Word: locke
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Class-Day Committee would ask that all students rooming on the quadrangle, who occupy ground-floor rooms which do not face on the Yard, be particularly careful to lock their windows on Class-Day evening. This precaution is absolutely necessary, both for protection of students' property, and for rendering the roping in of the Yard effectual...
...becomes our painful duty, this week, to chronicle the death of Professor Joseph Win-lock, Director of the Observatory. In him we feel that we have lost, not only the eminent scientific investigator, but the revered and loved instructor. Ever ready to appreciate merit and aid the deserving, it is not too much to say that he won the personal affection of every one who knew him. He had complained of indisposition for several days; but nothing serious was apprehended until Thursday night, when his malady suddenly increased, causing his death at an early hour on Friday morning...
Such occurrences can hardly be prevented but by careful use of lock and key. The College does what is necessary in providing strong doors and locks; it is for us to put them to the proper use. Unfortunately these are not isolated cases, but last year there were several serious losses through the same negligence. We cannot be too careful in excluding pocos, pedlers, and all of that guild from our Yard...
...beauty or character in the rendering of mountain, cloud, or tree. The great cartoon of Kaulbach, almost impressive at first sight, appears, after but a brief examination, too mechanical for the work of a really imaginative artist; the equality of the pains expended on every bit of drapery and lock of hair suggests the attempt of a South Kensington student rather than that of a genuine artist, and the whole spirit is theatrical in its most vulgar sense. Every figure has taken its pose as in a tableau to be gazed at, and the want of unity of idea...
...Class-Day Committee earnestly request that all students rooming in College who occupy ground-floor rooms which do not face on the Yard be particularly careful to lock their windows on Class-Day evening. This precaution is absolutely necessary both for the protection of their own property and for rendering the roping in of the Yard effectual...