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He has rendered other diverse and dis- 

 tinctive services to the University of 

 Havana, including the editing of the Uni- 

 versity Statutes, and the delivery of the ad- 

 dress of welcome to Dr. Rafael Altamira, 

 delegate from the Spanish University of 

 Oviedo. 



Not only in the University Extension 

 work has Dr. Dihigo contributed to the 

 education of the masses. It was to him 

 that was assigned the task of reorganizing 

 and reforming the secondary schools of the 

 Republic; he organized with Drs. Alfredo 

 Zayas and Julio San Martin the first muni- 

 cipal School Board of Havana and for 

 many years worked with that group either 

 as Secretary, President, or member, im- 

 proving and systematizing the public 

 schools of the city which he visited and 

 studied personally; he was at times mem- 

 ber of the examining board for teachers; 

 chairman of a committee which studied 

 the rural school-house question; lec- 

 turer in summer Normal Institutes for 

 teachers. 



The Teachers' Club of Havana, as an 



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