Season 1
30 episodes · Sep 24, 1963
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- S1E1
First year,First Day
Sep 24, 1963A 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.
- S1E2
To Lodge and Dislodge
Oct 1, 1963Julie Dean, a blind student at Jefferson High, develops a crush on Mr. Novak.
- S1E3
I Don`t Even Live Here
Oct 8, 1963When 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.
- S1E4
X is the Unknown Factor
Oct 15, 1963Mike 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.
- S1E5
A Single Isolated Incident
Oct 22, 1963A black student, Marcy Desmond, is violently accosted by a gang of youths who let her know that she's not welcome at Jefferson High.
- S1E6
The Risk
Oct 29, 1963Novak 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.
- S1E7
Hello Miss Phipps
Nov 5, 1963Maude 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.
- S1E8
To Break a Camel's Back
Nov 12, 1963Novak clashes with Holly Metcalfe, a rebellious senior who doesn't like to follow rules.
- S1E9
A Feeling for Friday
Nov 19, 1963It's a hectic Friday and Novak is very pleased to get an invitation to spend the weekend at his former sweetheart's family estate.
- S1E10
Pay the Two Dollars
Nov 26, 1963A father holds Novak responsible for roughing up his son. It all happened when Novak broke up some student horseplay.
- S1E11
Love in the Wrong Season
Dec 3, 1963Novak, who's dating a teacher, has some competition from one of her students.
- S1E12
The Boy Without A Country
Dec 10, 1963Novak 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.
- S1E13
A Thousand Voices
Dec 17, 1963Novak defends the members of an off-campus car club, who have run into trouble.
- S1E14
My Name is not Legion
Dec 24, 1963Novak is interested in Arnold Frazer, a new student who shows signs of brilliance and trouble adjusting to school life.
- S1E15
He who can Does
Dec 31, 1963Novak 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.
- S1E16
Song of Songs
Jan 7, 1964An 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.
- S1E17
The Exile
Jan 14, 1964Charlie Payne, who dropped out three years ago, now has nothing better to do than spend his time hanging around the school grounds.
- S1E18
Sparrow on the Wire
Jan 21, 1964A member of Novak's debating club makes some anti-Semitic remarks during an intra-squad debate.
- S1E19
The Private Life of Douglas Morgan Jr.
Jan 28, 1964Campus clown Doug Morgan decides he can attract attention - and get excused from compulsory ROTC classes - by claiming to be a conscientious objector.
- S1E20
Death of a Teacher
Feb 4, 1964The death of a teacher brings forth a variety of reactions and emotions from the students and faculty at Jefferson High.
- S1E21
I`m on the Outside
Feb 11, 1964A student named Steve Acero tells Principal Vane that Mr. Novak is prejudiced against him because he is of Mexican extraction.
- S1E22
Chin Up, Mr. Novak
Feb 18, 1964Novak's having problems with a literature class - until it's taken over by Margaret Mumsley, a 75-year old exchange teacher from England.
- S1E23
Fear is a Handful of Dust
Feb 25, 1964Novak tries to help shy, introverted Sue Johnson by encouraging her to develop her talent for caricature.
- S1E24
How Does Your Garden Grow?
Mar 3, 1964An inexperienced and frightened substitute teacher has trouble with her first class at Jefferson High.
- S1E25
The Tower
Mar 10, 1964After numerous complaints that an elderly geometry instructor is no longer an effective teacher, Vane is forced to retire her.
- S1E26
One Way to Say Goodbye
Mar 17, 1964Novak finds himself attracted to Jenny Peterson, a former Jefferson High student.
- S1E27
Day in the Year
Mar 24, 1964A girl in Novak's homeroom collapses from an overdose of narcotics.
- S1E28
Moment Without Armor
Mar 31, 1964School grounds are quiet in the evening, and darkness was the accomplice of the unknown assailant who attacked assistant principal Jeanne Pagano.
- S1E29
Fare Thee Well
Apr 7, 1964Miss 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.
- S1E30
Senior Prom
Apr 14, 1964The senior prom at Jefferson High is going to be a flop this year - unless student chairman Gail Andrews starts taking interest in the preparations.