Word: fire
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Sunday evening, July 12, a fire started in the chemical room of Boylston Hall. The blaze was extinguished before much damage was done. The damage which was caused largely by water, amounted to between two and three thousand dollars...
Tonight, if the nine wins, there will be a celebration and bonfire on Holmes Field. The procession will be led by the band and will march to Holmes Field about eight o'clock when the fire will be lighted. Materials for the bonfire and a sufficient quantity of fireworks will be provided by the committee and all students are requested not to bring fuel themselves...
Again we strongly urge every student in the University to bear in mind the few regulations that have been made concerning a celebration in case of a victory over Princeton today. There must be absolutely no use of fire-arms or explosives of any kind. This is the main thing to remember, and, as we said yesterday, every man should feel it his duty to aid the committee in promptly suppressing any demonstration of the wrong kind of enthusiasm. If student opinion is strongly expressed against this sort of thing there will certainly be no trouble tonight in case...
DEAR SIR:- We the undersigned believe that we voice the sentiment of the College student body in strongly condemning the use of fire-arms and explosives by the students, after an athletic victory, or at any other time, and we believe that it would be possible to control such objectionable demonstrations...
...feel that the form of celebration most prized by the students and most easily controlled is a bon-fire, and we honestly believe that Holmes Field is the best place for a fire because a centralized celebration is more easily controlled. We therefore request, on behalf of the students of the University, that we be allowed to have a bon-fire, of proper materials, after an athletic victory, on Holmes Field...