We can do without it-it needs to change. With the efforts of junior jumper, Ken McNish and his younger crew, the lines have slowly begun to fall. Get togethers outside practice are attended by both teams. Somedays the teams stretch in the same area. Progress is slow.
Old habits die hard.
The most progressive movement happened after a meet. Most of the time, the men sit in the rear of the bus and the women partner upfront. When the women's team got on the bus, the men had already staked out the area. Each male refused to partner with another male and barricaded the back. The women were forced to sit with a man.