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 Mathematics, U. S. Navy. PROF. HUGO MÜNSTERBERG, PH.D., LL.D., Professor of Psychology, 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, University 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 résumé of the growth of the idea of the Congress to that time, all of the members of the committee, with the exception of Mr. Thomson, met at the Hotel Manhattan 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 Münsterberg'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 Committee on Plan and Scope is of such historic importance in the development of the Congress that it is given as follows, although many points were afterwards materially modified:-- NEW YORK, January 19, 1903. President Nicholas Murray Butler, Chairman Administrative Board of World's Congress at The Louisiana Purchase Exposition: Dear Sir,--The undersigned, appointed by your Board a committee on the scope and plan of the proposed World's Congress, at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, have the honor to submit the following report:--