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...case, Steele hardly seemed to herald another Ice Age, which, according to the direst predictions, is not due for another 10,000 years. In fact, the glacier appeared to be tearing itself apart, and, in the view of McGill University Meteorologist Dr. Svenn Ortig, "is doomed. It will stop, stagnate, and in due time melt." No one, however, knew when or how long Steele would keep going in the meantime. Fortunately, it posed no immediate threat to human life. At week's end, as it crunched along in a vaguely northeasterly direction, the nearest town in its path...
...second half, Harvard's defense choked off the running of Bill McGill, who picked up 108 yards on the ground in place of the injured Bruce Molloy, and the short passing of quarterback Pete Wisniewski. But despite threat after threat on the Quaker goal line, the Crimson could manage only a game-saving field goal...
...first play, halfback Sammy Robinson fumbled as he was hit and Penn's John Rodgers pounced on the ball at the five. But the Crimson defense stacked McGill up twice and fullback Whit Smith once to put Penn into a fourth down situation...
...traditional schools-Leacock's own McGill University in Montreal, Nova Scotia's Dalhousie University, the top-rank University of Toronto, and four big western provincial universities -are pouring out more graduates than ever. But the typical Canadian student nowadays is just as likely to be found at an "instant university," sitting in a ground-floor classroom while builders finish the upper stories. For the country has a clear goal: it wants to move from higher-educating a relatively elite 15% of its college-age population to a 1975 level of 271% (currently the U.S. proportion...
...serene bounds. The University of Montreal's 14,000 on-campus students will soon ride two new escalators tunneled through granite to reach their campus on Mount Royal, 200 feet above the street, where 23 new buildings are built or planned in a five-year $50 million program. McGill is spending $42 million on new plant in a drive for quality, but hopes to hold its enrollment...