ther and's contract to run out early ********** * **** 'In best interest of athletic program'-Bates The contract of Football Coach Jim Sutherland will be 'Suds' tabbed 'VASHINGTOi\'" DAILY serminated as of Jan. 30, 1964. STATE This was the announcement of Athletic Director Stan UNIVERSITY Bates following a meeting of school officials yesterday. The 'Heckuva good EVERGREEN decision was reportedly made by "mutual agreement" of Volume LXX Friday, December 6, 1963 Number 4: ',utherland and the officials. football coach' Bates said the move is being made "in the best interest )f the athletic program" and noted that a settlement is being "I feel he was a heckuva good negotiated between Sutherland and the University concern- coach," Dean Kalahar, captain of the 1963Cougar football team said il1g his contract. last night upon learning that Head The pact, guaranteeing Sutherland $17,500 a year was Coach Jim Sutherland would not signed at the close of the 1962 football season and has an- be returning to the helm in the other year to run. Fall of 1964. Bates said absolutely no effort has been made as yet to Kalahar said he had heard cam- pus rumors concerning _ Suther- land's possible absence from the Coach Sutherland said last night that he has absolutely WSU football scene next Fall but no complaints as to his treatment at WSU during the eight "figured it was alumni talk." He years he spent here. lilt is simply a case of a school trying said that he actually had expect- to compete in big league football on a limited budget. I do ed, as did most of the team, that not blame Stan Bates; he is doing a fine job under the con- the coach would return next fall. Kalahar, who will not be return- ditions with which he has to operate." ing because of graduation, said "I realize that there had to be some changes made due that team members "hadn't real- to outside pressure, and the coach is usually the one to re- ly talked about it." "I think the ceive the blame." He added, "I have been in education long players were always behind him," enough to know that it (education) follows public opinion he continued. and does not lead it." In regards to finding a succes- He repeated that there is no doubt in his mind that the sor for the head coaching job, administration has to make a change and "I mutually agree Kalahar said, "it's going to be somewhat difficult to find a better something has to be done." He feels the answer is consider- coach at the same pay when we're ably deeper than changing coaches. in such a tough location," referr- As to the future, Sutherland said he is "still head foot- ing to the oft-mentioned geo- ball coach at Washington State University, and I will con- graphical isolation of Pullman. tinue in that capacity until Jan. 30. What happens after that Sutherland himself has men- date, depends on what happens between now and then." tioned many times that one of his problems in keeping assistant coaches at WSU was the geogra- find a replacement. He added that a new coach will be phical isolation. found "as soon as possible" and it will be "someone suited In looking ahead to next year for the position." under anew coach, Kalahar said he saw no real problems in He said the situation was studied from every angle and switching to a different style of he is certain the decision was right. Approval from President football from the style Suther- C. Clement French concerning the matter came yesterday land has taught, if a new coach afternoon. wished to do so. Sutherland spent. eight full seasons as head coach at "We may have more of the Washington State, compiling an overall record of 37 wins, split-end type player than other 39 losses, and four ties. He had winning seasons in half schools, but we ran more this year than before," he said in of those eight years-1957, 1958, 1959, and 1962. reference to Sutherland's much- Sutherand, commonly known as "Suds" throughout the publicized passing game. COACH JIM SUTHERLAND football world, had his best season in 1958 when the Coug- ars compiled a 7-3 record and barely missed a Rose Bowl b~d. His victory total is the second highest in WSU football history, Only the legendary Babe Hollingbery had more wins in his 17 years at the helm. Petitions ask examination Sutherland came here from the University of Washing- ton where he was an assistant in 1954 and 1955 under now Lt. Governor John Cherberg. Prior to that time he had been an assistant to "Pappy" Waldorf at the University 01 ASWSU Constitution of California. Board of Control received the The Board rejected the first set ed up about 40 persons and oruy He coached high school ball at Santa' Monica, Calif., second set of petitions in three of petitions, signed by approxi- 15 of these had actually taken