Then and Now: Tree Planting Shovel

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Then: Esther Rolfe '23, Receiver of the Spade, at Tree Planting Day 1921. The tradition of planting a class tree dates back to 1879.

Now: Emily Lin '14 holds the same spade at Tree Planting Day 2011. These days, the sophomore class communally plants a tree during Friends and Family Weekend.