[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 70 (Wednesday, April 12, 1995)]
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Part VII





The President





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 Proclamation 6785--Education and Sharing Day, U.S.A.
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                Proclamation 6785 of April 10, 1995

                
Education and Sharing Day, U.S.A., 1995

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                As we move toward a complex and challenging new 
                century, excellence in American education is more vital 
                to our Nation's success than ever. We live in an era 
                when advances in science and technology create new 
                questions and demand more of our citizens each day. 
                Only a national commitment to high-quality education 
                can prepare our young people to meet the great 
                responsibilities and opportunities of the future.

                Yet an education that prepares a child for a lifetime 
                is more than an accumulation of facts or single-minded 
                preparation for a career. It is also a set of ideals 
                and ethics that unites all Americans and allows us to 
                work together for a just and honorable society. 
                Teachers, families, and communities play vital roles in 
                passing on these shared values and common hopes for a 
                better tomorrow.

                Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the Lubavitcher 
                Rebbe, well understood the importance of nurturing the 
                heart along with the mind. Throughout his long and rich 
                life, he believed that the education of our young 
                people would only be successful if it sought to build 
                character as well as intellect, if it taught the 
                lessons of honesty, tolerance, and good citizenship, as 
                well as language, math, and science.

                This year, let us rededicate ourselves to teaching the 
                love of learning that was championed by Rabbi 
                Schneerson and is strengthened by caring leaders like 
                him throughout our Nation. As we provide our students 
                with the information and practical tools they need, let 
                us also pass on to them the capacity for understanding 
                that can help to give fuller meaning to their lives.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, WILLIAM J. CLINTON, President of the 
                United States of America, by virtue of the authority 
                vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United 
                States, do hereby proclaim April 11, 1995, as 
                ``Education and Sharing Day, U.S.A.'' I call upon 
                Government officials, educators, volunteers, and all 
                the people of the United States to observe this day 
                with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities.

                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                tenth day of April, in the year of our Lord nineteen 
                hundred and ninety-five, and of the Independence of the 
                United States of America the two hundred and 
                nineteenth.

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