▁Deput y ▁prov ost ; ▁and ▁local ▁coun c ill ors ▁visited ▁Sp ier ' s ▁in ▁recognition ▁of ▁the ▁rest oration ▁carried ▁out ▁by ▁community ▁groups . ▁A ▁co pper ▁be ech ▁tree ▁was ▁plant ed ▁by ▁the ▁prov ost ▁to ▁comm emor ate ▁the ▁visit . ▁ ▁The ▁Sp ier ' s ▁Ar bor et um ▁Before ▁the ▁Sp ier ▁family ▁built ▁the ▁school ▁that ▁bore ▁their ▁name , ▁the ▁ancient ▁farm house ▁and ▁its ▁lands ▁were ▁called ▁Marshall and . ▁Old ▁maps ▁show ▁that ▁apart ▁from ▁a ▁small ▁patch ▁of ▁wood land ▁around ▁the ▁farm ▁and ▁out build ings , ▁all ▁the ▁rest ▁was ▁open ▁fields ▁with ▁h ed ger ow ▁boundaries , ▁probably ▁containing ▁a ▁few ▁m ature ▁trees ▁such ▁as ▁be ech , ▁ash , ▁bir ch , ▁and ▁o ak . ▁The ▁only ▁other ▁feature ▁at ▁that ▁time ▁was ▁a ▁track ▁leading ▁to ▁the ▁fresh water ▁spring ▁that ▁cont ributes ▁to ▁the ▁Marshall and ▁Burn ▁close ▁to ▁its ▁source ▁near ▁the ▁Ge ils land ▁Road . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 8 8 8 , ▁Sp ier ' s ▁School ▁was ▁opened ▁and ▁thanks ▁to ▁the ▁Earl ▁of ▁E gl inton ' s ▁head ▁gard ener , ▁a ided ▁by ▁others ▁such ▁as ▁Mr . ▁W . ▁F . ▁Love , ▁the ▁school ▁grounds ▁were ▁plant ed ▁up ▁with ▁a ▁spe cially ▁selected ▁list ▁of ▁trees ▁and ▁shr ubs ▁creating ▁an ▁ar bor et um . ▁The ▁tradition ▁of ▁en han cing ▁the ▁grounds ▁continues ▁to ▁this ▁day