Initiation
The item of clothing worn during the Initiation Service symbolizes humility and light
What is the white Initiation Robe?
During the duration of the chapter business meeting, members should place their hands and feet in this way.
What is holding the hands in countersign position and feet flat on the floor, unless uninitiated new members are present?
The significance of this service is to include all members of a collegiate chapter that are graduating or transferring schools, therefore becoming alumnae members.
What is the Rite of Passage?
The Gamma Phi Beta colors of light brown and dark brown symbolize this.
What is the sunlight and shadows of life?
During The Tableaux, the Founders representatives wear these four colors of robes, symbolizing truth, love, faith, and life.
What are blue, pink, yellow, and green?
This item, worn by only initiated members during the Initiation Service, symbolizes devotion to principles and ideals through unobstructed vision
What is the white fillet?
To be admitted as a latecomer to a chapter business meeting, the member performs these three actions.
What are the Gamma Phi Beta knock, countersign, and password response?
To be initiated as an alumna member, a woman must meet these two requirements.
What are the standards of Gamma Phi Beta membership and that she is not an initiated member of another National Panhellenic Conference sorority?
This is the significance of our open motto: “Founded on a Rock.”
What is that all endeavors of worth that are to endure must be built upon a firm foundation?
What service may be performed each year to celebrate the installation of your chapter?
What is the Anniversary of Collegiate or Alumnae Chapter Installation Service?
This item, worn by the chapter pres during The Processional and The Pinning Ceremony, symbolizes noble achievement.
What is the chaplet (Crown of pink carnations)?
During the Mystic Circle in Closing Exercise, this person is the last to stand at the open end opposite of the chapter president.
Who is the last initiated member of the most recently initiated new member class?
During the Golden Crescent Award Service, awards are presented to alumnae members recognizing their membership of this number of years since their initiation.
What is fifty years?
The crescent moon of our sorority always faces to the left for this reason.
What is because the left-facing waxing moon is a new moon, at the start of its growing; a right-facing waning moon is slowly disappearing?
This should never be written or spoken above a whisper.
What is the Gamma Phi Beta secret motto?
During the Request for Admission, this song, written in 1880, is sung. The song can symbolize the taking away of sins and leaving people cleansed, temple building, and wandering singers.
What is “The Goat Song”?
During each chapter business meeting, this is read by the chapter president prior to the start of the closing ritual.
What is the Mentor’s Report?
This service is performed following the election of officers each year.
What is the Installation of Officers?
These are the four secret tests of membership.
What are the Gamma Phi Beta knock, password, sign and countersign, and secret grip?
This Hebrew word, written on the Gamma Phi Beta badge, is symbolic of the Founders and of complete growth.
What is “arba”?
These are the only two items of jewelry that women may wear during the Initiation Service, other than their new member pin or membership badge.
What are an engagement ring and a wedding ring?
When a member wishes to speak during the meeting and only she is seated, she says this to address the president.
What is Madam Presbylata?
This service is performed by a collegiate chapter and contains the Initiation Commitment, chapter meeting, secrecy vow and Loyalty Pledge.
What is the Initiation Commitment Service?
Our signature or KNE, symbolizing our signature, (Iluion Ko Elvuona) (Pronunciation: Pe-stee ‘Keh Ev-’nee-ay’ Pee-stee KEH Ev-’KNEE-uh), has this meaning.
What is “Faith and Good Will”?
This section of the Initiation Service represents an initiate’s promise of secrecy and fidelity to the sorority in return for the privilege of wearing a Gamma Phi Beta badge.
What is The Pinning Ceremony?