Hockey, women's
- New woman
- Rapid rise
- Obstacles
- For fun only
Obstacles
The development of women's hockey at Mount Allison was hampered by limited access to practice time and the lack of an institutional rink. In January 1904 and January 1906 editions of The Allisonia, and the February 1912 edition of The Argosy, it was mentioned that students of the Ladies' College were allowed only one hour of practice time per week on Saturday mornings at the town rink. University men's hockey, meanwhile, which was organized by the Mount Allison Amateur Athletic Association, had secured four hours of practice time at the town rink by January 1897. The Academy hockey team, too, in January 1913, was permitted three hours of ice time per week. All students playing hockey, however, were united in their dissatisfaction of sharing rink time with the town, and calls for an institutional rink continued to be voiced by all institutions until one was constructed in December 1919.
Opportunities for Mount Allison’s women students to play games with outside teams decreased as well. A challenge was issued to Saint John in 1906 but was turned down because the city did not have a team. Similarly, Mount Allison Ladies’ College faculty deemed it inadvisable to accept a challenge from the Wolfville Ladies Hockey Team in 1907. With few outside opponents and little support from the school, the incentive to play following the excitement generated by the 1905 game against Saint John was lost.
Mount Allison Ladies' College hockey team, 1910-11
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