How Much Snow?

To the editor:

January and February of 1936 was one of the coldest and 
snowiest winters at Iowa State ever.

Fortunately, that year the clothes fad was ski pants for 
coeds. As for myself, that fall I bought a pair of jodpurs 
and Hi Top boots and a sheepskin jacket.

On about Jan. 25, it was about 25 below zero and snowing hard 
at 4 p.m. On subsequent days when the temperature approached 
zero, it started to snow again. That went on for about three 
weeks before the weather moderated.

-- David Sheldahl ('36), Mesa, Ariz.

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