commandeering the new science building for its own. The building was named Cornelia Hall after the first president of the new Iona College.
On September 19, 1940, Iona College opened its doors with nine Christian Brothers and six lay faculty greeting the first class. The Christian Brothers named the college after Iona, the island monastery of St. Columba [Irish: St. Colmcille; Scottish Gaelic: Calum Cille; Manx: Colum Keeilley] located on the west coast of Scotland. Columba founded the monastery in 563 AD. The Congregation of Christian Brothers was itself founded in 1802 by Edmund Ignatius Rice in Waterford, Ireland.
Previous to opening in New York, the brothers taught at Saint Mary's College in Halifax, Nova Scotia. They had been brought in from St Bonaventure College in St John's, Newfoundland. They operated the Halifax institution until 1940 when they were given a tearful sendoff after a run-in with the new archbishop, John T McNally.
In fall 1941, Iona College began its academic year with 121 freshmen and …
SAT EBRW 25%
525
SAT EBRW 75%
645
SAT Math 25th %
530
SAT Math 75th %
620
ACT Composite 25th %
20
ACT Composite 50th %
23
ACT Composite 75th %
28
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