Proclamation No. 279, s. 1951

MALACAÑANG
Manila

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

Proclamation No. 279

DECLARING THE PERIOD FROM OCTOBER 22 TO 28, 1951, AS PHILIPPINE NATIONAL SCIENCE WEEK AND CREATING A COMMITTEE TO TAKE CHARGE OF THE OBSERVANCE THEREOF.

WHEREAS, the progress of the world greatly depends upon the achievements in science;

WHEREAS, scientific education in the Philippines has been handicapped by lack of satisfactory media for the exchange of ideas concerning new methods and techniques; and

WHEREAS, it is necessary to give impetus to scientific endeavors;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Elpidio Quirino, President of the Philippines, do hereby declare the period from October 22 to 28, 1951, as Philippine National Science Week, to be observed in schools, colleges, universities and elsewhere throughout the country with appropriate ceremonies.

The following are hereby designated members of a committee which is hereby created to take charge of the observance of Philippine National Science Week:

The Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources	Chairman
The Secretary of Health	Member
The Secretary of Education	Member
The Officers (pro tern) of the Philippine Association for the Advancement of Science	Members

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.

Done in the City of Manila, this 12th day of October, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-one, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the sixth.

ELPIDIO QUIRINO
President of the Philippines

By the President:

MARCIANO ROQUE
Acting Assistant Executive Secretary