I run the unofficial alumni association for my high school, Newtown High School in Elmhurst, Queens, NY. One feature of the group that I am proud of is the collection of yearbooks, made available completely in the Facebook group. Over the years, the yearbook collection is quite good, from donations by teachers and other classmates, plus purchases from eBay, which isn't cheap. Off and on, the school had a literary magazine called The Lantern. Until recently, I only had two copies, one donated by a former student and one I bought from eBay. Then this past weekend I was alerted to a bundle of five Lantern magazines from around 1958. I immediately bought the bundle, for $25, which is a very good price. Someone mentioned that he has some copies from the 1990s, which raised the question, "When was the last issue of The Lantern?". I hope to know the answer some day.
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