Proclamation No. 418 (1953)

MALACAÑANG

Manila

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

Proclamation No. 418

DECLARING THE PERIOD FROM NOVEMBER 29 TO DECEMBER 5, 1953, 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, education in the Philippines could be enhanced by the development 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 November 29 to December 5, 1953, 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 Administrator of Economic Coordination | Member The Director of Science and Technology | Member The President, National Research Council of the Philippines | Member The President, Philippine Association for the Advancement of Science | Member Science Officer, UNESCO | Member

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 16th day of October, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-three, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the eighth.

ELPIDIO QUIRINO

President of the Philippines

By the President:

MARCIANO ROQUE

Acting Executive Secretary