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...according to Todd A. Gitlin â????63, arms control had become a â????roaring issueâ???? by that fall...
October brought the first meeting of a new student group called Tocsinâ????a word meaning â????alarm bellâ???? that has also been a code name in several military nuclear strike eventsâ????whose primary activities involved spreading awareness and promoting the fight against nuclear arms and testing...
...????It sort of appeared on the Harvard scene out of nothing. It literally was created and became very prominent and very influential,â???? said Peter C. Goldmark â????62, who served as chairman of Tocsin during the 1961-62 school year. Gitlin, who was Goldmarkâ????s successor for the next year, attributed the increased interest to the election of President John F. Kennedy â????40, who brought the nuclear arms race to the forefront of his presidential campaign...
...December, 40 members of Tocsin participated in a walk in which they passed around â????a very sophisticated argument about the test ban,â???? Gitlin said. They asked Tocsin sympathizers to show their support openly by donning blue armbands...
...????To our astonishment, 1,000 people wore those armbands,â???? he said...