PUPIL (Lat. pupillus, orphan, minor, dim. of pupus, boy, allied to puer, from root pm- or peu-, to beget, cf. "pupa," Lat. for " doll," the name given to the stage intervening between the larval and imaginal stages in certain insects)

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PUPIL (Lat. pupillus, orphan, minor, dim. of pupus, boy, allied to puer, from root pm- or peu-, to beget, cf. "pupa," Lat. for " doll," the name given to the stage intervening between the larval and imaginal stages in certain insects) , properly a word taken from Roman law for one below the age of puberty (impubes), and not under patria potestas, who was under the

protection

PROTECTION

of a tutor, a ward or

minor

(see INFANT; and ROMAN LAW). The

term

TERM

was thus taken by the Civil Law and Scots Law for a person of either sex under the age of puberty in the care of a guardian. Apart from these technical meanings the word is generally used of one who is undergoing instruction or education by a teacher. In education the

term

TERM

pupil

PUPIL (Lat. pupillus, orphan, minor, dim. of pupus, boy, allied to puer, from root pm- or peu-, to beget, cf. "pupa," Lat. for " doll," the name given to the stage intervening between the larval and imaginal stages in certain insects)

-teacher " is applied to one who, while still receiving education, is engaged in teaching in elementary schools. The

system

SYSTEM

was introduced into England from Holland about 1840. At first the education which the

pupil

PUPIL (Lat. pupillus, orphan, minor, dim. of pupus, boy, allied to puer, from root pm- or peu-, to beget, cf. "pupa," Lat. for " doll," the name given to the stage intervening between the larval and imaginal stages in certain insects)

-teachers received was given at the schools to which they were attached. During the last

quarter

QUARTER (through Fr. from Lat. quartarius, fourth
part
- PART
)

of the 19th

century

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

was developed a

system

SYSTEM

of " pupil-teacher centres " where training and education was given. In 1907 was introduced " bursaries," as an alternative; these enable those intending to become teachers to continue their education at training colleges or selected schools as " student teachers." (See

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