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1923-09-27 Elocution

27th September, 1923

Held in the Athenaeum

Prepared Scripture Reading (Boys and Girls under 16) St. Luke, Chapter 16, verses 19 to 31

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Mavis	Turner	North Adelaide	South Australia	85.00	Equal 1st
Lorna	Hosking	Gaza	South Australia	85.00	Equal 1st
Dorothy	Shellnack	Camberwell	Victoria	83.00	Equal 2nd
Ethel	Underwood	St. Peters	South Australia	83.00	Equal 2nd
Walter	Harrison	North Melbourne	Victoria	81.00	Equal 3rd
Alice	Wells	Auburn	Victoria	81.00	Equal 3rd
Alma	Murray	Kew	Victoria	80.00	Honourable Mention
Madge	Crittenden	North Fitzroy	Victoria	80.00	Honourable Mention
Ida	Watts	North Melbourne	Victoria	80.00	Honourable Mention
Keith	Gorrie	Preston	Victoria	80.00	Honourable Mention

Champion Recital (Boys and Girls under 13) "Robert of Lincoln" (W. C. Bryant)

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Claire	Schulze	Torrensville	South Australia	94.00	1st
Naomi	Hutton	Adelaide	South Australia	93.00	2nd
Alice	Hetherington	Clunes	Victoria	92.00	3rd
Frank	Font	Melvern	Victoria	91.00	Honourable Mention

Held in the Coliseum

Impromptu Reading (Ladies)

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Gwen	Apted	Geelong	Victoria	98.00	1st
Lucy	Ahon	Camberwell	Victoria	96.00	2nd
Iris	Walshe	Adelaide	South Australia	95.00	3rd
Doreen	Berry	Saint Kilda	Victoria	91.00	Honourable Mention
Hilda	Oldfield	Exeter	South Australia	91.00	Honourable Mention

Recitation (Ladies under 21 years) "Vive la France" (Watson)

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Doreen	Berry	St. Kilda	Victoria	95.00	1st
Dulce	Christian	Northcote	Victoria	94.00	Equal 2nd
Ivy	Thomson	Richmond	Victoria	94.00	Equal 2nd
Elsa	Muir	East Melbourne	Victoria	88.00	Honourable Mention

Australian Recital (Ladies) Own Selection

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Lucy	Ahon	Camberwell	Victoria	98.00	1st
Ivy	Thomson	Richmond	Victoria	97.00	2nd
Dorothy	Sykes	North Brighton	Victoria	96.00	3rd
Dulce	Christian	Northcote	Victoria	95.00	Honourable Mention
Phyllis	Simpson	Unley	South Australia	95.00	Honourable Mention
Doreen	Berry	Saint Kilda	Victoria	95.00	Honourable Mention

Champion Character Recital (Not Dickens) (Ladies) Own Selection

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Phyllis	Simpson	Unley	South Australia	120.00	1st
Lucy	Ahon	Camberwell	Victoria	119.00	2nd
Agnes	Casey	Richmond	Victoria	118.00	3rd
Hilda	Oldfield	Exeter	South Australia	116.00	Honourable Mention
Ivy	Thomson	Richmond	Victoria	116.00	Honourable Mention