TheProfessordispensesthewisdomoftheagesanddoesnotmakealivingwage.Thesonsoftherichandpowerfularestudentslackinganymotivation.ThenextdoorneighboroftheProfessor,businessmanOlsen,hasmoneyandlotsoffood,whiletheGriggshavehardlyany.BothPeterOlsenandReverendGatesaretakenbythebeautyofyoungAmeliaGriggs.WhenrichsonPhilWestfallsforAmeliaGriggsandbefriendsthepoorReverendGates,hefinallyseesthedifferenceinhislifeandtheirsandtriestodosomethingtochangethat.