Designating November 23 to 29 as First National GirlsÆ Week

Proclamations

Proclamation No. 3

MALACAÑAN PALACE
Manila

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

Proclamation No. 3

DESIGNATING NOVEMBER 23 TO 29 AS FIRST NATIONAL GIRLS WEEK

I, Manuel L. Quezon, President of the Philippines, do hereby designate the period from November 23 to 29 as First National Girls Week.

The National Federation of Womens Clubs in sponsoring the First National Girls Week aims to increase interest in girls as among the nations greatest assets, to give the girls a sense of their possibilities and responsibilities as future citizens, and to secure recognition on the part of the government and the public of their responsibility toward girls.

The importance of the aims of this movement is obvious. If the role that girls play in a community need to be better emphasized, it is at this epoch when the Philippines has stepped into the threshold of a new era. Our girls must realize more than ever the obligations and responsibilities incumbent upon them if they must be worthwhile citizens.

I, therefore, ask all our citizens, and business interests, all insular,...