Comments on: Dartmouth Kids Build Obscenely Tall Bonfire On Campus

By: ninanana

ninanana — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 01:26:56 +0000

My favorite late ’70s/early ’80s bonfire classic involved some sadistic Cabin & Trail members wearing ski masks who buzzed ’shmen guarding the bonfire overnight with de-fanged chainsaws. The ’shmen shat themselves, the C&T-ers got suspended. Lest the old traditions fail!!!

By: ViolentQuaker

ViolentQuaker — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 12:45:25 +0000

I think they managed to fit Dartmouth’s entire freshman class in that shot.

By: college

college — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 10:07:02 +0000

*step..

By: college

college — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 10:05:50 +0000

this is fucking ivy gate..
this thransaltion:

It’s somewhat difficult to parse the aforementioned quote, since it was written nearly a century before, but basically it’s saying that some good ‘ol Dartmouth boys – likely drunk on moonshine – tore apart wooden stairs, picketed fences, etc., and festively carried them to the location of the bonfire.

really shouldn’t exist.
set it up please?!

By: D '04

D '04 — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 03:25:24 +0000

Someone please haze some ‘cool’ into ‘hmm.’ Thanks.

By: hah

hah — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:59:17 +0000

rain? please. my year the sky opened up into a snowstorm as we rounded the green from the freshman sweep. one half of my body was scorched and on the other side my hair was in icicles. it was glorious.

By: hmm

hmm — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:14:08 +0000

Speaking from experience, it’s actually not that fun to run around the bonfire. It’s extremely hot (though thankfully it started to rain during my year) and hard to run around because there are so many people in the way at the beginning. Things easily get lost too. One of my friend’s lost a flip flop (though that’s her fault; your UGAs warn you not to swear flip flops) and another lost her camera.

By: cc'10

cc'10 — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 04:44:43 +0000

cheers! big fires are the best!
but, ahem, let’s try to avoid another of these ( http://bonfire.tamu.edu/), shall we?

By: questioning

questioning — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 00:18:37 +0000

What’s Manchester College?

By: thedrc

thedrc — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 00:15:08 +0000

Along the same lines as d11, I like to think of it as institutionalized psychological warfare, with upperclassmen telling freshmen that they are the worst class ever and screaming at them to touch the fire. Our freshman are feisty–I’ve heard some interesting homecoming stories, in which
- after having punched the same ‘12 every run round the fire, an upperclasswoman of my acquaintance was punched herself
- another group of upperclassmen were maced by some ‘12 girl
- a kid who accidentally punched an S&S officer and was thereafter arrested

More here:
http://thedartmouth.com/2008/10/20/news/burns/
“Homecoming brings arrests, severe burns”