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This idea had been tested four years earlier at Harvard by members of a radical political organization called "Tocsin." Some Tocsin members were very concerned about Congressional inactivity on the Berlin Crisis and contacted Alperovitz, then a legislative assistant for Rep. Robert W. Kastenmeier (D.-Wisc.), for advice...
Taking his advice, Tocsin members addressed various church and fraternal organizations about the issues involved in Berlin. Lacking a word for what they were doing, the group's members coined the term "Alperovitzing." Soon Tocsin people were walking down Cambridge streets talking about how they "Alperovitzed" the Methodist Church the day before...
...large number of the students--no means all--became political activists; these were the days of TOCSIN, and smoke-filled hallways. Quincy's image was one of house affiliated student protest and high ranking politicoes...
American History & Literature (Soph. Prize). Tocsin, SDS, PBH, Social Services Comm., Am. Indian Project. RGA, HPC, President East House, Russian-Byzantine Cholr...
Four years ago, the Education School decided to build a new campus near the Radcliffe Yard. Today, the main building of that campus will be dedicated. During the fall of 1961, and the following winter, student peace demonstrations were rife. Tocsin's protests were eventually to culminate in a huge March on Washington for Peace in February of 1962. Four years later, the issues and faces have changed, but last April's March on Washington for Vietnam has been consistently compared with its predecessor...