The Quill was first published in 1910, and is the second oldest student newspaper in western Canada (The Gateway at The University of Alberta is older by two months).
The Quill was originally published three times a year, and then quarterly, with a hope of establishing itself and then becoming a weekly paper.
In 1927, the Brandon College Publishing Board split the paper into two separate publications - The Quill, a biweekly newspaper, and The Sickle, a yearbook.
In 1997, The Quill became one of the first student newspapers in Canada to produce the paper in a completely digital format.
In the 1970s it was produced in a mobile trailer near the gymnasium, before moving to the former Students' Union office in the lower level of the McMaster Building in 1980.