The Pr@ ofessor dispense_s the w,:`is,@%d ?om of the _ag +es a%^nd does n:).o?t m_(ake a + living w$$:ag].e./.*  The so, ns )_of* th__e rich. and $%+powerf(^ul? are st^-ud?ents lacking any \.motivation. The ne?;``xt door! neighbor of the P-ro]f =essor, b^usiness=:man ^Olsen, has money and l` \%ots of f;+ oo(_?[d[;
, while the Gri-ggs hav;%e hardly #^any. Both Peter O;;lsen and Re=v_\/erend [Gate^s@ are ta,(ken b*y t;he beau;;ty of^+ #!?young Amelia Gri,?g= ^gs. When rich .$son Phil West falls for Amelia G][=rig+_?gs and -@befri %end^.s the poor Rever,$/e%)nd Ga!@.tes,@. he f]in;(*(ally sees the diff\erence (in hi s life and theirs$ and;_ tr[ies to !  d% o something to cha]:nge tha::t.