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Alburty Swimming Complex

Alburty Swimming Pool



The swimming pool, dedicated in 1977, has since been nicely incorporated into the complex for sports, recreation and fitness facilities on the north end of campus, including the Bryan Campus Life Center and the Mallory and Hyde Gymnasiums. The 25-meter pool is a favorite summertime gathering spot for students, faculty and staff, alumni and neighbors of the campus. The facility contains six lanes which are heated and covered by a bubble in the winter to accommodate team practice and lap swimming.

Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity House

Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity House



The Alpha Tau Omega fraternity house was completed in 1938. The national fraternity established a chapter on the Clarksville campus in 1878.

Amphitheatre

Amphitheatre

Bailey Lane entrance and welcome station

Bailey Lane entrance and welcome station

Barret Library

Barret Library



Up-to-the minute technology plays an integral role in contemporary education, and the Paul Barret Jr. Library, replete with multimedia facilities and WI-FI throughout, has the latest and best. Yet the building was also designed to preserve a quality that has become endangered in many wired and wireless environments—the very human interaction among professors and students that is so vital to instilling the ability to think and reason. The scale of the building accommodates group study rooms and a coffee house in addition to the multimedia centers and the more traditional areas of a library. It is built not just to warehouse books but to facilitate activities in which students and faculty engage one another in a variety of ways, all of which support the educational mission of the college.

Briggs Student Center

Briggs Student Center



The Thomas W. Briggs Student Center, located near Barret Library and the Middle Ground Coffee Ship, is a hot spot for student traffic. The expanded bookstore and student mailroom are both open during the week. Student organizations and their advisors are located on the lower level and the second floor. Those areas include the Chaplain and Community Service, Leadership Programs, Multicultural Affairs, Student Involvement (including Greek life), and student offices for the Black Student Association (BSA), Kinney (service), Rhodes Activities Board (RAB), Rhodes Student Government, and the Student Publications Board. If you want to get involved, see a staff member in Briggs for help!

Bryan Campus Life Center

Bryan Campus Life Center



The BCLC, as it’s affectionately known by students, is a popular place on campus, with 25% of the student body competing as varsity athletes and another 50% participating in intramural and club sports. Opened in 1997, the complex houses the Athletic Department and encompasses the newly-renovated Mallory-Hyde performance gymnasium, a three-court multiuse gymnasium, racquetball and squash courts, a 7,000-square-foot fitness room, a training room and an indoor jogging track. Also inside the BCLC are the Lynx Lair (a pub grub grill where students often gather), Crain Reception Hall and the McCallum Ballroom which is the scene of dances, lectures and other special events.

Burrow Refectory*

Burrow Refectory*



Known by students only as "The Rat," Catherine Burrow Refectory cuisine ranges from healthy to hearty and grub to gourmet. Students enjoy food from the traditional line (meat and vegetables), the stir-fry bar, the Mongolian grill, dual salad bars, pannini sandwich grill and multiple dessert trays. The Rat, which opened in 1958, comprises three dining areas—Neely Hall, Hyde Hall and Rollow Hall. Smaller meeting rooms include the Alburty Room, the Davis Room and the Bell Room.

Dunavant Tennis Center

Dunavant Tennis Center



Home to a recent NCAA championship, the Dunavant Tennis Center includes 10 lighted courts and stadium seating. The facility was constructed in tandem with the Bryan Campus Life Center in 1996 and is used by varsity, intramural and recreational tennis players.

Fargason Field

Fargason Field



Fargason Field is the home of the Rhodes Lynx football team. Although the original field (built in 1925) has moved around quite a bit, it is now located in a prime spot just north of the BCLC along the main campus drive. The facility was recently re-landscaped and provided with a state-of-the-art irrigation and drainage system and a new eight-lane track.

Frazier-Jelke Science Center

Frazier-Jelke Science Center



Frazier-Jelke contains subterranean biology offices, classrooms, lecture halls and modern laboratories. Ohlendorf Hall, which houses the math department, and Rhodes Tower, in which the astronomy and physics labs are located, are considered part of FJ. The outdoor amphitheater is a quiet place for students to study and also serves as a venue for Rites of Spring and many other campus activities throughout the year.

Glassell Hall

Glassell Hall



Alfred C. Glassell Hall houses both male and female students with the majority being first year students. It offers single, double and triple rooms which have either suite or common bathrooms. There are social rooms on each floor and a common laundry facility.

Gooch Hall*

Gooch Hall*



Adjoining Palmer Hall and Halliburton Tower, Gooch houses the Office of the President and the office of the Provost. Built in 1962, it was dedicated in 1981.

Halliburton Tower*

Halliburton Tower*



Halliburton Memorial Tower stands nearly 140 feet tall, gracing the midtown Memphis skyline. Built in 1962 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978, the tower holds a seven-foot tall bronze bell that sounds on the hour and half hour.

