NPHC Info
Strong Foundations
Knowing Your Pearls
Auxiliaries
It’s In The Details
1000
List the charter organizations/members of the NPHC. 

Kappa Alpha Psi and Omega Psi Phi fraternities and Alpha Kappa Alpha, Alpha Phi Alpha, Delta Sigma Theta, Zeta Phi Beta sororities.

1000
Where was the FIRST headquarters (location of the first meeting) of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. 

Miner Hall at Howard University

1000

This founder‘s triumphant life ended on January 31, 1978 and she is buried in York Memorial Park in Charloette, North Carolina.

Founder/Pearl Pearl Anna Neal

1000
For girls aged four through eight, this group was adopted 1994 as the third youth auxiliary. 

Pearlettes

1000

What was the major reason that Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated lost many of its prospective members in the beginning on HU’s campus?

High academic standards and other’s couldn’t afford the initiation fee

2000

How many affiliate organizations make up the National Pan-Hellenic Council?

Nine

2000

When and where was Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated founded?

January 16, 1920 at Howard University in Washington, D.C.

2000
This founder stated “There is a Zeta in a girl regardless of race, creed, or color, who has high stands of principles, a good scholarly average, and an active interest in all things she undertakes to accomplish”

Founder/Pearl Viola Tyler Goings

2000
In 1970, this ground was added to the Zeta structure for girls who are between nine to 13 years of age. 

Amicettes

2000

These type of chapters are distinguished by using “Zeta” at the end of the chapter’s name

Graduate chapters
3000

What are the official colors of the National Pan-Hellenic Council?

Black and White

3000

What are the four principles of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated?

Scholarship, Service, Sistershood, and Finer Womanhood

3000

This founder was a Social Investigator for the Department of Social Services in Brooklyn, New York. She severed as the Director of the Cradle Roll Division of Brooklyn’s Nazarene Congregational Church.

Founder/Pearl Fannie Pettie Watts

3000
Name Zeta’s youth auxiliary for girls ages 14-18. 

Archonettes

3000
What significant/historical period was going on during the founding of our sisterhood. 

The Harlem Renaissance. 

4000

List the organizations founded at Howard University.

Alpha Kappa Alpha 1908, Omega Psi Phi 1911, Delta Sigma Theta 1913, Phi Beta Sigma 1914, Zeta Phi Beta 1920

4000

When did the standard of academic excellence begin with Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. 

the beginning.
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This founder was born in Pike County, Missouri in 1898. She was a life member of the sorority and held membership with the Beta Delta Zeta Chapter in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 

Founder/Pearl Arizonia Leedonia Cleaver Stemons

4000

What is the name of the Zeta’s adult auxiliary for women? What does this name mean?

Amicae (friend)

4000

What is the significance of Birch Haven and where is it located?

It was given/willed by PIGB Violette N. Anderson, Esq in Idlewild, Michigan. 

5000

In what year did the Council of Presidents define hazing?

1990

5000

The Zeta Phi Beta Sorority National Educational Foundation is a tax exempt and is listed as a 

501(c)(3)

5000

This founder taught Mathematics at Bates High School in Annapolis, Maryland. She volunteered extensively with the Red Cross after her husband passed in 1965.

Founder/Pearl Myrtle Lavenia Tyler Faithful

5000

In what period were the first youth auxiliary clubs formed.

in the 1950s

5000

This is the ONLY person on the National Executive Board that is appointed, rather than elected. 

Regional Directors

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