. The Bell System technical journal . **m ^ ii Wk h Fig. 17a. PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS 141 One of the largest and most successful uses to which this equip-ment has been put took place on Armistice Day in 1921 when 20,000people in San Francisco, 35,000 people at Madison Square Garden,New York City, and approximately 100,000 people at ArlingtonCemetery neai Washington joined in the impressive ceremonieswhich took place at the burial of the Unknown Soldier. Figs. 15,16 and 17 are views at the three cities, during the ceremonies. Some of the other uses which have been made of the public addresssyste
. The Bell System technical journal . **m ^ ii Wk h Fig. 17a. PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS 141 One of the largest and most successful uses to which this equip-ment has been put took place on Armistice Day in 1921 when 20,000people in San Francisco, 35,000 people at Madison Square Garden,New York City, and approximately 100,000 people at ArlingtonCemetery neai Washington joined in the impressive ceremonieswhich took place at the burial of the Unknown Soldier. Figs. 15,16 and 17 are views at the three cities, during the ceremonies. Some of the other uses which have been made of the public addresssystem are the Republican and Democratic Conventions prior to thelast presidential election, after-dinner speaking in large ballroomsand in halls where speakers have to address large audiences. There. Fig. 17b. is one more application of this type of equipment which is gainingrapidly in its use. This last is the application of the speech inputequipment to radio broadcasting. The broadcasting of the opera,Aida, from the Kingsbridge Armory, and of the Philharmonic 142 BELL SYSTEM TECHNICAL JOURNAL Concerts from the Great Hall of the College of the City of New Yorkare two of the successful uses where music and speech were concerned,while broadcasting of the results of the football games from the variousdistant cities indicates possibilities for the dissemination of The social and economic possibilities of the system are scarcelyrealized by the public as a whole at the present time, when the methodresorted to for reaching large numbers of people is usually the printedword. While this method is effective, it leaves much to be desiredin that the personal touch between the man with ideas and the peopleto receive them is entirely lost. The difficulty for any but th
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