Hassell Hall

Hassell Hall



Many talented students spend much of their time in Hassell Hall, which has been home to the Rhodes music department since 1984. The building contains classrooms, practice rooms, a music library and the Tuthill Performance Hall, where several recitals are presented each semester. The hall was named for Burnet Tuthill, founder of the Rhodes Singers and the first conductor of the Memphis Symphony Orchestra.

Intramural Fields

Intramural Fields

Kappa Alpha Fraternity House

Kappa Alpha Fraternity House



The Kappa Alpha house was constructed sometime between 1934 and 1936. The national fraternity established a chapter on the Clarksville campus in 1887.

Kappa Sigma Fraternity House

Kappa Sigma Fraternity House



The Kappa Sigma house was built between 1928 and 1930. The national fraternity established a chapter on the Clarksville campus in 1882.

Kennedy Hall*

Kennedy Hall*



Now home to the chemistry department, Berthold S. Kennedy Hall originally housed all the sciences when the college opened its doors in Memphis in 1925. Renovated extensively in 1968 and again in 2000, the building retains its retro charm while still offering students the finest in contemporary technology. Located in the quad outside of Kennedy is the geodesic dome, built by professors and students in the mid 1970s. Kennedy was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. In 2002, scenes for As the World Turns were filmed in Kennedy’s arched south entrance.

Mallory and Hyde Gymnasiums

Mallory and Hyde Gymnasiums



Generations of basketball teams, as well as the Memphis Grizzlies, have played on the court of William Neely Mallory Gymnasium. The gym was built in 1954 in memory of 42 alumni killed in World War II, including William Neely Mallory who served the college as a board member, treasurer and volunteer football coach. The Ruth Sherman Hyde Memorial Women’s Gymnasium was added to the east end of the building in 1971. Both gymnasiums were renovated in 1995 in conjunction with the construction of the Bryan Campus Life Center.

Moore Moore Health Center*

Moore Moore Health Center*



Moore Moore houses the college’s counseling and medical facilities. The staff includes two professional counselors and a registered nurse five days a week and medical doctors in the afternoons. The Center offers treatment for minor illnesses and injuries and referrals for more in-depth treatment. The building was dedicated in 1962 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

Ohlendorf Hall

Ohlendorf Hall



Ohlendorf houses the offices, classrooms and computer labs for the math and computer science department. Students meet here weekly as part of AfterMath, a gathering of faculty and students to enjoy math-related movies and other activities. The building also boasts a UNIX laboratory and the Buckman Math/Biology Library.

Palmer Hall*

Palmer Hall*



There is a superstition that haunts the cloister of first floor Palmer, which was built in 1925. Students who walk across the school’s seal embedded in the floor are supposedly fated not to graduate. However, the taboo is broken on commencement day when the graduating class proceeds directly across the seal out into Fisher Garden for the ceremony. The first building to be completed on campus, Palmer houses the English department, classrooms, meeting rooms, Hardie Auditorium, and is the college’s main administrative building. Palmer was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

Physical Plant

Physical Plant

Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity House

Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity House



The Pi Kappa Alpha house was dedicated in 1938. The national fraternity established a chapter on the Clarksville campus in 1878.

Refectory, Neely (South) Hall*

Refectory, Neely (South) Hall*

Refectory, Rollow Hall

Refectory, Rollow Hall

Robb Hall*

Robb Hall*



Robb houses 36 male upperclassmen and offers double, triple and quad rooms. All three floors have common bathrooms. There is a large social room on the first floor. It is connected to two other male residence halls, White Hall and Ellett Hall.

Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity House

Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity House



The Sigma Alpha Epsilon house was constructed in 1933. The national fraternity established a chapter on the Clarksville campus in 1882.

Sigma Nu Fraternity House

Sigma Nu Fraternity House



The Sigma Nu house was designed by Herbert M. Burnham and completed in 1936. The national fraternity established a chapter at Rhodes in 1934.

Smith & Mays Memorial Gateways

Smith & Mays Memorial Gateways

Soccer field

Soccer field

Solomon Practice Field

Solomon Practice Field

Spann Place

Spann Place



Spann is located on University Avenue across from the main campus. It contains four townhouses, with each accommodating six students in three double rooms. Also included in each townhouse are a kitchen, living area and two bathrooms.

Stauffer Field

Stauffer Field



Rhodes’ baseball facility was named in 1977 in honor of Frederic R. Stauffer, professor of physics for 26 years and baseball coach for 10 years.

Stewart Hall

Stewart Hall



Stewart houses 86 upperclassmen, 65% of whom are female. It is located on University Avenue across from the main campus and is next door to the Rhodes Campus Safety headquarters in Spann Place. It offers single and double rooms, and both floors have common bathrooms. Features include a common kitchen, laundry facility, lobby, study and conference room.

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* Indicates inclusion on The National Register of Historical Places.