ZTA HISTORY
ZTA SYMBOLS
ZTA MEMBER EXPECTATIONS
FRED FACTS
FRED FACTS
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What is the date Zeta was founded on?
October 15, 1898
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What are the colors of ZTA?
Turquoise blue and steel gray
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What is Zeta's view on hazing?
NO TOLERANCE!
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How many collegiate Zeta chapters are in Virginia?
9
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What is the name of Zeta's magazine?
THEMIS
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What is the number of founders that ZTA has?
9
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Zeta's pledge pin is in the shape of what?
A carpenter's square
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What is our chapter's GPA requirement?
2.6
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When was our chapter founded?
March 21, 1987
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What does ZTAF stand for?
Zeta Tau Alpha Foundation
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Where was ZTA founded?
Virginia State Female Normal School
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What is the flower of ZTA?
White Violet
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What is the expectation of members in regards to Zeta's ritual ceremonies?
Zeta's must never divulge the secrets of the rituals to anyone outside the Fraternity.
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What number link is our chapter?
208
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ZTA was the first national women's organization to have what?
A housing corporation
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What was the original name of ZTA?
???
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What is Zeta's open motto?
"Seek the noblest"
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What is the date that dues must be payed by?
The 25th
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Fill in the Blank: To realize that within our grasp, in Zeta Tau Alpha, lies the opportunity to learn those things which will ever enrich and ennoble our lives; to be true to ourselves, and to those within and without our circle; to think in terms of all mankind and our service in the world; to be steadfast, strong, and clean of heart and mind, remembering that since the thought is father to the deed, only that which we would have manifested in our experience should be entertained in thought; ________________________,thus strengthening in us the higher qualities of the spirit; to prepare for service and learn the nobility of serving, thereby earning the right to be served; to seek understanding that we might gain true wisdom; to look for the good in everyone; to see beauty, with its enriching influence; to be humble in success, and without bitterness in defeat; to have the welfare and harmony of the Fraternity at heart, striving ever to make our lives a symphony of high ideals, devotion to the Right, the Good, and the True, without a discordant note; remembering always that the foundation precept of Zeta Tau Alpha was Love, “the greatest of all things.
to find satisfaction in being, rather than seeming
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What is the significance of strawberries?
In the late 1800s, an admirer of one of ZTA’s Founders, Mary Campbell Jones (Batte), sent her a gift of strawberries. The scrumptious present prompted the group of nine friends to host their first purely social gathering and to become officially recognized as a campus organization.
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Which founder had a brother that helped them found ZTA and what was his name?
Maud Jones Horner and her brother was Plummer Jones
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Who is Zeta's patron goddess?
Themis
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What is the percentage of participation points at ZTA meetings etc. must you must reach to be able to attend social events?
80%
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How many active collegiate chapters in the U.S.?
164
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When is Breast Cancer awareness month?
October