Word: champion
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Twelve colleges will be represented in the duelling fiesta, will Navy in the favorite's role ahead of defending champion N. Y. U., Rene Peroy's well-balanced Crimson nine man squad, and the Army swordsmen. The tournament promises to be packed with thrills with three now champions to be crowned and four topnotch universities battling it out for team honors. The absence through graduation of most of last year's men virtually throws the two-day affair into three wide-open races...
...public would not buy any car smaller or less powerful than Ford, Chevrolet or Plymouth (vide the Austin and Willys). They knew they could not compete with the big three in price. But they discovered that the driving public remained dissatisfied with automobile economy. Result is the new Champion, which has approximately the size of Ford, the power of Chevrolet and the price of Plymouth, but beats all three, claim Messrs. Hoffman and Vance, by 20 to 30% in operating economy...
Nothing slows up a champion like excess weight; nothing eats up gas like a heavy car. The Studebaker Champion has been trained down by smart engineering until it weighs 500 Ib. less than its rivals. Studebaker swears this has brought no structural weakness, no less safety. Most of the weight was saved in the engine and frame assembly, little taken from the body, in order to avoid the charge of being "tinny." Design is conservative-little chromium, headlights in fenders, no running boards. It has gearshift on the steering post, many standard Studebaker features such as hill-holder, rotary door...
...sale in April, the Champion was last week displayed to Manhattan dealers. President Hoffman, once called the "greatest salesman on the Pacific Coast," hopes to sell 50,000 in 1939. To break even he will have to sell 25,000. He and Chairman Vance have bet four years work and $4,500,000 they...
...this recognition is tendered on the basis of notoriety rather than ability. Since the members of the class have not had the opportunity to learn to know each other, votes are dictated by completely false and illogical standards. The athlete and the milk-drinking champion triumph over the able executive. Perhaps freshmen should be given an opportunity to recognize their fellows, but in this case a spade should be called a spade. Elections should then be for the Most Popular Boy and the Best Athlete, rather than Class President and Class Treasurer--terms which connote something entirely different...