365:, to Woolston and Mary A. Swain. Swain attended IU as an undergraduate and graduate student. He matriculated in 1879 and graduated with a B.L. degree in 1883. From 1883-1885, he was an instructor of mathematics and biology at IU while he completed his graduate education and graduated with a M.S. degree in 1885. Starting in 1885, Swain was an associate professor of mathematics until 1886, where he then was professor for five years until 1891. He left his professorship at IU in 1891 to follow departing IU president
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When the addition is completed in the fall of 1960, the entire structure will be known as Swain Hall in memory of the
University's ninth president, Joseph Swain... The entire structure, consisting of Biology Hal1, built in 1910, Swain Hall, opened in 1940, and the addition is to be known as Swain
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In memory of Dr. Joseph Swain, Indiana
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In 1940, Indiana
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Hall in memory of the
University's ninth president, Joseph Swain... occupied by mathematics; present Swain Hall and the connecting addition by physics and astronomy. All three sciences have been in Swain Hall which has become overcrowded by the increases in their enrollments.
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Funeral services will be held Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the
Friends Church in Pendleton. Dr. William Lowe Bryan, president of Indiana university, and Wilson Doane of Indianapolis' will have charge of the services. Burial will be in the Friends cemetery
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