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1912-1919

  • 1912, Mar. 28: second University gymnasium burns down
  • 1912: Lingley Hall is reconstructed as new University gymnasium in spring
  • 1912, Sep.: Mount Allison varsity track team wins first Nova Scotia Provincial Exhibition, and wins again the following year
  • 1912: eight tennis courts on Mount Allison campus by autumn
  • 1912, Dec.: intercollegiate hockey ban is lifted
  • 1913, Nov. 14: largest crowd ever at Mount Allison watches home team lose intercollegiate rugby football title to Acadia
  • 1913, Dec.: University hockey team employs first coach, Jack Twaddle
  • 1914, Feb.: Mount Allison plays intercollegiate hockey game in three periods, rather than two halves
  • 1914: varsity hockey team, captained by Bill Godfrey, wins intercollegiate (Sumner Cup) and Maritime amateur (Brown Trophy) championships
  • 1914, May: University and Academy form tennis clubs and interclass tennis tournament is held
  • 1914, Sep.-Oct.: Nova Scotia Provincial Exhibition track meet not held, and no further track events for duration of WWI
  • 1914, Nov.: final intercollegiate women’s basketball match before end of WWI
  • 1915, Mar.: Mount Allison claims second Sumner Cup intercollegiate hockey trophy
  • 1915, Oct.: intercollegiate football cancelled for duration of WWI
  • 1916, Jan.: intercollegiate hockey cancelled for duration of WWI
  • 1916, Mar.: Mount Allison adopts intercollegiate hockey rule change and skates six players instead of seven
  • 1916, Oct.: University men compete for interclass tennis cup
  • 1916, Oct.: Department of Physical Education and Training is formed at Ladies’ College; field hockey and volleyball are introduced to female students
  • 1918, Oct.: women’s baseball game held on campus
  • 1918, Nov. 14: third town rink (Copp’s Rink), located on Lorne Street, destroyed by snow storm
  • 1919, Dec.: Mount Allison’s first institutional skating rink is built, on Lansdowne Street

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