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dustrial distribution major from Houston, chops a tree 92 times
to symbolize his membership in the Class of ’92. Members of the Dunn Hall cut crew struggle as they carry a heavy log out of the woods.
Larry Finch, a Dunn Hall crew chief, is thrown into a water hole by Dunn
freshmen. It is a tradition for the crew chiefs to be “groded” by their fish.
80th annual bonfire cut begins
after Saturday’s rain delays work
Story by Michael Kelley
Photos by Jay Janner
Of The Battalion Staff
About 1,800 A&M students
helped cut down several hundred
trees Sunday at the first bonfire cut
of the 80th annual Fightin’ Texas
Aggie Bonfire.
The first cut was originally sched
uled for Saturday, but it was
canceled due to rain and muddy
roads. The cut site, which is located
about 25 miles outside of College
Station near Carlos, is owned by the
Texas Power Agency, which is strip
mining the land to extract lignite
coal for its energy production plant.
Once the land is cleared, the top
soil is removed and the coal is ex
tracted. After the coal is taken out of
the ground, new soil is used to fill in
the hole. The original topsoil is then
replaced, and new trees are planted
in the once bare and open ground.
Of the 1,800 people who partici
pated in the cut, about half were
from the Corps of Cadets and half
were non-regs, senior red pot Tony
Godinez said. Their efforts pro
duced six flatbed truckloads of logs,
which were taken to Duncan Field,
the site of bonfire.
Attendance at a cutting class is
mandatory before a student can go
onto the cut site. The class, which is
required for insurance purposes,
consists of safety guidelines which
must be followed by everyone at the
site.
Cutting will continue each week
end until Nov. 12. Anyone inter
ested in cutting should contact a yel-
lowpot. Students living on campus
can contact a yellowpot at their resi
dence hall, and off campus students
can talk to Off Campus Aggies. Yel-
lowpots are cut-site supervisors who
work to ensure the safety of all stu
dents at the site.
For more information about cut,
contact Tony Godinez at 847-5286.
The following is a schedule of
bonfire related activities for the se
mester:
•Oct. 15 — Non-reg cut
•Oct. 21 — Non-reg cut
•Oct. 22 — Non-reg and Corps
cut
•Oct. 26 — Centerpole arrives at
Duncan Field at 4:03 p.m.
•Oct. 28-29 — Non-Reg cutting
weekend
•Nov. 3 — Centerpole is raised
•Nov. 5 — Non-reg and Wing
(Corps unit) cut
•Nov. 11 — Non-reg and Corps
cut
•Nov. 12 — Make-up cut and
load
•Nov. 17 — Push begins (24-
hour stacking of logs at Duncan
Field)
•Dec. 1 — BONFIREBURNS!!!
Freshmen cadets from Company D-1 tell “grode’ stories during
a break on Sunday afternoon.