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What does the The Pyramid Pin represent? ------CORRECT ANSWER------- --------Mind Body and Spirit What does The Diamond Jubilee Pin represent ------CORRECT ANSWER-- -------------Contributions of $1000 or more to the Delta Research and Educational Foundation What does the The Sorority Pin represent? ------CORRECT ANSWER------- --------Founder Madree Penn White Compromise of three Greek Letters: Delta, Sigma, & Theta What does The Fortitude Pin represent? ------CORRECT ANSWER----------- ----A tribute to the founders Delta Sigma Theta uses the 5-Point Thrust as an organizing structure as it creates programs to benefit the African American community. What does the 5-Point Thrust consist of? ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------a) physical and mental health b) educational development c) economic development
d) political awareness and involvement e) international awareness and involvement The purpose of May Week is... ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------To emphasize the importance of higher education in the community, especially for black women Soror ______ was the 1st black woman member of the U.S. Congress, the first African American and 1st woman to run as a major party candidate for the presidency of the United States ------CORRECT ANSWER--------------- Shirley Chisholm Soror _____ at age 26 became the 1st black woman neurosurgeon in the United States. She specializes in pediatric nuerosurgery ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------Alexa Canady Delta Sigma Theta official colors ------CORRECT ANSWER--------------- Crimson and cream What does the colors represent? ------CORRECT ANSWER--------------- courage and purity What is the official flower of Delta Sigma Theta? ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------African Violet
What date was Delta Sigma Theta founded? ------CORRECT ANSWER----- ----------January 13, 1913 Delta Sigma Theta is dedicated to sisterhood, scholarship, and service. -----
- CORRECT ANSWER---------------True Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Mission ------CORRECT ANSWER--------------- Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated is an organization of college educated women committed to the constructive development of its members and to public service with a primary focus on the Black community. Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Purpose ------CORRECT ANSWER--------------- Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. is a private, not-for-profit organization whose purpose is to provide assistance and support through established programs in local communities throughout the world. National President ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------Beverly E Smith, 2017 - present Delta Sigma Theta was incorporated February 30, 1930. ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------True Where was Delta Sigma Theta founded? ------CORRECT ANSWER---------- -----Howard University
Delta Sigma Theta is a part of the ------CORRECT ANSWER--------------- National Pan-Hellenic Council Delta Sigma Theta only has regions in the United States. ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------False How many collegiate women founded Delta Sigma Theta? ------CORRECT ANSWER--------------- 22 The motto of Delta Sigma Theta is ------CORRECT ANSWER--------------- "Intelligence is the Torch of Wisdom" Delta Sigma Theta was founded by students who had earlier been initiated into... ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------Alpha Kappa Alpha Delta Sigma Theta felt Alpha Kappa Alpha was solely a female derivative of Alpha Phi Alpha with no individual meaning.. ------CORRECT ANSWER----- ----------True Who was named the 1st president of Delta Sigma Theta's Alpha Chapter? - -----CORRECT ANSWER---------------Myra Davis Hemmings Regional Director ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------Rosie Allen-Herring
On December 28, 1947, which expansion program was formally adopted and copyrighted by Delta Sigma Theta? ------CORRECT ANSWER----------- ----Jabberwock Founder ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------Winona Alexander Founder ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------Madree Penn White Founder ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------Wertie Blackwell Weaver Founder ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------Vashti Murphy Founder ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------Ethel Cuff Black Founder ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------Federica Dodd Founder ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------Osceola McCarthy Adams Founder ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------Pauline Minor Founder ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------Edna Brown Coleman
Founder ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------Edith Young Founder ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------Marguerite Young Alexander Founder ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------Naomi Richardson Founder ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------Eliza Shippen Founder ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------Zephyr Carter Founder ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------Myra Davis Hemmings Founder ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------Mamie Reddy Rose Founder ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------Bertha Pitts Campbell Founder ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------Florence Letcher Toms Founder ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------Olive Jones
Delta DEARS ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------Dedication Energetic Active Respected Sorors Delta Respect ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------Respecting Each Sister Positively Equates Continuing Trust The Sorority Flower ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------African Violet Pyramid Flower ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------Peppermint Carnation Sorority Colors ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------Crimson and Cream Pyramid Colors ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------White and Red Sorority Stone ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------Pearl
Sorority Emblem ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------Goddess Minerva: Goddess of Wisdom Sorority Vow ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------Membership in Delta Sigma Theta is a LIFETIME COMMITMENT What color candle represents the Fundamental's Principle? ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------White What color candle represents the Torch of Wisdom ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------Red Rap Order ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------One Rap: Attention, Be Seated, End of Ceremony Two Rap: Affirm the Sacred Vow; Affirm the Sacred Trust Three Raps: Sorors Stand 3 Committees ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------Nominating Committee Finance Committee Scholarship & Standards Committee 2017 - 2021 quadrennial theme: ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------"joy in our sisterhood, power in our voice and service in our heart," First Public Act: ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------Participating in the Women's Suffrage March in Washington D.C., on March 3, 1913.
a three-pronged program created to assist in the educational development of Black students and promote the cultivation of Black cultural and historical literacy, which is often absent from mainstream curricula at both the K- 12 and collegiate levels. Three-pronged program includes ------CORRECT ANSWER--------------- Textbook Program, Well-Read Black Girl Book Club, Supporting AAAS department Sorority's purpose ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------to provide assistance and support through established programs in local communities throughout the world. When was the pi theta chalet we founded at Dartmouth? ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------April 28, 1985 by 14 women Pi theta mission ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------To provide assistance to and and enrich the lives of the black community Sorority Mascot ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------Elephant Maya Wiley ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------2021 mayor candidate for New York Cicely Tyson ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------Member and American actress
The nine cardinal virtues ------CORRECT ANSWER--------------- Compassion, Courtesy, Dedication, Fellowship, Fidelity, Honesty, Justice, Purity, Temperance Minerva Circle of Identity ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------Sisterhood, Black, College, Women, Public Service Who wrote the Delta Oath? ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------Mary church Terrell The sorority song ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------They are never sung as solos or renditions The sorority crest ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------Designed by F Aliene Parks and National President Jeannette Triplett Jones Fundamental Principles ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------Are embodied in the virtues of the nine jewels and the delta oath The torch of wisdom ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------Always bring the white candle to the red candle
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1. What is Delta Sigma Theta's mission state- **ment?
