Word: dagget
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...name "Bowl" seems to be the only one which can be applied satisfactorily to this new structure. Mr. David Dagget, secretary of the committee, disposing of two other possibilities as follows: "The word 'amphitheatre' does not quite express the idea of the new structure, as Greek amphitheatres did not have seats below the level of the ground; the building is neither oval nor circular, but elliptical. The same objections will apply which has often been suggested. The arena in a Roman amphitheatre applied only to the area on which the shows were executed, and this was generally sanded; the name...