To make money for off-budget school projects, plus I suppose there was an element of "feel good". Also, you could skip the first hour or so of school that day if you worked on the sale, which had direct utility.
Anton Sherwood wrote: > Rodney F Weiher wrote: > > This really makes me feel my age--when most economists are too young > > to remember Paper Sale days at their school, church, or Boy Scout > > troop and have to rely on the spoken record of their "elders". > > I dimly remember "paper drives" at my school, circa 1966-9, > but have no idea what they were said to be *for*. > > > By the way, does anyone remember grease sales? > > It had something to do with the war effort (thats W.W.II). > > For making explosives, wasn't it? > > -- > Anton Sherwood, http://www.ogre.nu/
