DECLARING DECEMBER 10-16, 1951, AS THE “GOLDEN JUBILEE WEEK COMMEMORATING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM.”

WHEREAS, 1951 is the fiftieth anniversary of the
establishment of the Philippine educational system as provided in Act 74 of the
Philippine Commission;

WHEREAS, the progress of the Philippines in
science, art, letters, industry, agriculture, and government has been due in a
large measure to the Philippine educational system;

WHEREAS, it is desirable to apprise the people of
the achievements of the Philippines in education and of the progress she has
made through education;

WHEREAS, it would be advantageous to indicate
lines of further growth and advancement of the system; and

WHEREAS, educators in and out of the government
have formed a civic group to work for the proper celebration of the fiftieth
anniversary of the establishment of the Philippine educational system and have
petitioned for setting aside the period from December 10-16, 1951, as the date
for the celebration;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Elpidio Quirino, President of
the Philippines, do hereby proclaim the period from December 10-16, 1951, as
the “Golden Jubilee Week to Commemorate the Establishment of the Philippine
Educational System”; call upon all government entities and instrumentalities to
participate in the celebration; and invite all private institutions and
individuals to join in making the celebration fruitful of good results.

For the present year the Education Week set for
September under Proclamation No. 123, dated April 22, 1949, shall be made to
coincide with the period herein fixed for the Golden Jubilee Celebration.

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 20th day of
July, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-one, and of the
Independence of the Philippines, the sixth.

ELPIDIO QURINO
President of the Philippines

By the President:
MARCIANO ROQUE
Acting Assistant Executive Secretary

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