Kip, Devlin wasn't Brown. Devlin went on to be red.

1983

1991

1993

Arg!! I guess I really do have no memory left. Thanks OY.

I'll stop embarrassing myself now.

Damn those pics are gorgeous. It seems stack in the 60's and 70's leaned in more, and the tiers weren't as obvious.

I would love a book of Bonfire pics and ol' army stories. Though you would probably have to be "adult" section of most book stores.

LEW, that was one of the change Bonfire commision cited as a problem.......it only started going realy vertical in the 90's i beleive. look at 69, that thing leans WAY in.

Shoot even the OC stacks lean in some(that pic of it with the first to stacks on this year show it very clearly.)

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There was still somewhat of an inward lean as late as 1997:



But the 1998 stack was completely vertical:



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the lean that 07 has is alot like what OC bonfire(at least this year) has. I'm not an engineer but i would imagine even that little bit of lean makes the stack much more secure.


I was actualy at 98..... My cousin graduated that year.

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Yeah, but those upper stacks on the 90s Fires are not touching the ground. The OC Fire has all logs touching the ground. That and the additional Windle sticks makes the most difference.

Scott Coker '92

The lean does more than just structual things for the stack. It also allows more air flow into the inner layers of the stack, which as we have seen the last few years can become a major problem if there is not enough soak time.

1978

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1975

1943

The pic labelled as '97 is NOT from Bonfire '97.

Bonfire '97 had four weeks of stack due to the opening of the Bush Library. The administration wanted to have pisshead wrap over with and Centerpole up before the media came to town.

As a result, stack was exceptionally fat. The fourth stack crossties were buried. The size difference between fourth and fifth stacks in '97 was much, much larger than the picture posted above.

1983

1983

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Someone walking by while I was looking at the pics asked, "is that a pirate ship?"

The Browns should appreciate that question.

pirate ship = queer

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log cabin = pimp

I'm not sure what year this was, prob. early 80's, but man, they put some work into that. I'd like to see that this year.

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You must have not looked very close at the shack Ryan built.

Scott Coker '92

This one was from a long time back, probably early 90s, it's amazing how people look the same out there as people you used to know. For example, two of the guys out there this year looked like old Yellow Pots from OCA I used to know.

"The Roof, The Roof, the roof is on fire..."

Wow back when Hotard was still a dorm!

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You must have not looked very close at the shack Ryan built.

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Yeah, I didn't. I didn't see it close until after it was burned. Well, charred.

One of my favorites



1966

1994

i was there for that last pic.....

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This goes with the recent news.

?? recent news?