - October 1943
Tandy Craig, George Walbert, Mary Aspoas, Sarah Van Fleet, John Blaise  and others
Tom Blaise Shepherd's 12th Birthday Celebration ~ 1950
Breck Caldwell, Bucky Jeans, Bill Thurston, Ross Roberts, Tom Shepherd
Jim Dailey, Bill Wieda, Bill Christman, Paul Kingsborough and Clark Wallace
       
Group of 6 - View               Group of 12 - View               Tom Swimchamp       
COLUMBIA NEIGHBORHOOD
Michael Goldberg, John Blaise, Mike Kelly, Tom Blaise, George Walbert ~ 1943


       
Tom Blaise (7 yrs.) 1946 to about 1952 ~ Tom Blaise Shepherd
The Shepherd-Montessori Institute
Hon. Dr. Thomas M. Shepherd, Chancellor
"education is the armament of peace"


The Historic
National Park Seminary
a privately-endowed school for young women
Forest Glen, Maryland

take the tour
The Pillars of the Community
the truth that was swept under Joplin's carpet for over 50 years
~ blood-letting by blue-bloods ~

Missouri's Legendary Heroes:
Abolitionist Ignace Hainer  -  Inventor George Washington Carver  -  Poet Langston Hughes

The Joplin-Carthage Times
an educational journal
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Guanajuato Photo Archive:
Tom Blaise Shepherd's Family Home


1950  ~ Columbia Elementary School    ~   1950
Cyberspace Sports Hall of Fame
Tom Blaise ~ All American Swimmer

Columbia Elementary School         -         610 W. "F" Street         -         Joplin, Missouri


Joplin High School Alumni

    Tom Shepherd World Educational Foundation