“Department of Philanthropic Mathematics” O. Henry in summary
After another successful scam, Peters and Tucker decide to become philanthropists. Once in the provincial town of Floresville, they, with the consent of local residents, open the “World University” there, and they themselves become his trustees. On the first of September, the newly-opened educational institution hospitably opens the doors to students from five states, and for two months philanthropists enjoy their new social role. In late October, however, it turns out that finance is running out and you need to come up with something, and soon. However, as expressed by Andy Tucker, “if you put philanthropy on a commercial foot, it gives a very good profit.” But soon Peters, to his horror, notices in the payroll of a new mathematics professor named McCorkle with a salary of one hundred dollars a week. His indignation truly knows no bounds,
Then a man appears in the town, who opens a gambling house there. Students – the sons of wealthy farmers –
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