Bonfire in our Near Future?

Whether you’ll be attending the Yale game or not, hopefully you’re excited about the (very real) possibility of having a Bonfire (yes capital b) next week. Here’s a brief history of the Bonfire, according to the Princetoniana website:The Bonfire used to celebrate baseball, not football, victories. And if you were a freshman, well, you had to do some of the grunt work; freshmen were tasked with gathering wood from the surrounding area. So current frosh, start looking for wood now. I mean Hurricane Sandy already did most of the work for you…An additional feature of the Bonfire celebration used to include an effigy of John Harvard and/or a Yale Bulldog.From 1950 until 1966, the University had seven bonfires. But since then, there have only been four. Here is proper protocol for the Bonfire, according to Sam Howell ’50:

• Schedule the Bonfire for the Thursday or Friday following the Yale Game, and treat it as both a Big Three celebration and a rally for the season finale.
• Assign the Freshman Class to collect scrap lumber, crates, and pallets from University workers, town merchants, and other local sources.
• Seat a stuffed bulldog in the outhouse.
• Begin the festivities by unleashing the Band to roust students from across campus.
• At the foot of Blair Arch, hold a pep rally at which the head coach and team captain make brief remarks.
• Follow the anointed flarebearers to Cannon Green for ignition.

The last Bonfire occurred in 2006. Come on, Tigers, time to crush Yale!