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January 9-10 - Regents approve a general accelerated program of engineering education. Program is requested by the National Defense Council and Office of Production Management. It will involve three terms per year of 16 or 17 weeks. No loss of curriculum material and no lowering of standards will be felt. Program should start by June first, if possible. [Twenty-Seventh Biennial Report of the Regents of Education of the State of South Dakota to the Governor for the Biennial Period Ending June 30, 1942, Fiscal Years 1940-41 and 1941-42, Transmitted to the Legislature at the Twenty-Eighth Biennial Session, 1943. pt. 148]

[The original] appropriation for the school was set at $5,500. This included teachers' pay, lights, apparatus, and furniture. The school received $10,000 for the new building. [The Engineer, 1960]

March - there are 76 faculty employed, 2 of which are women [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. 203]

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