THE HISTORY OF THE CONGRESS 7 



various lines of study and investigation which the committee may 

 think wise to accept. 



These recommendations were transmitted by the Director of 

 Congresses to the Committee on Congresses, approved by them, and 

 afterwards approved by the Executive Committee and the President. 

 The first four recommendations were of a preliminary character, but 

 the fifth contained a distinct advance in the formation of a Committee 

 on Plan and Scope which should be composed of eminent scientists 

 capable of developing the fundamental idea into a plan which should 

 harmonize with the scientific work in every field. The committee 

 selected were as follows : 



DR. SIMON NEWCOMB, PH.D., LL.D., Retired Professor of Mathe- 

 matics, U. S. Navy. 



PROF. HUGO MUNSTERBERG, PH.D., LL.D., Professor of Psycho- 

 logy, Harvard University. 



PROF. JOHN BASSETT MOORE, LL.D., ex-assistant Secretary of 

 State, and Professor of International Law and Diplomacy, Columbia 

 University. 



PROF. ALBION W. SMALL, PH.D., Professor of Sociology, Uni- 

 versity of Chicago. 



DR. WILLIAM H. WELCH, M.D., LL.D., Professor of Pathology, 

 Johns Hopkins University. 



HON. ELIHU THOMSON, Consulting Engineer General Electric 

 Company. 



PROF. GEORGE F. MOORE, D.D., LL.D., Professor of Comparative 

 Religion, Harvard University. 



In response to a letter from President Butler, Chairman of the 

 Administrative Board, giving a complete resume of the growth of 

 the idea of the Congress to that time, all of the members of the com- 

 mittee, with the exception of Mr. Thomson, met at the Hotel Man- 

 hattan on January 10, 1903, for a preliminary discussion. The entire 

 field was canvassed, using the recommendations of the Administrative 

 Board and the aforementioned letter of Professor Miinsterberg's to 

 Mr. Holls as a basis, and an adjournment taken until January 17 

 for the preparation of detailed recommendations. 



The Committee on Plan and Scope again met, all members being 

 present, at the Hotel Manhattan on January 17, and arrived at 

 definite conclusions, which were embodied in the report to the 

 Administrative Board, a meeting of which had^been called at the 

 Hotel Manhattan for January 19, 1903. The report of the Com- 

 mittee on Plan and Scope is of such historic importance in the devel- 

 opment of the Congress that it is given as follows, although many 

 points were afterwards materially modified : 



