Indiana Maintains 'Life' Story False

Students of Indian University, scene of "Life's" recent essay on American college gaiety, have prepared an open letter, protesting that the article "completely falsified the story," which is being signed by many students and sent to the magazing.

The lengthy statement of grievances accuses "Life" of subverting the truth to a good story, of taking pictures under false pretences, and failing to understand the part Indiana is playing in the war effort. The letter then describes the war participation at the University, mentioning reserve membership, conditioning programs, acceleration, and service groups stationed there.

Tricked Into Posing

According to the students, men and women approached to pose for pictures were told they would illustrate a story on the "do's and dont's" of campus life. College vamps obligingly crossed their legs and smirked at professors, only to find that the supposed--"dont'ts" were printed as normal college activity.

"Had 'Life's' editors maliciously intended to ridicule these students and their university," the letter states, "they could not have done a more thorough job than the November 23 article."

Among other college criticism of the picture given in the magazine was an editorial in the UCLA "Daily Bruin," which attacked it as completely unrepresentative of the average American undergraduate. "'Life' stoops so low it can't see above a co-ed's ankles," hissed the Cornell Sun, which admits that "there is no sex in a calculus class."