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General education requirements for all students include 8 semester hours of English, 4 of communications, 3 of economics, 4 of history, 3 of philosophy, 3 of psychology, and 3 of literature [United States. Office of Education. Division of Higher Education. "Higher Education in South Dakota: A Report of a Survey", by S. V. Martorana, et al. 1960., vol. 3, pg. 56]

When classes are in session Fall and Spring semesters Open Close Sunday 12 noon 12 midnight Monday 7:30 am 12 midnight Tuesday 7:30 am 12 midnight Wednesday 7:30 am 12 midnight Thursday 7:30 am 12 midnight Friday 7:30 am 5 pm Saturday 12 noon 5 pm

Richard Schleusener appointed IAS Director [Stymiest, Ruth Anne. "Centennial: An Illustrated History, 1885-1985". 1985, pg. 188]

December 28, 1971 - oldest living Mines graduate, Carrie Feigel, celebrates her 100th birthday [Stymiest, Ruth Anne. "Centennial: An Illustrated History, 1885-1985". 1985, pg. 129] Photo of first graduating class in 1890. Poznansky, Benjamin, Robinson, Eva, and Feigel, Caroline

As you prepare to head off for the break we’d like to remind you: If you have materials checked out that you are finished with, we’d be glad to pick them up at your office. Just fill out this form at: http://library.sdsmt.edu/Delivery.htm If you haven’t had a chance to get any reading done, and are looking for a good read http://sdsmtal.blogspot.com/ has a list of some of the most recent items we’ve added to the collection. The items labeled “Knovel” are electronic books that you can access from your office, or from home if you use the campus VPN service http://its.sdsmt.edu/network/vpn/ If you’ve done quite enough reading, we also have DVD’s and Audio books , More Audio books or Music CDs Have a wonderful holiday!

December 3 - William Phipps Blake accepts position as President of the Faculty then reconsiders and declines the position [Stymiest, Ruth Anne. "Centennial: An Illustrated History, 1885-1985". 1985, pg. 6]

What’s new at the Library? These items were recently added to the collection. Many new Knovel E-books have been added. In addition, we recently received a donation of a number of Star Trek books. Check them out. We have a “Fan Page” on Facebook and are looking for friends. And of course at the time of year we are getting ready for Nostalgia Night. This will be our 16th year. Seems like only yesterday that we were wondering if anyone would come… Hope to see you again this year, and remember tickets make great stocking stuffers!