The Scandinavian Engineering Society of Chicago held its regular monthly meeting last Thursday, at the Sherman House, under the presidency of Allan Strale. A discussion on "The Relative Features of Rope and Belt Transmissions" was opened by the society's first vice president, E. T. Sederholm, who holds the position of chief engineer of the Fraser & Chalmer's Engine Works. A discussion of the same subject will be resumed at the society's next monthly meeting, at which time a written treatise on the subject, will be read by N. A. Christensen, who is a consulting engineer with the above mentioned firm. Non-members are invited to take part in these instructive discussions.