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1923-09-26 Elocution

26th September, 1923

Held in the Athenaeum

Recitation (Boys and Girls under 10) "The Wattle is a Lady" (Amy E. Mack)

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Claire	Schulze	Torrensville	South Australia	95.00	1st
Naomi	Hutton	Adelaide	South Australia	94.00	2nd
Marjorie	Pynor	St. Kilda	Victoria	93.00	3rd
Dot	Rankin	Middle Brighton	Victoria	91.00	Honourable Mention
Rene	McAdam	Ballarat	Victoria		Highly Commended
Dorothy	Jewell	Footscray	Victoria		Highly Commended
Clive	Hall	Geelong	Victoria		Highly Commended
Meila	Schulze	Torrensville	South Australia		Highly Commended

Recitation (Girls under 13) "Fairies on the Lawn" (Lehmann)

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Claire	Schulze	Torrensville	South Australia	98.00	1st
Naomi	Hutton	Adelaide	South Australia	86.00	2nd
Dot	Rankin	Middle Brighton	Victoria	85.00	Equal 3rd
Alice	Hetherington	Clunes	Victoria	85.00	Equal 3rd
Mavis	Tierney	Adelaide	South Australia	84.00	Honourable Mention

Held in the Coliseum

Impromptu Reading (Boys and Girls under 16)

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Dorothy	Shellnack	Camberwell	Victoria	96.00	1st
Keith	Gorrie	Preston	Victoria	95.00	2nd
Beryl	Coad	Ballarat	Victoria	94.00	3rd
Poppy	Brentnall	East Brunswick	Victoria	92.00	Honourable Mention
Joyce	Bosher	Ballarat	Victoria	92.00	Honourable Mention

Recitation (Boys under 16) "Good-bye! God Bless You" (Eugene Field)

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Walter	Harrison	North Melbourne	Victoria	92.00	1st
Harcourt E.	Lang	Richmond	Victoria	76.00	2nd
Keith	Gorrie	Preston	Victoria	73.00	3rd

Champion Recital (Boys and Girls under 16) Own Selection

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Keith	Gorrie	Preston	Victoria	97.00	1st
Dorothy	Shellnack	Camberwell	Victoria	96.00	2nd
Mavis	Turner	North Adelaide	South Australia	93.00	3rd
Walter	Harrison	North Melbourne	Victoria	92.00	Honourable Mention
Doris	Lewis	Ivanhoe	Victoria	92.00	Honourable Mention
Clo.	Ellis	Auburn	Victoria	92.00	Honourable Mention

Recitation. Humorous (Boys and Girls under 16)

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Clo.	Ellis	Auburn	Victoria	100.00	1st
Alma R.	Murray	Kew	Victoria	97.00	2nd
Mavis	Turner	North Adelaide	South Australia	93.00	Equal 3rd
Audrey	Anderson	North Fitzroy	Victoria	93.00	Equal 3rd
Poppy	Brentnall	East Brunswick	Victoria	92.00	Honourable Mention
Flavia	Maloney	Fitzroy	Victoria	91.00	Honourable Mention
Evelyn	McColl	Princes Hill	Victoria	89.00	Honourable Mention

Dialogue - Serious (Ladies or Gentlemen under 18) Own Selection

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing

Dialogue - Serious (Ladies or Gentlemen under 18) Own Selection

Group Name	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Clarice Begelhole and Ida Watts	North Melbourne	Victoria	116.00	1st
Dorothy O'Keefe and Berta Box	North Fitzroy	Victoria	104.00	Equal 2nd
Audrey Anderson and Doris Brown	North Fitzroy	Victoria	104.00	Equal 2nd
Lois Leahy and Partner	Gawler	South Australia	101.00	Honourable Mention