Longwood University Athletics

           “ Once upon a time – no this isn’t a fairy story – wait a bit – once upon a time the students at S.T.C. knew nothing of hockey except that it was a game that was played the English people and some of our big colleges, but it really meant nothing more than girls’ polo would to us. However, that fall when the hockey games were played there had been such an interest awakened in this sport that it even rivaled the time-honored game of basketball for popularity among the whole student body. Hockey at S.T.C. was a new game. Nobody knew anything more about it than anyone else so all the girls who were at all interested felt that they had equal chances to make good. And they did make good as the Thanksgiving games showed us clearly. The interclass games were played on Thanksgiving Day: the sophomores played the freshmen and the juniors played the seniors. After a hard fight on the part of all teams concerned, the final scores were 2-0 in favor of the sophomores and 1-0 for the juniors. The final game between the sophomores and the juniors was played December 2, ending with a score of 2-1 in favor of the sophomores.

            Since the sport was so enthusiastically received by the student body it was decided by them that the Physical Education Department should select from all the class teams one best team to be called the honorary hockey varsity. This was done and the hockey varsity received block F’s with tips. The majority of the varsity players were green and white, thus giving them 10 more points in their race for the cup.

         Hockey went over big this year, and we hope in the near future to be able to have a intercollegiate hockey varsity and to give hockey the credit and recognition it so richly deserves.”