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SMAD. An Organ of Student Opinion. 1934. Volume 5. Number 4.

Smells

Smells.

When to the Library I oft adjourn
A little of the secret springs to learn,
Strange nutrient odours tempt the appetite
And drive me forth again in hungry flight;
Oozing slowly up the stairs they come.
Cabbage and beans and stew, and oleum.

And then, as to the Science Wing I turn,
Where robed things haunt and roaring bunsens burn,
From formalin above to fumes below
What medley of queer stenches float and flow!
Dog fish and H2S arise,
Tickle the nostrils and assail the eyes.

Yet not of either evil I complain;
But herein lies the sting:
I hardly know which most my senses pain
The Caf. or Science Wing.