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And now Beacon Hill is again coming back into her own: the fine old houses are being carefully, almost worshipfully restored, probably never again to lose their rightful place in the general life of the city. AND NOW BEACON HILL IS AGAIN COMING BACK INTO HER OWN THE FINE OLD HOUSES ARE BEING CAREFULLY ALMOST WORSHIPFULLY RESTORED PROBABLY NEVER AGAIN TO LOSE THEIR RIGHTFUL PLACE IN THE GENERAL LIFE OF THE CITY
ver 12,000 students. Harvard is, of course, across the river in Cambridge, and preparatory schools and colleges dot the suburbs in every direction, upholding the cultural traditions of a city which has proved itself peculiarly fitted to educational interests. All this time we have, like _bona-fide_ Bostonians, stayed on Beacon Hill, and merely looked out at the rest of the city. And perhaps this is as typical a thing as we could have done. Beacon Hill was the center of original Boston, when the Back Bay was merely a marsh, and long after the marsh was filled in and streets were laid out and handsome residences lined them, Beacon Hill looked down scornfully at the new section and murmured that it was built upon the discarded hoopskirts and umbrellas of the true Bostonians. Even when almost every one was crowded off the Hill and the Back Bay became the more aristocratic section of the two, there were still enough of the original inhabitants left to scorn these upstart social pretensions. S BODY OF OVER TWELVE THOUSAND STUDENTS HARVARD IS OF COURSE ACROSS THE RIVER IN CAMBRIDGE AND PREPARATORY SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES DOT THE SUBURBS IN EVERY DIRECTION UPHOLDING THE CULTURAL TRADITIONS OF A CITY WHICH HAS PROVED ITSELF PECULIARLY FITTED TO EDUCATIONAL INTERESTS ALL THIS TIME WE HAVE LIKE BONA FIDE BOSTONIANS STAYED ON BEACON HILL AND MERELY LOOKED OUT AT THE REST OF THE CITY AND PERHAPS THIS IS AS TYPICAL A THING AS WE COULD HAVE DONE BEACON HILL WAS THE CENTER OF ORIGINAL BOSTON WHEN THE BACK BAY WAS MERELY A MARSH AND LONG AFTER THE MARSH WAS FILLED IN AND STREETS WERE LAID OUT AND HANDSOME RESIDENCES LINED THEM BEACON HILL LOOKED DOWN SCORNFULLY AT THE NEW SECTION AND MURMURED THAT IT WAS BUILT UPON THE DISCARDED HOOPSKIRTS AND UMBRELLAS OF THE TRUE BOSTONIANS EVEN WHEN ALMOST EVERY ONE WAS CROWDED OFF THE HILL AND THE BACK BAY BECAME THE MORE ARISTOCRATIC SECTION OF THE TWO THERE WAS STILL ENOUGH OF THE ORIGINAL INHABITANTS LEFT TO SCORN THOSE UPSTART SOCIAL PRETENSIONS
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