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April 14 - Regents approve the purchase of a victrola for campus use [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. 194]

All faculty, except one, resign due to low salaries [Fifth Biennial Report of the Regents of Education of the State of South Dakota To The Governor For The Fiscal Years 1897 and 1898, Ending June 30, 1898: Transmitted to the Legislature at the Fifth Biennial Session, 1899. 1898, pg. 20] November - Dean McGillycuddy resigns [Fifth Biennial Report of the Regents of Education of the State of South Dakota To The Governor For The Fiscal Years 1897 and 1898, Ending June 30, 1898: Transmitted to the Legislature at the Fifth Biennial Session, 1899. 1898, pg. 21, 75] Regents recommend salary increases at School of Mines to "retain competent and efficient men as instructors" [Fifth Biennial Report of the Regents of Education of the State of South Dakota To The Governor For The Fiscal Years 1897 and 1898, Ending June 30, 1898: Transmitted to the Legislature at the Fifth Biennial Session, 1899. 1898, pg. 22]

1898 - Dr. Robert Lincoln Slagle appointed Dean [Stymiest, Ruth Anne. "Centennial: An Illustrated History, 1885-1985". 1985, pg. 23] July 1, 1899 - Dr. Slagle named first President

Fees for the school fixed at $3.00 per term for tuition and $3.00 per term for incidentals [Seventh Biennial Report of the Regents of Education of the State of South Dakota to the Governor for the Biennial Period Ending June 30, 1902 Fiscal Years 1900, 1901, 1902: Transmitted to the Legislature at the Seventh Biennial Session, 1903. 1902, pg. 121]

"... the main building, but recently completed, will be occupied for the first time at the beginning of the next school year. It is a handsome structure of pressed brick with sandstone trimmings and basement. In this building are the offices of the president, the assembly room, chemical and physical laboratories, mechanical drawing room and several lecture rooms. The work of the department of chemistry is conducted in four rooms on the second floor of the main building. "In this building are also located the physical laboratory and the mechanical drawing room." [Arum, 1902]

Rear portion of Main building completed. [Eighth Biennial Report of the Regents of Education of the State of South Dakota to the Governor for the Biennial Period Ending June 30, 1904, Fiscal Years 1902, 1903. pg. 20]

December - President Slagle resigns, accepts Presidential appointment to the Agricultural College in Brookings. [Ninth Biennial Report of the Regents of Education of the State of South Dakota to the Governor for the Biennial Period Ending June 30, 1906, Fiscal Years 1904, 1905. 1906, pg. 8, 125, 202] (Slagle was also President at USD, his appointment there began in 1914.)