Word: bravados
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...poems, Mr. Hagedorn's salutation of the Monthly to the Advocate is good after-dinner verse; Mr. Eliot's "Song" sings "Carpe Diem" agreeably; the bravado of Mr. Powel's "Thomas Doughty" hardly catches the Elizabethan note...
...come. There is something peculiarly underhanded and despicable about the affair, in the utter disregard for the rights of others exhibited by its authors. For the worst of it is that the culprits themselves are too insignificant to suffer the full effect of their charming mixture of sneak and bravado...
...disfigurement of the Fogg Art Museum, which was dicovered yesterday morning is one of the most contemptible acts that has been perpetrated in this University for years. It is a piece of cowardly bravado that merits no further comment, and we should have passed it over in silent disgust, had we not felt that as the daily paper of the University, it was our duty to voice the strong spirit of indignation that has been felt throughout the University...
...there was any real humor in subjecting to annoyance and embarrassment an honored and respected officer of the University, we appeal to every student to let his contempt be known for conduct so insolent and so unworthy of Harvard men. If the act was prompted by a spirit of bravado and a desire for distinction, let the latter be accorded in such terms that it will not soon be sought again...
...certain, that the act was committed by a student, it will reflect seriously upon the University if many days are allowed to pass without either the return of the cross or the apprehension of the man who took it. For such acts as these are not done except in bravado and that implies that the knowledge of them will be shared by a number of men. If there is a single group of men in the University who are so utterly devoid of regard for its most valued memorials, as to countenance the possession of this cross...