History of Greek Letter Orgs.
What was the first fraternity?
Phi Beta Kappa
What are the sorority's principles?
Scholarship, Service, Sisterhood, and Finer Womanhood?
Why was it hard for the founders to find people to join the sorority?
People were fearful of the high academic standards and many could not afford the initiation fee.
When and where was Founder Arizona born?
Pike County, Missouri 1898
What organizations were founded at Howard University?
Zeta Phi Beta, Phi Beta Sigma, Alpha Kappa Alpha, Omega Psi Phi, Delta Sigma Theta
When was the fraternity system born?
1776
What are the 5 founders called?
The Five Pearls
People were fearful of the high academic standards and many could not afford the initiation fee.
1948 because a chapter was chartered in Monrovia , Liberia
When and where was founder Pearl born?
October 10, 1900 in Charlotte, North Carolina
What are Phi Beta Sigma's official colors?
Royal Blue and Pure White
When was the first national sorority established and at what college?
1867 at Monmouth College
Name the founders in order.
Arizona Leedonia Cleaver (Stemons)
Pearl Anna Neal
Viola Tyler Goings
Myrtle Lavenia Tyler (Faithful)
Fannie Pettie (Watts)
When was the first Boule?
December 26-28th 1920 in Washington, DC
Who is quoted with saying, "One of the happiest moments I have spent with Zetas was when the Five Founders met as guests of the Delta Alpha Zeta Chapter of Brooklyn, New York, at their Founders' Day Dinner in 1952. What a wonderful reunion we had. It is that bond of sisterly love in Zeta Women that unites us and makes us grow"
Myrtle Tyler Faithful
When and where was Alpha Phi Alpha founded?
December 4,1906 at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY
What was the second fraternity founded and in what year was it founded?
Kappa Alpha in 1865
When was the sorority incorporated?
March 30, 1923
When and Where was the sorority's first joint formal
At the Whitelaw hotel, February 21, 1921
Whose two granddaughters (Kyra Hardiman and Deborah Hill) became Zetas?
Viola Tyler Goings
What is Zeta Phi Beta's pledge club?
The Archonian
What two organizations were established for training and drill in composition and oratory?
Adelphian and Ciceronian
Who are the incorporators?
Myrtle Tyler
Gladys Warrington
Joanna Houston
Josephine Johnson
L.O’Goldia Smith
Who was in the second pledge class?
Gladys Warrington, Harriet Dorsey, Pauline Philips, Nellie Singfield.
Fannie Pettie Watts
What is Zeta Phi Beta's Address?
1734 New Hampshire Avenue N.W. Washington, DC 20009