You Visit One of Your Professors in His Office and Notice

Essay

You visit one of your professors in his office and notice approximately ten umbrellas in the corner.You ask if he collects umbrellas,and he replies that he has taught for about twenty years,and that the umbrellas have been left in his classroom by students.Rather than leaving them in the room,he takes them and announces the next day that he has found an umbrella,and that the owner should come to his office to claim it.He even puts a statement on his syllabus that items left in the classroom will be taken to his office for safekeeping,and that students are free to visit and check his "lost and found" whenever they cannot find their property.What are the professor's obligations with respect to the property and the students who own the property? Has the professor acted appropriately?