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Once selected, the women begin the process of becoming debutantes. The preparations range from selecting a guest list and finding the perfect dress to curtsy lessons, never-ending parties and long rehearsals. Daphne W. Lyman ’05 experienced a bit of both types of debutante schooling. She participated in two balls in New York City: the Junior Assemblies and the Infirmary Ball. The Junior Assemblies was the more exclusive of the two; the only people allowed to attend were family members and escorts. The Infirmary Ball was on a much larger scale. “It was really...
...used to be like that in the North,” Ma says. “You read The Age of Innocence and hear all about the Fifth Avenue debutantes. The houses had their own ballrooms. It’s not like that anymore.” Lyman too maintains that the distinction of being a debutante is dubious. “No one I know, especially the New York ones, actually cares about the coming out part,” she says. “It doesn’t mean anything anymore...
While there is more socioeconomic diversity of debutante balls than in the past, most girls who debut have a certain social stature. Lyman knew almost everyone at the two balls she attended. “It’s all the New York inner private school circles and the people that left and went to prep schools,” she says...
Scientists waxed poetic at the first-ever Society of Physics Students (SPS) poetry slam last month. At first, none of the 30 students gathered in Lyman 426 were willing to open their mouths—and it wasn’t just because of the eggplant pizza on the table...
Other small firms are worried that their exports will evaporate. At the Boiler Tube Co. of America, based in Lyman, S.C., steel accounts for about 60% of the cost of its parts for industrial boilers. The company buys most of its steel--including stainless steel and specialized pressure tubing--from overseas suppliers such as Germany's Bentler, and for some alloys the cost is 40% less than for domestically produced steel. Higher steel costs could erode Boiler Tube's exports, which account for about 10% of its $40 million to $50 million in annual revenues, and may encourage foreign suppliers...