Greek Life
Why were fraternities formed?
Social and literary purposes
Who are the founders of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated?
Bonus 1: Name their birth dates and locations.
Bonus 2: Which founder taught briefly in Crockett, Texas?
Triumphant Arizona Cleaver Stemons; Born in 1898 in Pike County, Missouri.
Triumphant Pearl Anna Neal; Born October 10, 1900, in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Taught briefly in Crockett, Texas.)
Triumphant Myrtle Tyler Faithful; Born November 7, 1901, near Flushing, Ohio.
Triumphant Viola Tyler Goings, Born August 29, 1899, near Flushing, Ohio.
Triumphant Fannie Pettie Watts; Born December 20, 1899, in Perry, Georgia.
Which two D9 organizations are constitutionally bound?
What are our colors?
Royal Blue and White
What are their colors?
Royal Blue and Pure White
What is the oldest fraternity? When and where was it founded?
Phi Beta Kappa, December 5th, 1776 at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia.
What was the Lovers Stroll?
When Honorable Charles Robert Samuel Taylor and Triumphant Arizona Cleaver Stemons first discussed organizing a sister sorority for Phi Beta Sigma in the spring semester of 1919 at Howard University.
What are the D9 Fraternities in founding order?
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated
Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Incorporated
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Incorporated
Phi Beta Sigma, Fraternity, Incorporated
Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Incorporated
What is the name that we use to refer to our five founders?
Our Five Pearls
What are their principles?
Brotherhood, scholarship, and service.
What is the second-oldest fraternity? When was it founded?
Kappa Alpha, 1865.
When and where was the first official meeting of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated?
January 16th, 1920, in Triumphant Arizona Cleaver Stemons' dorm room in Miner Hall.
What are the D9 Sororities in founding order?
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated
Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Incorporated
What are our principles?
Scholarship
Service
Sisterhood
Finer Womanhood
What is the name of their auxiliary group?
Bonus: Which Soror's son is a member of this group?
Sigma Beta Club
Bonus: Soror Bayless
When and where was the first sorority founded? How many years after the first fraternity was the first sorority founded?
Bonus: What is the name of this sorority?
Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia in 1867. 75 years after the first fraternity.
Bonus: Alpha Delta Pi
Why did Zeta Phi Beta lose many of its prospective members?
They were afraid they could not meet the GPA academic requirement, they could not afford the initial fee, or they were hesitant to associate with an unproven organization on campus.
Which D9 organizations were founded at Howard University?
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Incorporated
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated
Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Incorporated
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated
What was the name of the sorority's first publication? Who published it? When was it published?
The X-Ray was published by Grace Bradley in 1921.
Who were their founders?
Honorable A. Langston Taylor
Honorable Leonard F. Morse
Honorable Charles I. Brown
Which historical events were happening during the establishment of the first fraternities?
Phi Beta Kappa- The American Revolution
Kappa Alpha- The Civil War
When and where did the sorority have its formal reception? Who sponsored it?
When did the sorority hold its first Boule?
Bonus: What is Boule? How often is it held?
Zeta Phi Beta held their first Boule jointly with Phi Beta Sigma on December 26-28, 1920, in Baltimore, Maryland.
Bonus: Boule is the international convention for Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated. It is held every two years.
Name the D9 organizations in founding order.
Bonus: State their dates and locations of founding.
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated; Founded December 4, 1906 at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated; Founded January 15, 1908 at Howard University in Washington DC.
Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Incorporated; Founded January 5, 1911 at Indiana University in Bloomington Indiana.
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Incorporated; Founded November 17, 1911 at Howard University in Washington DC.
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated; Founded January 13, 1913 at Howard University in Washington DC.
Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Incorporated; Founded January 9, 1914 at Howard University in Washington DC.
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated; Founded January 16, 1920 at Howard University in Washington DC.
Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Incorporated; Founded November 12, 1922 at Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Incorporated; Founded September 19, 1963 at Morgan State College in Baltimore, Maryland.
What did the founders study at Howard University?
Triumphant Arizona Cleaver Stemons studied Social Work.
Triumphant Pearl Anna Neal studied Music.
Triumphant Myrtle Tyler Faithful studied Education.
Triumphant Viola Tyler Goings studied Education.
Triumphant Fannie Pettie Watts studied Education.
What is their motto? Who coined their motto?
"Culture for service, service for humanity."; Honorable A. Langston Taylor.