- Muriel Stacey, former teacher at Avonlea School and Hetty's colleague at teachers college, has just been promoted to Provincial Superintendent of Schools. This promotion irks Hetty, who has always finished second to Miss Stacey and who was expecting the promotion herself. Miss Stacey is coming to Avonlea for a visit, which further irks Hetty, who sees the visit as an inspection. To prove her success as a teacher especially at this important time just before a school presentation to the Lieutenant Governor, Hetty vows to increase school enrollment. Thinking the workers at the cannery a good source for possible students, Hetty manages to recruit one: Gus Pike, but Gus agrees only on the stipulation that he can continue working. Despite Gus' rough edges, Hetty admires the quest for betterment that Gus displays. In turn, Gus respects everything that Hetty has to teach and say to him. However unwittingly through a discussion with Hetty, Gus is convinced that many of his old habits, including his fiddle playing, are a path straight toward being just like his convict father. This news makes Gus miserable as music is an integral part of who he is. When Miss Stacey arrives in Avonlea, she sees Gus' internal conflict when she herself meets and gets to know him.—Huggo
- Hetty tries to turn Gus Pike into a model student, in order to impress the new superintendent of schools, former Avonlea school teacher Muriel Stacey. Gus thinks that going to school means that he will have to give up what he loves most: playing his fiddle. Miss Stacey, seeing his dilemma, encourages Gus to use his talents.—Sullivan Entertainment
- When the new superintendent of schools announces a visit Hetty decides she needs to take action to secure her placement. A new student (Gus Pike), an accident and a pupil performance prove they could be Hetty's undoing.
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