the where his teams compiled an outstanding- 79-13-3 record meetings Wednesday night. mately 1,750 students. Those pre- test. Booths were placed in the between 1937 and 1952. Suds is a 1937 grad~ate of the Uni- A total of 136 student signatures sented Wednesday night essential- CUB for signing up Peace Corps versity of Southern California. were turned over to the Boa rd re- ly call for a review of the Board's volunteers from Monday through Among the nationally prominent players Sutherland questing "that BOC ask President decision. ' Wednesday. has produced at WSU are quarterbacks Bob Newman Dave C_ Clement French to appoint In other business, Payne Lucas, Darryl Isotolo, chairman of the Wilson, M~l Melin, an~ Dave Mathieson; ends Bill Steiger, three faculty members who, with Peace Corps director from Togo, one member of BOC, shall inter- Off-Campus Affairs Sub-commit- Jack Fanmng, Don Ellmgson, Gail Cogdill, and Hugh Camp- pret the ASWSU Constitution in preceeded his remarks about the tee, said no progress had been bell; halfbacks Don Ellersick and Keith Lincoln and full- accordance with Article XII, Sec- purposes and functions of the or- made since last week on a move- back George Reed. tion 1 of that constitution." ganization by asking, "What's ment to locate a _ Communist Steiger, Ellingsen, and Campbell gained All-American The petitions asked further wrong with this Peace Corps? speaker to bring to WSU. notice. Cogdill received rookie-of-the-year honors in the that the interpretation specifically A letter. drafted earlier to be National Football League in 1960. be concerned with an earlier, in- Why can't we get more WSU vol- sent to Communist embassies, has asking for a campus-wide vote on unteers?" yet to be approved by the Politi- Sutherland will be Head Coach of the West squad for the the publications proposal. Lucas said his group had sign- cal Science Dept. annual East-West Shrine game Dec. 28 in San Francisco. He was one of the assistant coaches last year. He is also scheduled to take part in the Holiday Coaching Clinic in Segre-gation _and resistance 'Frisco Dec. 26 and 27. The cl~ni~ is an affair which annually attracts many 4}f the nation s top college coaches. Suds' colleagues in con- movement equaled by' Wilson du~ting the clinic are John McKay of Southern Cal, John Bndges, Baylor, Ara Parseghiam, Northwestern, and Jack By Joe Simmons ing, Wilson said. At the other end of the scale Mollenkopf, Purdue. ,. Resistance to the segregation He depicted the resultant cur- is the interracial movement rep- movement which became fully rent resistance movements as be- resented by such groups as the manifested after the emergence ing interracial and non-violent or NAACP and the Urban League. of independent African states Black National and violent. The doctrine of passive resist- Grayson files suit against magazine gave rise to a new definition of The Black National movement ance has been adopted by the SEATTLE (AP) - John Gray- article made a brief reference the Negro position and is now ex-, advocates complete withdrawal middle and upper Negro classes son, former University of Wash- to Grayson. pressed in the fundamentally op- from white society with establish- but has not been caught up by ington basketball coach, has filed It was written by refree Al posed doctrines of violent and ment of a separate way of life in the lower class which views the a $300,0001suit against the Curtis Lightner of Salem, Ore. non-violent resistance. an exclusive geographical area results as seeming inconsequent- Publishing Co., claiming it libel- Grayson was relieved of his As the NSA Forum entered its with self-rule. ial in the jet age. ed him in a Saturday Evening duties at the university this third and final day, William J. Wilson said the best current ex- Wilson pointed out, however, Post article. year. Wilson, teaching assistant in soc- ample of Black Nationalism is that the NAACP legal efforts Grayson, in the suit filed Wed- iology and anthropology, examin- the Black Muslims. have been significant in over- nesday in Superior C 0 u r t ed the nature of current resist- Black Muslim roots are found coming segregation. Of 46 ap- said the article "tended to de-· Today's weather ance movements in the context in lower class urban frustration, peals to the Supreme Court, all stroy his reputation for integrity of social change. Wilson said. Followers of the doc- but 4 have been successful. .and sportsmanship." Eastern Washington - Mostly The Supreme Court decision of - trine use the term "Negro" only Non-violent resistance was ini- ~ The article, which appeared cloudy today with considerable 1954 which overturned the separ- when referring to those of their tiated in 1955 in Montgomery, Dec.