Life Gives Final Word on Yaeger; 'Space Limitation Prevented Us'

From the offices of the Luce empire has come the last word on the now-famous Yaeger incident.

In a brief letter addressed to the CRIMSON the editors of Life magazine have brought to a close the incident that was so voluminously handled-or mishandled-in the nation's news columns.

The editors of the CRIMSON objected to Life's claim that the incident was completely underplayed in the Harvard newspaper, while the Yale Daily News did it full justice. The editors pointed out that three articles appeared in the CRIMSON the Monday after Yaeger scored the 41st point in the Yale football game--one on the front page, one on the sports page, and a poem. "Give Thanks," in the editorial columns. However, Life gave the CRIMSON credit only for its brief Tuesday squib, and failed to mention the Monday write-ups.

Life's reply:

"We realize that the CRIMSON ran a story on the Harvard-Yale game on the front page and a second story on the inside page a few days later. Space limitations prevented us from publishing both of these articles. The point we wanted to get across was that Harvard's write-up of the Charlie Yaeger incident was brief compared to Yale's.

"The editors greatly appreciate your interest in writing and only regret that space limitations in our Letters Column prevented us from publishing year letter and the enclosed verses. . ."