Timeline Questions
What 3 chapters were in attendance at the first national convention
What is Alpha Chapter, Gamma Chapter, and Epsilon Chapter
What year did Delta Sigma Theta establish the Housing Fund, Sink Fund, the Scholarship Award Fund, and the College Tuition Fund?
What is 1922
Who designed the sorority pin?
Who is Big Sister and Founder Madree Penn White?
What is the sorority's mission statement?
What is Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated is an organization of college educated women committed to the constructive development of its members and to public service with a primary focus on the black community.
What are the two components of the Fundamental Principles of the organization
The Nine Jewels and the Delta Oath
What year was Delta Sigma Theta Sorority incorporated?
What is 1930
What year was Honorary Member Mary McLeod Bethune initiated?
What is 1923
The sorority pin is comprised of the 3 Greek letters for D, S, and T. What is the middle letter, the Sigma, is represented by?
What are the Nine Cardinal Virtues
What is Membership in Delta Sigma Theta is a lifetime commitment
Who are the first honorary members of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
Who are Big Sisters Nanie H. Burroughs, Gabrielle Pellham, and Mary Church Terrell
In March of 1913, what was considered the first social action movement that the sorority participated in?
What is the March with Suffragette movement
What year was the Delta Hymn written and composed and who wrote and composed it?
What is 1924 and Big Sister Alice Dunbar Nelson and Florence Cole Talbert?
What are the Nine Cardinal Virtues?
What is Compassion, Courtesy, Dedication, Fellowship, Fidelity, Honesty, Justice, Purity, and Temperance
State the sorority's sacred trust
What is The induction of new members into Delta Sigma Theta is the sorority's most sacred trust
How are collegiate chapters and alumnae chapters named?
What is collegiate chapters are named after the greek alphabet and alumnae chapters are named after the geographical region
What dates and year was the First National Convention held?
What is December 27-30 of 1919
At what national convention was Grand Chapter created?
What is 1st National Convention
The Delta mission is illustrated in the Minerva Circle of Identity. What is the Minerva Circle Identity comprised of and what is the core?
What is sisterhood, black, college, women, public service. The core is sisterhood
The jewel Compassion is dedicated to the ________ of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
What is The Founders
State the Greek Alphabet
What is ALPHA BETA GAMMA DELTA EPSILON ZETA ETA THETA IOTA KAPPA LAMBDA MU NU XI OMICRON PI RHO SIGMA TAU UPSILON PHI CHI PSI OMEGA
What year was May Week Established?
What is 1921?
in 1927, the Alpha Chapter voted to do what?
What is vote to conduct national conventions biennially beginning with the 10th National Convention in 1929.
What are the 3 Rites of Passage that every Delta is entitled to?
What is the Pyramid Induction Ceremony, the Initiation Ceremony, and the Omega Omega Service
The Jewel Courtesy is dedicated to ___________________
What is Mothers of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
Who wrote the Delta Oath?
State the First 3 Stanzas of the Oath
Who is Big Sister and Honorary Member, Mary Church Terrell
I will strive to reach the highest educational, moral, and spiritual efficiency which I can possibly attain.
I will never lower my aims for any temporary benefit which might be gained.
I will endeavor to preserve my health for however great one's mental or moral strength may be, physical weakness prevents the accomplishment of much that otherwise might be done.