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PHILIPPINE ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN
(Camarines
Sur Chapter)
A
GLIMPSE OF THE PAST
By Leonor R. Dy-Liacco
Charter Member, First Secretary, Second President
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In September 1950, Mrs. Pilar
Hidalgo-Lim of the Centro Escolar University and President of the
national organization of the PHILIPPINE ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY
WOMEN (PAUW) came to Naga City, upon the invitation of Dr. Dolores
Dy-Liacco- Imperial, to organize the local chapter of the said
organization. About 20 ladies attended the organizational meeting
at the SUGAR BOWL. Mrs. Remedios Adriatico- Guballa, the wife of
the Provincial Commander Col. Macario Guballa, and Economics
Teacher of the Camarines Sur Provincial High School was elected
the first president of the
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PAUW, Camarines Sur Chapter. After her
term another educator, Mrs. Leonor Dy-Liacco, was elected the next
president. A doctor, a judge, a singer, educator, businesswoman,
and a succession of other dedicated professionals headed the
organization. The membership of the association is a motley
group…the young and the not so young, the conservative and the
modernists, the active and not so active but this notwithstanding
the members are united in their efforts to promote the welfare of
the women in general and that of young women…especially college
students in particular.
In pursuance of the objectives of the PAUW, the Camarines Sur
Chapter sponsored a 4-year degree scholarship to Andrea Redota.
The organization also organized panel discussions,
lecture-meetings and oratorical contests on current important
topics of the times. A Fashion Show on the Evolution of the
Filipina Dress was one of its socials. It also sponsored a Lecture
on Chinese Arts by Mr. Benjamin Dy-Liacco who had studied for six
years in China. It likewise organized an Art Lecture and Art
Exhibit by the University of the East Grupo Guhit. Recently, the
members went on a Cultural Tour to Visayas and they saw the San
Juanico Bridge ...
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