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BEJAN (Fr. bejaune, from bee jaune, "...

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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 660 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BEJAN (Fr. bejaune, from See also:bee jaune, " yellow See also:beak," in allusion to unfledged birds; the See also:equivalent to Ger. Gelbschnabel, Fr. See also:blanc-bec, a greenhorn)  , a See also:term for freshmen, or undergraduates of the first See also:year, in the Scottish See also:universities . The phrase was introduced from the See also:French universities, where the levying of bejaunium" footing-See also:money " had been prohibited by the statutes of the university of See also:Orleans in 1365 and by those of See also:Toulouse in 1401 . In 1493 the See also:election of an Abbas Bejanorum (See also:Abbot of the Freshmen) was forbidden in the university of See also:Paris . In the See also:German and See also:Austrian universities the freshman was called beanus . In See also:Germany the freshman was anciently called a Pennal (from Med . See also:Lat. pennale, a See also:box for pens), in allusion to the fact that the newly-arrived student had to carry such for the older pupils . Afterwards See also:Fuchs (See also:fox) was substituted for See also:Fennel, and then Goldfuchs, because he is supposed still to have a few See also:gold coins from See also:home . B$JART, the name of several French actors, See also:children of See also:Marie Herve and See also:Joseph Bejart (d . 1643), the holder of a small See also:government See also:post . The See also:family—there were eleven children—was very poor and lived in the Marais, then the theatrical See also:quarter of Paris . One of the sons, JOSEPH BEJART (C.1617-1659), was a strolling player and later a member of See also:Moliere's first See also:company (1'Illustre See also:Theatre), accompanied him in his theatrical wanderings, and was with him when he returned permanently to Paris, dying soon after . He created the parts of Lelie in L'Elourdie, and Eraste in Le Depit amoureux, His See also:brother See also:Louis BEJART (c .

1630-1678) was also in Moliere's company during the last years of its travels . He created many parts in his brother-in-See also:

law's plays—Valere in Le Depit amoureux, See also:Dubois in Le Misanthrope, Alcantor in Le Mariage force, and See also:Don Luis in Le Festin de See also:Pierre—and was an actor of varied talents . In consequence of a See also:wound received when interfering in a See also:street brawl, he became lame and retired with a See also:pension—the first ever granted by the company to a comedian—in 1670 . The more famous members of the family were two sisters .

End of Article: BEJAN (Fr. bejaune, from bee jaune, " yellow beak," in allusion to unfledged birds; the equivalent to Ger. Gelbschnabel, Fr. blanc-bec, a greenhorn)
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