Chairs of the Class of ’22 bonfire committee, from left, Nitesh Pant ’22 and Josh Calianos ’22 add the finishing touches during construction of the fire structure on Friday, Oct. 26. (Photo by Eli Burakian ’00)

The crane operator lifts the topper into place. (Photo by Seamore Zhu ’19)

Students in the School House Community paint faces and don house community gear before joining the “first-year sweep” parade. (Photo by Kevin Yang ’20)

Members of the School House Community are geared up and ready to join the sweep. (Photo by Robert Gill )

The parade swells with members of the Class of ’22 as the first-year sweep makes its way through campus toward the bonfire. (Photo by Kevin Yang ’20)

President Philip J. Hanlon ’77 and Gail Gentes join in the homecoming alumni parade. (Photo by Eli Burakian ’00)

The crowd listens to homecoming speeches. (Photo by Eli Burakian ’00)

Dartmouth football co-captains, from left in back, Jack Traynor ’19, Matt Kaskey ’19, and Kyran McKinney-Crudden ’19, ride in the Dartmouth football car in the alumni parade. (Photo by Eli Burakian ’00)

Associate Professor of Engineering Doug Van Citters ’99, who helped design a more stable bonfire structure, prepares to light the fire along with members of the Class of ’22 bonfire committee. (Photo by Eli Burakian ’00)

Students from the bonfire committee and affiliated staff light the fire as the Dartmouth football MVP tackling dummy, representing the Class of ’79, stands by. (Photo by Eli Burakian ’00)

Members of the Class of ’22 march around the bonfire. (Photo by Kevin Yang ’20)

First-years bask in the glow of their class homecoming bonfire. (Photo by Robert Gill)

Students celebrate their first-year friends from outside the bonfire circle. (Photo by Robert Gill)

Baker Tower stands in silent witness as the Class of ’22 plywood cap is consumed by flames. (Photo by Eli Burakian ’00)

Friends share homecoming photos. (Photo by Seamore Zhu ’19)

Many memories are made at homecoming. (Photo by Eli Burakian ’00)

After circling the bonfire, the Class of ’22 gathers for a group photo in front of Dartmouth Hall. (Photo by Eli Burakian ’00)

A cascade of sparks and embers flow into the night sky as the bonfire structure is consumed by heat and flames. (Photo by Seamore Zhu ’19)

The fire illuminating homecoming night dominates the view from Baker Tower. (Photo by Eli Burakian ’00)

The Dartmouth women’s rugby team fell in the Ivy Rugby Championship game at Brophy Field Sunday, with the Harvard Crimson taking the win in a 12-3 game. (Photo by Robert Gill)

Dartmouth football defeated Harvard on Saturday in the Big Green’s homecoming game, 24-17, the first for the Big Green over the Crimson since 2003, and first at home in 25 years. (Photo by Kevin Yang ’20)

The crowd at the Dartmouth football homecoming victory at Memorial Field was undaunted by the rain. (Photo by Robert Gill)