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where he remained until peace was con- 

 cluded in 1899. 



He then returned to his native province 

 and succeeded in reopening the Provincial 

 Institute of which he again became Direc- 

 tor. In this capacity he has worked many 

 years for the betterment of the locality, 

 having established in the school a public 

 library and free training classes for pros- 

 pective men and women teachers. He 

 established in 191 1 and maintained for 

 three years a weekly periodical Region y 

 P atria. He continues in the Provincial 

 Institute of Pinar del Rio filling two pro- 

 fessorships, that of Philosophy and Letters 

 and that of Spanish Language and Litera- 

 ture. 



Dr. Gonzalez Alcorta has written and 

 published various pamphlets, chiefly of a 

 political nature; his thesis for the degree of 

 Doctor of Philosophy and Letters prepared 

 in 1 90 1 was upon Causes of the Cuban War 

 for Independence. 



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