For almost two decades, the students constructed Bonfire from debris and wood acquired through various, sometimes illicit, means, including appropriating lumber intended for a dormitory in 1912.
在此后将近二十年中，学生搭建篝火的材料为杂物和各种途径得来的木头，有时甚至不惜使用非法手段，如1912年挪用了用于建造宿舍的木材。