April 25, 1959

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HOW DANGEROUS IS NATURAL GAS?

Three quarters of a million Canadians use it. Another million are potential customers. But headlined explosions have made many fearful about using this great power source. To what extent are their fears justified? Is it safe to bring this new fuel into your home? By MCKENZIE PORTER20 min

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The University of Toronto: Can it survive sheer size?

It’s already too big, claims this graduate, and it’ll soon be bigger. But a searching look at its famous grads — and its current army of 14,000 students — suggests there’s little chance it will become an academic sausage machine By BARBARA MOON18 min

Maclean’s Movies

THE MATING GAME: Debbie Reynolds as a Maryland farmer’s frolicsome daughter and Tony Randall as a stern young federal tax-sleuth are co-starred in this noisy but goodhumored comedy. It’s an Americanized version of H. E. Bates’ English novel. By CLYDE GILMOUR3 min

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The painter we weren’t ready for

While James Wilson Morrice lived Canada ignored his art though Europe hailed him as our first great painter. Today his major canvases bring more than $10,000. Here is the colorful story, and samples of the art, of By ROBERT FULFORD16 min

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The hectic scramble for the class of '59

The four seniors at right—being inte viewed, and on the scene of the job they have chosen — are among fifteen thousand who are graduating from fifty two Canadian universities and college this year. Bachelors of arts, 5,659 strong make up the largest group; a dozen specialists in child study are the smallest By ERIC HUTTON14 min

IN THE EDITORS’ CONFIDENCE

Miss Moon’s grueling labor of love

Writers are constantly meeting people who announce gaily that writing must be a wonderful way to earn a living because, after all, it doesn’t involve any real work. Barbara Moon, like any other writer, can vouch for the fact that nothing could be farther from the truth.

Editorial

Isn't Canada’s word binding any more?

What’s the worth of Canada’s word nowadays? If you were advising a foreign friend could you tell him to accept the spoken pledge of a Canadian representative? Or would you have him get everything in writing, and hire a lawyer to read all the fine print, before making or taking any commitment?

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THE SLEUTHS WHO PROBE OUR AIR DISASTERS

A twisted sliver of metal, a shard of flesh—such are the clues Canada's little-known “crash detectives" use in solving the mysteries of some of our most spectacular tragedies By BILL STEPHENSON12 min

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