Word: cannoneer
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...himself tour, Lyttelton sat behind a 2-in. cannon in a seven-ton armored car, one of a convoy of twelve. The road was lined with Gurkhas and police facing outward with bayoneted rifles held at the ready. Lyttelton seemed displeased by so much protection. But on the second day of his tour, a Communist guerrilla with a live grenade in his pocket was captured. After that, Lyttelton's guard was strengthened, his itinerary changed...
...only airplane in production today capable of challenging the MIG on approximately even terms." Above 25,000 ft., it can outrun and outclimb the F-86, and it can maneuver at supersonic speeds. U.S. pilots claim that with its two 23-mm. and one 37-mm. cannon the MIG is better armed than the F-86 with its eight .50-cal. machine guns...
Mystery of the Cannon...
...This cannon, stuck muzzle first into the ground, is traditionally painted with the numerals of the graduating class. Last year a giant orange "51" was mysteriously changed to an equally giant "'54" by the then-freshman class. Just as mysteriously the following night it was changed to a "'24," which happens by some coincidence to be the Princeton class of several important University officials, including Godolphin. The culprit has not yet been found...
...other side the two change, and Godolphin comes out the laborer. Every year the highjinks at "horsing" change, but one constant is the tradition of the seniors ridiculing the professors, singing songs, and smoking clay pipes together. The ceremony closes with every senior breaking his pipe against the cannon...