He says that historically Harvard has had a J.V. swimming team, but just barely. The J.V. often had to scramble to get a full team and the competition was less than stellar. For these reasons, and because he has been able to work J.V. swimmers into varsity meets, he says the present varsity only arrangement in swimming is adequate.

Essick did say that the money crunch has been felt on the swim team's road trips. They often have to put three athletes into a hotel room meant for two people and they are no longer able to stay overnight on most road trips.

In addition, he says, "we are doing the Golden Arches more regularly," instead of eating in hotel dining rooms.

Essick says the pool time allotted to the men's team has been cut substantially due to the increased use of the IAB pool by the women's swim team.

He feels that Radcliffe is entitled to its time in the pool and says the one-pool situation is "something we have to live with."

Nancy Sato, a versatile Radcliffe athlete who has a national ranking in diving, says that women still have not been provided with the basics in many sports.

She points out that, in the past, women have not had full-time coaches, trainers, managers, or even practice gear.

Up until now, she says, the Radcliffe crew has been the only well-coordinated women's program on campus.

In other sports, such as field hockey and swimming, talented women lose interest because of the poor conditions under which they must practice and compete.

Sato cites one field hockey game last fall when Buildings and Grounds had not cleared the field of trash. The women on the team had to pick up the trash from the field a few minutes before game time. "It's like making McInally put up the goalposts before he plays a football game," she says.

Sato doesn't want to see any cutbacks in the men's programs, but she stresses that women's programs are still lacking the essentials. Right now, she says, most other lvy League schools have established better women's programs than the program on this campus.

She does note signs of improvement there are plans to organize a women's intramural program next year as well as a Radcliffe Varsity Club and an alumnae organization of "Friends of Radcliffe Athletics." Also, she says the Athletic Department has promised to give the women better equipment, better coaching and generally more support next year.

Other athletes on campus also have complaints about the condition of the facilities.

Bill Okerman is dissatisfied with the conditions under which he and other members of the track team must practice and compete.

Since the collapse of the Farrell Bubble in a windstorm in December 1973, the track team has been forced to spend the indoor season in small, dusty Briggs Cage. Okerman notes that it is especially important for a New England school to have a good indoor facility because the indoor season here lasts from November to the end of March.