 Grainbelt University has one attraction for Dobie Gillis (Bobby Van) - women, especially Pansy Hammer (Debbie Reynolds). Pansy s father (Hanley Stafford), even though and maybe because she says she s in dreamville, does not share her affection for Dobie. An English essay which almost revolutionizes English instruction, and Dobie s role in a chemistry lab explosion convinces Mr. Hammer he is right. Pansy is sent off broken-hearted to an Eastern school, but with the help of Happy Stella Kolawski s (Kathleen Freeman) all-girl band, several hundred students and an enraged police force, Dobie secures Pansy s return to Grainbelt.