- At what national conven-** tion was Grand Chapter **created?
- Who is the Jewel Temper-** **ance dedicated to?
- What was the purpose** of the national vigilance committee? Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated is an organization of college educated women com- mitted to the constructive development of its members and to public service with a primary focus on the Black community. The 1st national convention National Staff To keep up to date on important happenings within the black community.
- Name the 9 Jewels Compassion, Courtesy, Dedication, Fellowship, Fidelity, Honesty, Justice, Purity, Temperance 6. Delta Sigma Theta was in- **corporated in what year?
- The jewel of courtesy is** dedicated to whom or **what group in Delta?
- Which honorary member** **wrote the oath?
- What three chapters were** in attendance at the First **National Convention?
- What is the meaning of the** **jewel of dedication?
- Name the elements of the** Minerva Circle of Identify?
The mothers of Delta. Mary Church Terrell alpha, gamma, epsilon To a noble cause is one of humanity's highest calling and an act of consecration sisterhood, black, college, women, public ser- vice
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12. Who designed the Sorority **Crest?
- On what campus was** Delta Sigma Theta Sorority **founded?
- Name the writers of the** Delta Sigma Theta Nation- **al Hymn
- What were the first two** authorized graduate chap- **ters?
- How many principles pro-** vide the overall framework for all of the initiation ac- **tivities?
- Name the first three hon-** orary members initiated **into DST.
- In what year was Mary Mc-** **Cloud Bethune initiated
- The jewels representing** the nine cardnial virtues are located on which greek **letter on the Delta Pin
- Complete the following** statements from the oath F. Ailene Marks and Jeannette Tripplet Jones Howard University Alice Lawrence Dunbar and Florence Cole Tal- bert Alpha Alpha and Alpha Beta 9 Gabrielle Beckly Pelham, Nannie Helen Bur- roughs, Mary Church Terrell 1923 Sigma I will close my ears and mouth from slanderous gossip.
- Osceola Macarthy Adams Founder who selected the delta mottoes; an ac- claimed actress and Directress of the America Negro Theater. 22.22.
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- Myra Davis Hemmings First President of the Alpha Chapter; was an active member of the NAACP and the National Council of Negro Women. She went from being President of Alpha Kappa Alpha to being pres- ident of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
- Olive Claire Jones Accomplished pianist who taught school in Washington, D.C. and graduated valedvictorian teachers college
- Jimmie Bugg Middleton - Helped lobby Delta Sigma Theta to participate in the march for Women's Suffrage 33. Pauline Oberdorfer Minor - fix this one She was the Alpha's Chapter first Treasurer. ; author of "Get off the Judgment Seat." In 1914, she graduated valedictorian of the Teacher's College.
- Vashti Turley Murphy Graduated from the first public high school for blacks in the US known as Dunbar HS in Wash- ington DC
- Naomi Sewell Richardson Last surviving founder when she died in 1993; the first Black graduate of Washingtonville High School; married a member of Alpha Phi Alpha.
- Mamie Reddy Rose First of the Founders. to enter into the Omega Omega Chapter on Feb. 17, 1919. Of all the other founding members, Ms. Rose got married and became a homemaker.
- Eliza Pearl Shippen Only Founder to receive a Doctorate degree
- Florence Letcher Toms Presented First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt to par- ents at the John Wesley AME Zion Church in 1945; had interactions with multiple US Pres- idents including William H. Taft and John F. Kennedy. Ms. Toms collected elephants, which has become a hobby to Delta's all over the world.
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- Ethel Carr Watson Teacher for more than 30 years then began a career in dramatics. During the significant March for Women's Suffrage, Ms. Watson con- fided that her family told her not to march, but was forced to defy the order because she was selected to hold the banner since she was the tallest.
- Wertie Blackwell Weaver Author of the novel entitled "The Valley of the Poor." Her book focused on racism and poverty in the South.
- Madree Penn White Accomplished linguist who spoke German, French, Greek, and Latin; designed ceremony for inducting Honorary Members; first woman of the campus paper, The Howard University Journal.
- Edith Motte Young Served as Alpha Chapter's first Recording Sec- retary. Taught at Claflin College in Orangeburg, South Carolina. She was also an accomplished pianist.
- Sadie T.M. Alexander President when 1st National Convention was held: Graduate chapters were authorized
- H. Elsie Austin Office of 2nd National Vice President created
- Mona Humphries Bailey Capital Funds Campaign implemented
- Dorothy Pelham Beckley Omega Omega was established as a Memorial Chapter
- Lillian Pierce Benbow 1971 to 1975; 1705, 1707, and 1709 New Hampshire Ave. acquired for Delta's Headquar- ters;The National Commission on Arts & Let- ters was established 48. Gwendolyn Boyd
