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Why is Stanford mascot a tree?

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Stanford University currently has no mascot. The Tree which appears with the LSJUMB (Leland Stanford Junior University Marching Band) is a long-running gag of the band which has now become a tradition. But it has no official university sanction. Here is the story behind all that:

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