Fitzgerald.

The applause which Miss Forde (V.U.C.) received at the conclusion of her oration was some indication of the effect she produced on her audience. The introduction, again, was much of a recitation, but in her treatment of her subject she showed a technical skill and oratorical power which seemed to indicate that she was sure both of the effect she wished to produce and of the means of producing it. She made excellent use of a very sympathetic voice, and her treatment of recurring phrases was most effective. The greatest advantage over the previous competitors was that she was able both to use her hands very expressively and to dispose of them when not in use.

Miss Souter (V.U.C.) was almost as unfortunate in speaking last as Mr. Hart had been in speaking first. She was perhaps almost too familiar with her subject and found it had in places to avoid appearing to deliver a recitation. Her emotional ending was, however excellently delivered, and he turned to me with an interested gleam in his eye. "I suppose you realise," he enquired, "that we have just heard the only attempt at humour of the entire evening?"