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 492 WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY WASP recitations, of which 18 must be attended week- ly by each student. The government of the university is vested in a board of trustees, and the immediate administration of its affairs in the president and faculty. The schools are as follows : 1, Latin ; 2, Greek ; 3, modern languages ; 4, English language and philology ; 5, moral philosophy ; 6, history and literature ; 7, mathematics; 8, applied mathematics (civil and military engineering and astronomy); 9, natural philosophy; 10, chemistry, mineralogy, and geology; 11, applied chemistry and mi- ning; 12, civil and mining engineering; 13, law and equity. Courses of instruction are pro- vided in July and August, chiefly for teachers and students desiring to enter advanced classes at the next regular session. The academic de- grees conferred are those of bachelor of phi- losophy, of science, and of arts, master of arts, and doctor of philosophy. The last named degree is conferred upon any graduate in any one of the baccalaureate degrees of the univer- sity who, for at least two years after gradua- tion, has pursued at the university or elsewhere a special coarse of study in any one of the fol- lowing : 1, the Latin and Greek languages ; 2, the French, German, and English languages; 3, mental and moral philosophy, history, and political economy ; 4, mathematics and its ap- plications; 5, the natural sciences. The pro- fessional degrees are those of civil engineer, mining engineer, and bachelor of law. Degrees are conferred after written examination, and none are conferred in course. Special privi- leges in the way of free tuition or a reduction of fees are extended by the board of trustees to students ranking first in certain high schools and academies, to young men intending to be- come practical printers, journalists, or teachers, to indigent students, to candidates for the ministry, and to sons of ministers. The facul- ty may admit as post-graduates to the academic departments of the university, free of charge for tuition, graduates of any college or univer- sity. These privileges do not apply to students taking professional courses. The university has a library of 12,000 volumes, full and com- plete mineralogical, geological, and zoological cabinets, and valuable philosophical and chem- ical apparatus. Since its reorganization in 1865, there has been an average annual attendance of about 300 students, and 20 instructors. WASHINGTON IMVERSm. See SAINT Louis. WiSHITA, or OmrhUa, a river of Arkansas and Louisiana. It rises in Polk co. in western Arkansas, flows first E., receiving on the way numerous small tributaries, and thence contin- ues first S. E., then S. W., and again 8. E., to the Louisiana lino, whence it flows S. till it enters the Red river about 30 m. above its mouth. Its length is about 550 m., and it is navigable for large steamers as far as Camden, 300 m. above its mouth, and for smaller steam- ers in time of high water to Arkadelphia, 870 m. Its principal affluents are the Saline, Bar- tholomew, La Fourche, and Tensas on the left bank, and the Little Missouri and Bayou d'Ar- bonne on the right. Below its junction with the Tensas it is called the'Hlack river. WASH IT A, counties. See OUACHITA. M ASIIOK, a N. W. county of Nevada, border- ing on California; area, 2,316 sq. m.; pop. in 1870, 3,091, of whom 221 were Chinese; in 1875, 3,953, of whom 267 were Chinese. The N. part is mostly a desert. Pyramid lake in the S. part, 83 m. long by 14m. wide, receives the waters of Truckee river from the south, and there are several other lakes. The valleys of Washoe lake, Steamboat springs, and Truckee river form a single tract of arable and culti- vated land, 30 m. long by from 3 to 6 in. wide. The mountains W. of this tract and about the head waters of the Truckee contain pine for- ests. N. of the river copper, gold, and silver are found, and W. of Washoe City are deposits of lead ore ; but the mineral resources are lim- ited and undeveloped. Steamboat springs, about 4 m. N. of Washoe City, are so called from the clouds of steam that constantly rise from them. The Central Pacific railroad passes along the S. border. The chief productions in 1870 were 2,874 bushels of wheat, 8,825 of oats, 17,250 of barley, 17,570 of potatoes, and 5,399 tons of hay. There were 492 horses, 2,147 cattle, 815 sheep, and 276 swine; 8 man- ufactories of saddlery and harness, 2 of sash, doors, and blinds, 1 silver reducing and refi- ning establishment, 1 flour mill, 5 saw mills, and 2 quartz mills. Capital, Reno. WASHTOAW, a S. E. county of Michigan, drained by Huron and Raisin rivers and their branches; area, 720 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 41,- 434; in 1874, 88,723. It has an undulating surface, diversified by prairie and woodland, and interspersed with numerous small lakes and ponds. The soil is a rich sandy loam. It is traversed by the Michigan Central, the Mich- igan Southern, and other railroads. The chief productions in 1870 were 1,050,311 bushels of wheat, 874,822 of Indian corn, 418,138 of oats, 120,543 of barley, 850,409 of potatoes, 1,248,- 586 Ibs. of butter, 18,500 of cheese, 906,011 of wool, and 76,678 tons of hay. There were 11,215 horses, 11,272 milch cows, 11,979 other cattle, 187,059 sheep, and 19,474 swine. The whole number of manufacturing establishments was 544; capital invested, $1,717,670; value of products, $3,668,462. The principal estab- lishments were 7 manufactories of agricultural implements, 5 of boots and shoes, 82 of car- riages and wagons, 36 of clothing, 80 of coop- erage, 7 of furniture, 3 of printing paper, 14 of saddlery and harness, 5 of sash, doors, and blinds, 5 of woollens, 19 flour mills, 6 tanneries, 6 currying establishments, 2 planing mills, and 14 saw mills. Capital, Ann Arbor. WASP, the common name of the hymenop- terous insects of the family rexpidce, of which the old genus rexpa (Linn.) is the type. They are characterized by having the upper wings folded longitudinally when at rest, forming long narrow organs on the sides of the body,