STORY: Fired up! Schedule for bonfire

By Staff on Nov. 17, 2012, 6:18 a.m.

Mudd Manuscript Library's archives include the construction of the "Championship Fire of 1901." 

A traditional campus bonfire to celebrate the Princeton football team's wins over Harvard and Yale this season will be held at 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17, on Cannon Green. The bonfire festivities also will be webcast live on the Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Students website. The Undergraduate Student Government and the four undergraduate class governments are sponsoring the event. Commemorative T-shirts and posters also will be sold at the bonfire, with proceeds benefitting Hurricane Sandy relief efforts.

Also, the Princeton football team hosts Dartmouth at 1 p.m. Saturday. Visit Princeton Athletics for details.

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Each class assists with the construction of the bonfire. Breakfast is included for students:

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