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South Dakota School of Mines: February 21, 1935

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February 21 - Dr. C. C. O'Harra dies, ending 37 years of service to the school [Twenty-Fourth Biennial Report of the Regents of Education of the State of South Dakota to the Governor for the Biennial Period Ending June 30, 1936, Fiscal Years 1934-35 and 1935-36, Transmitted to the Legislature at the Twenty-Fifth Biennial Session 1937. pg. 40] Dr. Joseph Peter Connolly named President [Stymiest, Ruth Anne. "Centennial: An Illustrated History, 1885-1985". 1985, pg. 70]
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Dear IEEE Xplore User, As you may have seen, the IEEE Xplore digital library has been upgraded. Our organization has a full-text subscription that gives you access to IEEE documents from www.ieee.org/ieeexplore . The new IEEE Xplore is now easier to use and has more value-added features. You will be able to find articles faster with a new search engine and enhanced functionality. Learn about new features and tips on how to use the new IEEE Xplore by visiting www.ieee.org/newieeexplore where you will be able to: • Sign up for free training: Live, online training available as well as pre-recorded tutorials • Watch the demo video: See the three-minute video demonstration of the new features • View the new brochure: "Experience the New IEEE Xplore Digital Library." A printable PDF of all the new features • Search tip sheets: A one page reference with tips and tricks to make searching more effective What are the new features? • New interface design -- intuitive, easy...
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Writing a Paper? Try These 7 Research Tips - Professors' Guide (usnews.com)

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Great tips from US News and World Report Writing a Paper? Try These 7 Research Tips Once in a while you get hit with it: the 15- to 25-page research paper, also called the term paper or semester project. This is your chance to join the community of the 20 percent or so of college professors who are actually doing research. How do they do it? And how can you? Have a look at our seven best tips for doing research like a professor: Writing a Paper? Try These 7 Research Tips - Professors' Guide (usnews.com)
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South Dakota School of Mines: 1945 & 1947

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1945 It's really quiet, now that the soldiers are gone. FY enrollment is 60 [South Dakota Department of Finance. "A Building Survey of South Dakota Institutions Under the Direction of the Regents of Education" 1950., pg. 1e] 1947 FY enrollment is 491 [South Dakota Department of Finance. "A Building Survey of South Dakota Institutions Under the Direction of the Regents of Education" 1950., pg. 1e]
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South Dakota School of Mines:1945

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President Connolly's report to the Regents includes the notes that Faculty voted to keep the quarter system permanently; that the "Cooperative Plan" of education was adopted, thus allowing students to work for a company with pay to gain real world experience before graduation; that summer school is necessary to get students who are out of sync with their program back on track. [Twenty-Ninth Biennial Report of the Regents of Education of the State of South Dakota to the Governor for the Biennial Period Ending June 30, 1946, Fiscal Years 1944-45 and 1945-46, Transmitted to the Legislature at the Thirtieth Biennial Session, 1947. pg. 77]
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In which I attempt to predict the future

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Part of my job is selecting items to be purchased by our library. Most of our materials budget goes to purchase scientific and technical Journals. These are all subscriptions and the annual selection process is quite run of the mill. We get a title because; well we subscribed to it last year and see no compelling reason to change. Occasionally a title ceases, or becomes less useful to us because of curricular changes. Sometimes we cancel titles because the prices go up, but our budget does not. Once in a very rare while some funding becomes available to add a title, but most of the time the Journals subscriptions just roll on from one year to the next. A small slice of the budget pie is reserved for one time purchases and a tiny slice of that goes for recreational reading/viewing/listening. Here's where the crystal ball gazing comes in. What are our students, faculty and staff going to want to read, watch, and listen to? Not just now but next year, and 20 years from now? ...
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South Dakota School of Mines:February 5, 1925

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February 5 - Main building burns in Spearfish leading Regent C.C. Caldwell to call for the programs of Spearfish Normal School to be moved to the campus of the School of Mines and all School of Mines engineering programs consolidated with the University at Vermillion - roll call vote: four vote "no", one votes "yes" [State of South Dakota. Nineteenth Biennial Report of the Regents of Education for the Biennial Period Ending June 30, 1926, Fiscal Years 1924-25 and 1925-26 to the Governor, Transmitted to the Twentieth Regular Legislative Session 1927, pt. 2, pg. 112]
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