Still greater credit should be given to William Crane, who for forty years was known as an "ardent, liberal, and wise friend of the black man." At the cost of $20,000 he erected in the central part of the city an edifice exclusively for the benefit of the colored people.

In this building was an auditorium, several large schoolrooms, and a hall for entertainments and lectures.

The institution employed a pastor and two teachers[1] and it was often mentioned as a high school.
[Footnote 1: A contributor to the _Christian Chronicle_ found in this institution a pastor, a principal of the school, and an assistant, all of superior qualifications.

The classes which this reporter heard recite grammar and geography convinced him of the thoroughness of the work and the unusual readiness of the colored people to learn.

See _The African Repository_, vol.xxxii., p.