d. Medicine and Surgery.
e. Law, Politics, and Government (including development and history of the colonies, their government, revenue and prosperity, arbitration, etc.).
f. Applied Science (including the various branches of engineering).
(5) The Administrative Board recommends further referring to a special committee of seven the problem of indicating in detail the method in which this plan can best be carried out. To this committee is assigned the duty of choosing the general divisions of the Congress, the various branches of science and of study in these divisions, and of recommending to the Administrative Board a detailed plan of the sections in which, in their judgment, those who come to the Congress may be most effectively grouped, with a view not only to bring out the central theme, but also to represent in a helpful way and in a suggestive manner the present boundary of knowledge in the 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 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.