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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)

This article appears in Volume V22, Page 657 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

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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
  of a tutor, a ward or
minor
  (see INFANT; and ROMAN LAW). The
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
  "
pupil
 -teacher " is applied to one who, while still receiving education, is engaged in teaching in elementary schools. The
system
  was introduced into England from Holland about 1840. At first the education which the
pupil
 -teachers received was given at the schools to which they were attached. During the last
quarter
  of the 19th
century
  was developed a
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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