McGill University, 1914-1938
| 1914 |
SIR WILLIAM MACDONALD, Fourth Chancellor, 1914-1917 |
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| 1914-1918 |
WORLD WAR I. Organization for overseas service of the McGill General Hospital (No. 3), No. 7 McGill Siege Battery, and the 148th Battalion merged with Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry. 3,059 McGill men served in the Armed Forces; 363 gave their lives. Many women served in medical and auxiliary services. |
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| 1915 |
McGill Graduates’ Stadium inaugurated. |
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| 1918 |
Department of Social Work and Training established. SIR ROBERT BORDEN, Fifth Chancellor, 1918-1920 |
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| 1919 |
Graduates’ Stadium was renamed Percival Molson Stadium. Faculty of Dentistry established. The first issue of the McGill News was published by the Graduates' Society. SIR AUCKLAND GEDDES, Seventh Principal and Vice-Chancellor, 1919-1920 |
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| 1920 |
Faculty of Music established. School of Graduate Nurses established. SIR ARTHUR CURRIE, Eighth Principal and Vice-Chancellor, 1920-1933 SIR EDWARD BEATTY, Sixth Chancellor, 1920-1943 |
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| 1921 |
CENTENARY CELEBRATION Total student enrolment: 2,756 Frederick Soddy, a McGill colleague of Ernest Rutherford, was awarded a Nobel Prize for Chemistry. Additional wing to Redpath Library built. |
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| 1922 |
Post-graduate work is consolidated in the new Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research. New Biology Building was erected, funded by the Rockefeller Foundation. Coat-of-arms granted by the Garter-King-at-Arms in London, England. |
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| 1923 | Athletics Department formally organized. |
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| 1924 |
Pathological Institute opened, funded by the Rockefeller Foundation. University Medical Clinic established in the Royal Victoria Hospital |
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| 1925 |
Roddick Gates to the campus was erected in memory of Sir Thomas Roddick MDCM’68 former Dean of Medicine, who established common standards for medical practice in Canada. Hochelaga is commemorated by a stone marker on the lower campus. The Scarlet Key Society began as the official guide for dignitaries visiting the University. In 1971 it merged with the Red Wing Society for women students and transformed into a student honour society. |
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| 1926 | Arts Building was completely reconstructed behind the original façade. New hall named for Dean Charles E. Moyse. |
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| 1928 | Philip Edwards MDCM’36 won five Olympic bronze medals at 1928, 1932, and 1936 Games. |
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| 1929 |
Great Depression, economic crisis, 1929-1939 Pulp and Paper's Buildings were erected on campus. |
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| 1930 |
McGill Social Science Research Project was initiated, and funded by the Rockefeller Foundation. |
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| 1931 |
Montreal Orchestra, later Montreal Symphony Orchestra, was co-founded by Dean Douglas Clarke. The new wing of the Royal Victoria College, on University Street, completed. The Faculty of Arts was renamed the Faculty of Arts and Science. The Faculty of Applied Science was renamed the Faculty of Engineering. |
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| 1932 |
Institute of Parasitology was established at Macdonald College. |
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| 1934 | Montreal Neurological Institute opened with Dr. Wilder Penfield DSc’60 as Director. |
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| 1935 |
ARTHUR EUSTACE MORGAN, Ninth Principal and Vice-Chancellor, 1935-1937 |
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| 1937 |
Douglas Hall Residence for men opened. LEWIS WILLIAMS DOUGLAS LLD’51, Tenth Principal and Vice-Chancellor, 1937-1939 |
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| 1938 |
Electroencephalography Laboratory established. McGill's football team won the Canadian Inter-Collegiate Championship. |