The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-25
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Inter-SchO0I And College Dance To
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Announcement is made by Mrs Erastus T. Tent, chairman, and Robert Durham of the Choate school, chairman of the executive committee of the forthcoming in- |terschool and college dance to be held in the, roof garden of the Waldorf-Astoria, New York city, Saturday evening, April 1. John Roosevelt of the Groton school, son of President Roosevelt, origin ated the idea during the Christmas holidays and with the help of a few of his classmates, arrange ments for the dante have just been completed. The idea proved so popular that committees were formed and it was decided to in- clude several of the leading schools and colleges. Among those to be represented are Harvard, Princeton. Yale, Amherst, Exeter academy, Choate school, Groton school, St Paul's, Romford, Loom is, St Marks, University of Vir- ginia, Brown, Williams. Wesleyan, Hotchkiss, Taft, Deerfield, Law renceville, Andover and Westmin- ster.
 The executive committee, in ad- dition to Robert Durham, chair man, includes the following: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr. of Groton; Orrin K. Boies of Choate and William Healey of Choatc, vice. -chairmen; Phillip Knapp of Exeter, Sanford Kellogg of Prince ton, Jack Peterson of Amherst, F. Tremaine Billings of Princeton and Robert Lasister of Yale. John Roosevelt of Groton is the chair man of the arrangements commit tee and assisting him are Kenneth Hadden, Ben Welles and Sumner Gerard, all of Groton, as vice chairmen; and Richard Pinkham of Yale and Thomas Visitor of St Paul's.
 The dances are sponsored by a number of distinguished patron esses, announcement of which will be made at an early date. A jun for committee is also being formed, which will include a number or the seasons most prominent de- butantes, also several post and sub-debutantes. Local alumni members are interested in the af- fair.
 MT and Mrs Irenee du Pont of Wilmington, Del, announce the en- gagement of their daughter, MISS Mariana duPont to Henry Harper Silliman, son of MT and Mrs liar per Silliman of Wilmington. MISS duPont is 8 graduate of the Ma tional Cathedral school in wash ington, D. c. Her father is vice president of the board of directors of B. I. duPont de Nemours & Co. MT Silliman attended St PauIs school, Concord, N. H., and was graduated from Yale in 1929. He is now with 8 Wilmington stock brokerage company.
 Prominent among the early spring weddings is that of Miss Edythe Mae Dayton, daughter of MT and Mrs Miller P. Dayton of Kelsey street and J. Gray Somers, son of MT and Mrs Joseph E. Som- CTS of Baldwin avenue which takes place this afternoon at 4 o'clock at the South Waterbury Federated church. Rev Thomas l.. Crosby will officiate.
 The bride will have as her maid of honor and only attendant her sister, Miss Marjorie Helen Dayton and Dwight l.. Somers will attend his brother as best man.
 Upon returning from an unan- nounced wedding trip MT Somers and his bride will take up their residence at 136 Baldwin street.
 Miss E. Rita McCann, daughter of Mrs Mary McCann of Walnut street, Nancy Delaney, daughter of MT and Mrs Thomas Delaney of Plaza avenue and Claire Lawlor, daughter of MT and Mrs Peter Lawlor of Wildwood avenue are the local girls who will participate in the broadcast of the Glee club of the College of St Elizabeth over Station WOR this afternoon at 2:30 n,nlnol