National Presidents & Years
Delta's Historical Facts
1913-1933
Founders of Delta Sigma Theta
Delta's Ideals and Principles
Protocol and Traditions
100

Who was the 1st National President and her years of services?

Who is Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander (1919-1923)!

100

When did the Founders participate in the Women's suffrage march?

"March 1913"

100

Which Founder became a music teacher in Washington DC school system?

Who is Olive Clair Jones!

100

What is the sorority's Most Sacred Trust?

"The Induction of New Members"

100

What is embodied in the virtues of the nine jewels and Delta Oath

What is the "Fundamental Principles"

200

Who was the 3rd National President and her years of services?

Who is Ethel Lemany Calimese (1926-1929)

200

What year was graduation chapter authorized and what Nation Convention?

"1920" @ the 2nd National Convention!

200

Which Founder Author the novel "The Valley of the Poor" about poor Black in the South?

Who is Wertie Blackwell Weaver!

200

What are the (5) components of the Minerva Circle of Identify?

Sisterhood, Black, College, Women, Public Service!

200

What Pin was designed by Soror Madree Penn White and comprised of three Greek Letters (Delta, Sigma, Theta)?

What is the "Sorority Pin"

300

Who was the 4th National President and her years of services?

Who is Anna Johnson Julian (1929-1931)

300

What year was the Pyramid pin design and which chapter designed it?

"1920" by Epsilon Chapter, Ohio State University.

300

Which Founder graduated from the 1st public high school for Blacks in the U.S. know as Dunbar H.S. in Washington DC?

Who is Vashti Turley Murphy

300

Which Honorary Member wrote the Delta Oath?

Who is Mary Church Terrell!

300

What is Scholarship, fellowship, service and a desire to attain all that would ennoble?

What is the "Pyramid Public Motto"

400

Who was the 5th National President and her years of services?

Who is Gladys Byram Shepperd (1931-1933)

400

Delta Sigma Theta was Incorporated in what year?

"1930"

400

Who was the 1st President of Alpha Chapter; was an active member of the NAACP and the National Council of Negro Women?

Who is Myra Davis Hemmings!

400

What were the 1st 2 graduate (now called alumnae) chapters authorized by Delta Sigma Theta?

"New York City and Washington, D.C."

400

What is the Sorority Public Motto?

"Intelligence is the Torch of Wisdom"

500

Who was the 6th National President and her years of services?

Who is Jeannette Triplett Jones (1933-1935)

500

In what year was Mary McLeod Bethune initiated?

"1923"

500

Which Founder was the valedictorian of her graduating class; married a founder of Omega Psi Phi?

Edna Brown Coleman

500

Name the Nine Jewels?

1. Compassion 2. Courtesy, 3. Dedication, 4. Fellowship, 5. Fidelity, 6. Honesty, 7. Justice 8. Purity & 9. Temperance.

500

What symbolizes the public motto and is represented by the Red candle used during ritualistic Ceremonies?  

What is the "Torch of Wisdom"