MALACAÑAN PALACE
ManilaBY 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,...
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Designating November 23 to 29 as First National GirlsÆ Week
Proclamation No. 3
Proclamation Designating November 23 to 29 as First National Girls Week
- Issued by President Manuel L. Quezon of the Philippines on November 21, 1935.
- Designates the period from November 23 to 29 as the First National Girls Week.
- The National Federation of Women's Clubs is sponsoring the First National Girls Week with the following aims:
- To increase interest in girls as among the nation's greatest assets.
- To give girls a sense of their possibilities and responsibilities as future citizens.
- To secure recognition from the government and the public of their responsibility toward girls.
- The President acknowledges the importance of the aims of this movement, especially as the Philippines has entered a new era.
- The President calls upon all citizens, business interests, government officials, teachers, and public-spirited individuals and institutions to support and cooperate in carrying out the aims of the First National Girls Week successfully.
- Issued by President Manuel L. Quezon of the Philippines on November 21, 1935.
- Designates the period from November 23 to 29 as the First National Girls Week.
- The National Federation of Women's Clubs is sponsoring the First National Girls Week with the following aims:
- To increase interest in girls as among the nation's greatest assets.
- To give girls a sense of their possibilities and responsibilities as future citizens.
- To secure recognition from the government and the public of their responsibility toward girls.
- The President acknowledges the importance of the aims of this movement, especially as the Philippines has entered a new era.
- The President calls upon all citizens, business interests, government officials, teachers, and public-spirited individuals and institutions to support and cooperate in carrying out the aims of the First National Girls Week successfully.