1954/10/25 -- Cover photograph featuring The Big Ten Look for Coeds is credited to Nina Leen

Contents of this issue are as follows:
THE WEEK'S EVENTS:

  • Hanoi's Red Masters Take Over
  • Hazed by Hazel
  • A Capricious Hurricane Takes Its Toll - Hurricane Hazel
  • Kansas City's High Hereford
  • A Matter of Words Creates a Political Storm
  • The Adams Papers Are Unsealed
  • LIFE on the Newsfronts of the World
  • Greek Runner on Gridiron Boosts Olympic Fund
  • A Runner-Up Runs First
  • Nurses Chute to Rescue
  • Money Changing in a House of Glass
  • Busy Little Begum Gets to Work

    • EDITORIAL:

  • The "Whys" of Hate

    • PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAYS:

  • The Big Ten Look - Photographed for LIFE by Nina Leen
  • A Future for the Retarded - Photographed for LIFE by Cornell Capa

    • ARTICLE:

  • Gambler's Paradise Lost by Ernest Havemann

    • CLOSE-UP:

  • Krishna Menon - Mouthpiece Extraordinary and Troublemaker Plenipotentiary by Alexander Campbell -- Takes up all or part of 8 pages

    • SPORTS:

  • One Man Beats Six at Volleyball

    • TELEVISION:

  • Bright Galaxy of Playwrights

    • FASHION:

  • False Length for Nails

    • MODERN LIVING:

  • How to Make a Fast Antique

    • SCIENCE:

  • Amoeba Gets Weighed In

    • THEATER:

  • Down Old Nostalgia Lane -- "The Boy Friend"

    • ART:

  • A Left Bank in New York

    • RELIGION:

  • Fun for Friars of Caprarola

    • MOVIES:

  • A Touchy Theme for Frank Sinatra

    • ANIMALS:

  • Direct to Consumer

    • OTHER DEPARTMENTS:

  • Speaking of Pictures: School Yells' Saucy Rhymes Inspire a Cheerleader's Exuberant Rhythms
  • Letters to the Editors
  • LIFE's Visit: Moravian Town Reprieved
  • Miscellany: Foot-Loose and Freewheeling

  • Lucky Strike ad on back cover features large head shot of Ted Williams with three smaller photos of him fishing and smoking