Retro RFH Rainy Day Senior Lounge Groove

RFH seniors of 1974 lounge in the Senior Commons
Photo/RFH Yearbook

The year was 1974 and the top hits were The Way We Were and Seasons in the Sun. Ironic …

Rainy days and Tuesdays, Wednesdays and maybe Thursdays never got RFH seniors down. After all, they had the Senior Commons.

The only thing with any kind of sinking anything going on — never mind downpours or dank weather blues — was the floor. Hey, those sunken floors and bean bag chairs were all the grooving rage in the 1970s.

And that senior lounging spot had many sunken, carpeted niches and bean-flush cushions, too. Rather than a table, which there were several of in the lounge, seniors took to climbing down and hanging back in the hole in the floor.

The senior classmates of this shot back in time in 1974 are now technically senior citizens. Shhhhhhhh … OUCH. But that’s just a minor technicality which is largely ignored, knowing them.

While some of these seniors are likely wincing at the thought of copping any kind of undoable squat in a sunken floor at this point, it’s also likely that they’re wishing they were back there.

Let’s face it, there was nothing cold and dampening about a day or three together in the Senior Commons at RFH. Of course, that’s obsolete now. But, hey, present RFH seniors can dream — back in time — of free periods, conversation and just plain fancy grooving on a weekday morning or afternoon in a little place just for them.

Considering the year, what do you think was the topic of the day in this RFH group in this pic? Know these RFHers? There are some athletes, a homecoming queen and a Tower Player. Caption this … aaaaaand GO!