Parramatta High School's badge was designed in 1913. The version at left appeared on the cover of the first school magazine - June 1916 - and included the school's new (1915) motto in a scroll underneath the badge.
Yet we all know that common usage dictates meaning, and that styles and fashions evolve...
	Here is the "cleaned-up" copy of the original, which was produced for use on this website, among other places.
	By 1955 the badge had evolved (and simplified) to this image which appeared on the cover of the School Magazine for that year.
	This slightly reworked version appeared in the early sixties. This remained, until recently, the "standard" badge which was routinely used on correspondence and other paperwork.
Now... let's logically extend this evolutionary progression...
	In keeping with the sentiments of modern times, and the warm and fuzzy desire to be keeping our logo and image always fresh and sympathetic with the fashions of the day, the current web designer would like to present the design at left as the next logical step in the evolution of our badge. The new motto is discussed elsewhere.

As any graduate of Harvard would surely tell you, the suggestion above represents an innovative and proactive marketing thrust, destined to project the corporate image of our product solidly into the twenty-first century and the new millennium.

A good teacher, of course, recognises that sarcasm is a bitter form of irony - the lowest form of wit -
and should be avoided.

Sometimes, however, the temptation is overwelming.
Sorry.

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Explore the individual elements of the badge.
Examine the (genuine) evolution of the badge - 1913 to the present.
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