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speakers were liberally paid and each had been asked to prepare an 

 address on a prescribed topic having a definite place in the total scheme. 



The officers and speakers numbered over 500, while the total regis- 

 tration was about 2,000. Many probably attended meetings and en- 

 joyed the privileges of the congress without registering as regular par- 

 ticipants. Almost all the leading colleges, universities and higher 

 institutions of learning at home and abroad were represented, although 

 about 125 officers and speakers were scholars not engaged in university 

 teaching. These include museum curators, experts in government 

 scientific bureaus, representatives of research institutions, observa- 

 tories, the army and navy, legislative bodies and diplomatic embassies, 

 besides eminent municipal officers, school administrators, editors, li- 

 brarians, engineers, architects, artists, physicians, social workers, 

 clergymen, lawyers and jurists. 



About 90 of the speakers were foreign scholars, of whom perhaps 

 60 addressed the congress in their own languages — German. French, 

 Italian or even Dutch. 



Counting the Mexican and the half dozen Canadians for America, 

 there remain about 25 from Great Britain, over 30 from Germany, 

 almost 20 from France, a half dozen from Austria, about as many 

 from Italy, at least 4 from Japan, one from Eussia, and about 10 rep- 

 resenting other countries — Holland, Belgium, Denmark, Sweden, Swit- 

 zerland and Hungary. The Americans came from all parts of the 

 country, a meritorious group of scholars worthy to receive their eminent 

 guests from abroad. jNTo less than seven women, distinguished for 

 scholarship, were among the Americans who addressed the congress. 



It was indeed a notable audience of men and women which assem- 

 bled in the great Festival Hall of the exposition for the formal opening 

 on Monday afternoon. Here under one roof were seated hundreds of 

 scholars brought together by the common interests of learning and 

 research, come together to exchange ideas and to meet and hear their 

 peers and leaders. On the platform sat the administrative officers of 

 the congress, the president and vice-presidents, and a distinguished 

 group of representative leaders in the science of foreign countries, 

 who had been invited to act as honorary vice-presidents of the con- 

 gress. The meeting was called to order by Director Eogers, who called 

 upon President Francis of the exposition to preside over the preliminary 

 part of the session. In an appropriate address of welcome the con- 

 gress was declared by President Francis to be the crowning feature of 

 the exposition. An address was then made by Director Skiff, in charge 

 of the exhibits of the exposition, on behalf of the administrative board, 

 in which the exposition was characterized as a world's university, the 

 exhibits being its museum and laboratories, and the participants of 

 the congress its faculty. In the regretted absence of President Butler, 

 made necessary by serious illness in his family. President Harper made 

 a suitable address, setting forth the history of the plan and the prepa- 



