Word: bons
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...gloom. It was a wonderful sight. Every nook and cranny of the great building was flooded with the fiery glow, as it stood out in unrelieved intensity from the black mountain side. Thus it must have looked when Tilly paused on the Terrace to look back at the glorious bon-fire he had kindled. The majestic ruin, majestic even in its downfall, bore in its glowing sides the marks of its history. Turenne's cannon have pounded these walls; the thunderbolt has smitten them again and again; French gunpowder has done its best to hurl those massive battlements skyward...
...celebrations in general may not be altogether out of place at this moment. It was made apparent by the freshman celebration on Monday night that celebrations can be made enjoyable without being obnoxious. This being so, why skulk about the yard till twelve o'clock, to build a bon-fire out of two soap boxes and an old hat? Does it signify exuberant joy? Is there any particular pleasure in setting off surreptitious fire-crackers at long intervals during the night, or pelting an instructor's panes with torpedoes? Is a tin horn an unvarying accompaniment to extreme gratification...
...best celebration which has been given this year, and few celebrations of former years have surpassed it in the number of the fire-works displayed and excellence of the music furnished by the brass band. For once, the Conference Committee was not obliged to exert its energies in extinguishing bon fires in the yard, but could gaze with satisfaction at the glare of the huge fire on Jarvis. This is the third celebration which '89 has provided this spring, and now that she seems to understand the business thoroughly, there is still another chance in a few weeks...
...traversed, the transparencies and the nine took up their position upon the steps of University, where cheers for Harvard, the individual players, the classes, the games, and especially for '89 were indulged in for some time. The meeting in the yard then broke up, and a huge bon-fire was started on Jarvis, which was still smouldering at the time of going to to press. The whole celebration was conducted in a most orderly way, and great credit is due the freshman for the moderation displayed...
Yale held a grand celebration over its victory over Princeton day before yesterday. The students marched around the campus, nine hundred strong and erected a huge bon-fire of tar barrels...