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tional Council of Librarians of Cuba (1910- 

 19 13), member of the board of judges in 

 competitions for the chair of Pedagogy in 

 the University of Havana (1916). 



Coronado directed the first lay school in 

 Cuba, that established by the Circulo de 

 Trabaj adores in 1889; he first taught pa- 

 triotic history in night classes for laborers ; 

 he early gave courses of lectures upon na- 

 tional history to the teachers of the Island. 

 While connected with the Department of 

 Public Instruction he codified and edited 

 the first courses of study used in the ele- 

 mentary schools, established examinations 

 for teachers, and organized the system of 

 common school inspection. 



He is a member of the following societies : 

 Association of Painters and Sculptors; 

 Cuban Theatrical Society; Fundacion Luz 

 Caballero; National Association of Revolu- 

 tionary Emigres; Cuban Society of Inter- 

 national Law; Ateneo of Havana (one of 

 the Board of Governors); Academy of 

 History of Cuba (Secretary). 



Leading periodicals of Latin America 

 frequently publish poems from Coronado 's 



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