An undergraduate came out of the Indoor Athletic Building recently, leaped into his Ford, and started to drive merrily away, only to become entangled in the fender of a cuddly Plymouth just ahead.
The Ford went into reverse; the Ford went forward, but the two cars still clung together lovingly. The undergraduate, in desperation, looked around for help. At that moment up stepped no less a personage than William Yandell Elliot, professor of Government, and adviser to President Roosevelt. Scanning the situation with a keen, academic perspicacity, Professor Elliot concluded that only one measure would do the trick--manual labor.
Not even pausing to remove coat or hat, Professor Elliot bent his back to the task, and assisted by the driver, another passer-by, and Jim Curwen, swimmer extraordinaire, saw to it that the entangled fenders were released.
With a curt nod of "you're welcome," Professor Elliot strode away, across the street to Lowell House, where he is said to be a tutor.
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