Morison Gets Back Itinerant Briefcase

Samuel Eliot Morison, Trumbull Professor of American History, got back his briefcase yesterday with eight student theses still intact.

Morison, who pulled off the absent-minded professor routine Monday afternoon, had put the briefcase on the roof of his car while struggling to unlock a jammed car door. Flushed by success after forcing the lock open, he drove off from Harvard Square with the briefcase still over his head. In due time it fell off, and Morison hastened to report the incident to the police.

Yesterday afternoon about 2 p.m., an unidentified student left the tan initialed case with Morison's secretary. "All's well that ends well," Morison stated last night, hanging up his pencil and chewing the phone.