Concordia University Chronology - 1900-1919

1900 – Loyola Farm, sold by Arthur Decary to Corporation of Loyola College on January 5

1901 – Establishment of the Sodality of the Blessed Virgin at Loyola on December 8

1903 – First Loyola degrees awarded, through charter of Université Laval on June 22

1905 – Death of Sir George Williams

1905 – Sir Wilfrid Laurier visits his nephew at Loyola College on September 22

1906 – First meeting to organize the Loyola Old Boys' Association on June 4

1906 – Foundation of the Loyola Aumni Association on June 17

1906 – Georges Vanier (later Governor General) is class valedictorian at Loyola convocation on June 21

1912 – Opening of the Drummond Street YMCA building

1913 – Excavation begins for the first Loyola buildings on the Loyola Farm on September 23

1914 – First Loyola College Review in June

1914 – First Christmas Basket Drive at Loyola

1916 – Loyola College moves to West-end Campus into three buildings

1917 – Loyola Wins City Hockey League Championship on February 26

1917 – Loyola students make donations to victims of Halifax explosion on December 11

1918 – Loyola School of Sociology and Social Service initiated

1918 – Loyola classes cancelled because of influenza epidemic from October 7 to November 17

1919 – Loyola COTC established on February 18

1919 – Launch of Loyola's first fund-raising campaign on March 14