1871 MAC Class Tree

Botanical Name: Ulmus americana

Pioneer class of 1871 memorial rock, ca. 1921, Photo: Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries

Tributes

Tree

Status

Removed - reason unknown

Type

Class

Common Name

American Elm

Dedication Name

1871 MAC Class Tree

Full Dedication

Massachusetts Agricultural College Class of 1871

Inscription

On April 24th 1869 twenty-seven elms the first trees planted on the campus, were set around this plot by the PIONEER CLASS OF 1871 to mark which this memorial was erected. "Give fools their gold and knaves their power. Let fortunes bubbles rise and fall: who sows a field, or trains a flower, or plants a tree, is more than all. (Whittier)."

Location

20 street trees planted around the plot in front of South College, planted April 24, 1869. Marker with plaque placed in 1913. These trees no longer exist.

Date Dedicated

April 24, 1869

Year Dedicated

1869

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1871 MAC Class Tree