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Weak from the shock, Operator Vivian had his burned hands bandaged, went home...
...electricians hurried a new connection, rerouted the current in two minutes. Released from the live wire, Vivian's arm stopped its mad, involuntary gesticulation...
...long, narrow control room of Columbia Broadcasting Co., high above Fifth Avenue, Manhattan, are switches, plugs, tubes, grills, meters, other complicated instruments of broadcasting science. At 6 a. m. one cold, black morning last week, there stood brawny Harold Vivian, chief control room operator. He had been on duty all night making tests. Now he was watching the chief engineer and assistants inspect apparatus, establish contact with outlying stations. A hushed, nervous expectancy filled the room. In a half-minute they would begin broadcasting to 59 stations in the U. S. and Canada, a prime program...
...Operator Vivian scooped up the loose ends of wire, held them tightly together in one hand. An arc burned his hand. To close the arc he squeezed harder. The harder he squeezed, the more current leaked into his arm, made it jerk crazily. Had he not been standing on a cork-insulated floor, had he not kept clear of a well-grounded duct a few inches from his foot, the 220-volt current would have killed...
...three times a month makes the course extremely delightful and a fair target for Vagabonders. The slide-lectures cover a multitude of topics, such as the Wessex of Hardy. The other novelty he offers is the presentation of leading actors and actresses, such as Walter Hampden or Vivian Tobin, to his class. The guests usually talk on some phase of contemporary drama...