Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES.
SHORT HILLS, N.J., Feb. 11.–Mr. and Mrs. Arthur W. Drake of this place have announced the engagement of their daughter, Miss Virginia Elizabeth Drake, to Richard R. Wiss, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Robert Wiss of South Orange, N.J. The wedding will take place in early Spring. Miss Drake was graduated from Kent Place School, Summit, N.J., and attended Smith College. Her fiancé was graduated from Mercersburg Academy and in 1936 from Cornell University.