[altair]

The Asian History course was taught by Professor Zach Baughn who had filled three blackboards with names and events before the class began.

Heh. My freshman calculus class was similar. It was taught by the man who wrote the text book and his style was to talk fast and fill chalkboard after chalkboard with equations. The large classrooms at CalTech at the time (early 1980s, I don't know what they're like now) had 3x3 movable boards. You pulled one down, pushed another one up, etc. and could see nine at a time.

I recall not being able to scribble down everything he wrote by the time he got past the 9th chalkboard and went back to the first and started erasing.

To encourage class attendance, he always included one question on every test that was only explained one day in class (class notes were allowed when taking tests) and was never touched on either in his textbook nor the homework. Fun, fun.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

One event from the final exam has stayed with me over the years. A buddy in the class, sat at the back of the class, wearing his customary shades, but ready for the test.
Mr. Baughn said, “Mr. Powers; I see you have an “A” going in this class. I have no doubt that you will get an “A” in the final, so I will enter an “A” in my grade-book on your behalf if you will help me proctor the class.”