The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-27
WILL ENCOURAGE LOST TALENTS
 IN COMMUNITY
Institute Plan Seeks to Dis cover and Develop Tal-
 ents of People

With the opening of the new insti- Bridgeport Community Service Com mission when speakers of note will presented to discuss the new steps to be taken by leading organizations in the city to discover and develop not
 only lost talent of a community but also encourage and stimulate a new interest in urging the people to put more human expression into the city in which they live and learn to be- come leaders in various activities of a social and beneficial nature.
 In talking of the plan today, G. K Brown, general secretary of the Com munity Service Commission, said:
 "A city usually does things for the people. The city provides, lectures,
 plays, concerts and various entertain
 ments for the amusement of the citi- zens. The people themselves simply
 accept everything as a matter of
 course and are satisfied with what
 they ususually get.
 ''Now, the Bridgeport Community
 Service Commission is trying to en-
 courage a plan whereby the people
 themselves may become the main
 factors in the various productions to
 be prepared for their amusement. The
 community institute has the people
 in mind and asks them what is good
 and what Is not good. Their judg-
 ment is supreme and always counts.
 ''The institute, through the con- 1 bined efforts of the leading organiza- tion in the city, will encourage the use of the drama, storytelling, girls club work, and various other activi- ties of a social welfare. Their ideas will be carried out through the assist ance of the institute and in this way
 the people will encourage lost traits
 discover new talents and develop them through organization"
 This seems to be the heart of the new plan and the leading citizens of Bridgeport are most enthusiastic with
 the new idea, and are eagerly cooper ating to present the plans to the peo- pie through the various meetings that
 will be held this week.
 The institute, which Is being given by the Bridgeport Community Ser vice Commission in cooperation witf the other organizations working fol the betterment of the city, opens to- night with an address by MT. Stuart 1 Walker, director of the PortmanteaU 1 theater of New York The meetins will be at the High school auditor i ium, and will begin at 8 o'clock l James c. Moore, principal of the 1 Bridgeport High school, will preside 1 and John s. Pullman, president o1 | the Contemporary club, will also i speak. The methods and purposes l of community drama will be present 1 ed and it Is expected that a great l impetus will be given to the civic 1 development of drama in this city. 1 On Tuesday afternoon Mrs. Sara 1 Cone Bryant Borst of Boston, author ! of many books on story telling, anC | a speaker of wide reputation, vii l speak at the High school at 3 o'clock ! s. J. Slawson. superintendent ot l schools, will act as chairman of this
 meeting, and the school teachers ot i the city will attend as a body. It ls 1 hoped that this meeting will arouse an interest in story telling that vii l greatly increase the number of vol 1 unteers that are helping spread thi: l charming form of recreation.
 1 These two sessions of the institute were arranged by the committee o1 | the day for community drama, whicF l consisted of Miss Grace Clark, Mrs l Lucien T. Warner, Miss Harriet LII
 rich, Mrs. Sara s. Pryor and Jesse 1 Beans. The Players club of tht l High school, secured MT. Walker fo1 l this city and the public school teach CTS are bringing Mrs. Borst to tht 1 citv