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July 1 - Guy and Gail (Mom and Pop) March treated to a reception in honor of their fiftieth wedding anniversary, more than 600 attend [Stymiest, Ruth Anne. "Centennial: An Illustrated History, 1885-1985". 1985, pg. 135]

July 1 - Soldiers begin arriving on campus for technical training. [Fifteenth Biennial Report of the Regents of Education of the State of South Dakota to the Governor for the Biennial Period Ending June 30, 1918, Fiscal Years 1916-17, 1917-18. pt.1, pg. 104]

July 1 - The school is now operating under the official name "South Dakota School of Mines and Technology". [Twenty-Eighth Biennial Report of the Regents of Education of the State of South Dakota to the Governor for the Biennial Period Ending June 30, 1944, Fiscal Years 1942-43 and 1943-44, Transmitted to the Legislature at the Twenty-Ninth Biennial Session, 1945. pg. 97]

July 1 - Dr. Robert Slagle named first President.