Season 1

1963-09-24

A brilliant student with a good business - an auto body shop - wants to quit school. He challenges Novak to give him a good reason for continuing his education.

1963-10-01

Julie Dean, a blind student at Jefferson High, develops a crush on Mr. Novak.

1963-10-08

When Mr. Otis was conducting the English class, all the students were raking in As - but Novak can't seem to get the same caliber of work out of them.

1963-10-15

Mike Daniels is being considered for an important science scholarship, but he's having problems in Novak's literature class. Dr. Frank Baxter, TV educator, appears as Dr. Gagan.

1963-10-22

A black student, Marcy Desmond, is violently accosted by a gang of youths who let her know that she's not welcome at Jefferson High.

1963-10-29

Novak helps a former teacher and mentor obtain a position at the school. The instructor is a recovering alcoholic, while his much-younger wife is still afflicted with the disease.

1963-11-05

Maude Phipps, a teacher for some 40 years, is sharply outspoken and is the object of various complaints -- including those of irate parents who don't like the idea of her teaching social hygiene to their children.

1963-11-12

Novak clashes with Holly Metcalfe, a rebellious senior who doesn't like to follow rules.

1963-11-19

It's a hectic Friday and Novak is very pleased to get an invitation to spend the weekend at his former sweetheart's family estate.

1963-11-26

A father holds Novak responsible for roughing up his son. It all happened when Novak broke up some student horseplay.

1963-12-03

Novak, who's dating a teacher, has some competition from one of her students.

1963-12-10

Novak and Vane prepare a hero's welcome for a new student, a Russian defector, who's quick to show that he's not easy to get along with.

1963-12-17

Novak defends the members of an off-campus car club, who have run into trouble.

1963-12-24

Novak is interested in Arnold Frazer, a new student who shows signs of brilliance and trouble adjusting to school life.

1963-12-31

Novak invites a famous novelist to address the school's Literary Club - despite protests of Miss Pagano who feels that the writer's unorthodox views will be a bad influence.

1964-01-07

An overly strict father takes the school, and Mr. Novak to task, when he finds the subject matter read aloud in class by his daughter to be highly erotic.

1964-01-14

Charlie Payne, who dropped out three years ago, now has nothing better to do than spend his time hanging around the school grounds.

1964-01-21

A member of Novak's debating club makes some anti-Semitic remarks during an intra-squad debate.

1964-01-28

Campus clown Doug Morgan decides he can attract attention - and get excused from compulsory ROTC classes - by claiming to be a conscientious objector.

1964-02-04

The death of a teacher brings forth a variety of reactions and emotions from the students and faculty at Jefferson High.

1964-02-11

A student named Steve Acero tells Principal Vane that Mr. Novak is prejudiced against him because he is of Mexican extraction.

1964-02-18

Novak's having problems with a literature class - until it's taken over by Margaret Mumsley, a 75-year old exchange teacher from England.

1964-02-25

Novak tries to help shy, introverted Sue Johnson by encouraging her to develop her talent for caricature.

1964-03-03

An inexperienced and frightened substitute teacher has trouble with her first class at Jefferson High.

1964-03-10

After numerous complaints that an elderly geometry instructor is no longer an effective teacher, Vane is forced to retire her.

1964-03-17

Novak finds himself attracted to Jenny Peterson, a former Jefferson High student.

1964-03-24

A girl in Novak's homeroom collapses from an overdose of narcotics.

1964-03-31

School grounds are quiet in the evening, and darkness was the accomplice of the unknown assailant who attacked assistant principal Jeanne Pagano.

1964-04-07

Miss Cathy Williams is going to become a mother, but she wants to graduate with her senior class and she doesn't want to tell her parents about her condition.

1964-04-14

The senior prom at Jefferson High is going to be a flop this year - unless student chairman Gail Andrews starts taking interest in the preparations.