Mr. Novak — Season 1

Sept 1963

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.

Oct 1963

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

Oct 1963

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.

Oct 1963

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.

Oct 1963

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.

Oct 1963

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.

Nov 1963

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.

Nov 1963

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

Nov 1963

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.

Nov 1963

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

Dec 1963

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

Dec 1963

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.

Dec 1963

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

Dec 1963

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

Dec 1963

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.

Jan 1964

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.

Jan 1964

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

Jan 1964

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

Jan 1964

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

Feb 1964

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

Feb 1964

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

Feb 1964

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

Feb 1964

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

Mar 1964

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

Mar 1964

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

Mar 1964

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

Mar 1964

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

Mar 1964

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

Apr 1964

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.

Apr 1964

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.