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Delta Sigma Theta
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Protocols & Traditions
National Presidents
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The cardinal virtue dedicated to the Founders of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority.

What is Compassion?

100

Name the Nine Jewels.

What is Compassion, Courtesy, Dedication, Fellowship, Fidelity, Honesty, Justice, Purity, and Temperance?

100

She was the National President from 1919-1923.

What office did Sadie T.M. Alexander hold from 1919-1923?

100

Speaks on behalf of Grand Chapter.

Who is the National President and CEO?

100

Cheryl W. Turner

Who is the current International President?

200

This founder was married to the founder of Omega Psi Phi.

Who is founder, Edna Brown Coleman?

200

The 3 Rites of Passage.

What is Pyramid Induction Ceremony, Crossing Initiation Ceremony and Omega Omega Service?

200

Upsilon Sigma Chapter.

What is the name of the first graduate chapter in Louisiana?

200

Symbolizes the public motto and is represented by the red candle used during ritualistic ceremonies.

What is the Torch of Wisdom?

200

Established the National Headquarters.

Who is Jeanette Tripplett Jones ( 1933-1935)

300

Alpha Chapter first President.

Who is Myra Davis Hemmings?

300

African Violet.

What is the official flower of Delta Sigma Theta?

300

She was a graduate of Fisk University and a charter member of Upsilon Sigma Chapter. 

Who is Anna Baranco Chavis?

300

Goddess Minerva and Goddess of Wisdom.

What does the Sorority Emblem represent?

300

Featured on a US Postal Stamp.

Who is Dorothy Irene Height?

400

This founder helped lobby Delta Sigma Theta to participate in the March for Women's Suffrage.

Who is founder Jimmie Bugg Middleton?

400

Minerva

Who is the goddess of wisdom?

400

Chapter name changed in December 1956.

When did Baton Rouge Delta Alumnae Chapter received its name?

400

Worn over the heart - three sides represent mind, body, and spirit.

What is the Pyramid Pin?

400

First black woman to be awarded a Ph.D and created Grand Chapter.

Who is Sadie T. M. Alexander (1919-1923)?

500

She presented Lady Eleanor Roosevelt to an audience of parents at John Wesley AME Zion Church.

Who is founder, Florence Letcher Toms?

500

The public motto.

What is Intelligence is the Torch of Wisdom?

500

Her granddaughter was National Chaplain and first woman elected bishop of the AME church.

Who is Vashti Turley Murphy?

500

Attention, be seated, end of ceremony.

What is one Rap?

500

The 14th President and first woman appointed to the US Commission on Civil Rights.

Who is Frankie Muse Freeman (1967-1971)?

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