:20:00
since I realize you're
a highly respected member...
:20:02
of our business community.
:20:04
- Thank you.
- You're welcome.
:20:07
Our student body here
is handpicked by me...
:20:10
from the crème de la crème...
:20:12
of students all across
this great land of ours.
:20:15
That's one of the things
I like about this place.
:20:17
Yes. The point is, though...
:20:19
since you have
no high school diploma...
:20:21
and no transcripts of any kind,
no S.A.T. Scores...
:20:25
and you're 30 to 40 years older
than our average freshman...
:20:28
how can this university
ever see its way clear...
:20:31
to accept you as a student?
:20:34
As Calvin Coolidge once said...
:20:36
"The business of America
is business"...
:20:39
and the business of
an educational institution...
:20:42
such as ours
is to create young minds...
:20:45
that understand that
the business of America...
:20:46
is the kind of business
that it actually is.
:20:50
So, whatever it is that
I have said here today...
:20:54
the point is
that we are here to honor...
:20:59
our most generous benefactor...
:21:02
and newest freshman...
:21:05
the man who's
made it possible...
:21:07
for us to break ground
here today...
:21:10
Mr. Thornton Melon.
:21:15
Dean Martin, great speech.
:21:17
There's nothing like good,
clean business, huh?
:21:20
And a little monkey business.
:21:23
Oh, Philip. I'm so glad
you could make it.
:21:26
Mr. Melon, I'd like for you
to meet Dr. Philip Barbay...
:21:29
who's the dean
of our school of business.
:21:33
David, I just want
to get it on record...
:21:35
that I am totally against this.
:21:36
I don't think
that selling admission...
:21:38
to an obviously
unqualified student...
:21:40
is very ethical or honorable.
:21:43
Right, Phil,
but I'd just like to say...
:21:47
in all fairness
to Mr. Melon here...
:21:49
it was a really big check.
:21:52
It's a simple matter
of this man's presence...
:21:54
undermining the efforts
of our legitimate students...
:21:57
who are here as a result
of hard work.
:21:59
Hard work?