Years
What is the exact date and year Fall 2026 pledge class will be initatied?
November 8th, 2026
Who is ZTA's patron goddess?
Themis
How many women founded ZTA?
Nine
What is the last line of the Creed?
remembering always that the foundation precept of Zeta Tau Alpha was Love, 'the greatest of all things.'
What is our chapter's link number in the Chain of Chapters?
123
What was the exact date and year Zeta Tau Alpha was founded?
October 15th, 1898
What is the flower of ZTA?
The White Violet. It was chosen by Ruby Leigh Orgain and represents the power of purity.
What is the acronym to help you remember the Founders?
FREDA HAMM
What is the first line of the ZTA Creed?
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;
Which sister has been in ZTA the longest?
Marsha!
What year was our chapter of Zeta Beta founded?
September 18, 1964
What did Cammie Jones receive as a gift that became a ZTA symbol?
Strawberries.
One of Cammie’s admirers sent her strawberries, and they provided the inspiration for the first purely social gathering of our Founders.
Who was the first elected president of ZTA?
Maud Jones Horner
At what event did the Founders announce ??? to the other sororities on campus?
Oyster stew announcement party
Name all sister on our current EC and their positions.
Cydney: President and VP of Harm Reduction
Dancia: VP of Programming and Finance
Alana: VP of Recruitment and Learning and Devlopement
Kenzie: VP of Membership Experience
and Sisterhood
Abbey: VP of Communication and Campus Relations
Abbi: VP of Philanthropy
Emily: VP of Administration and Academic Achivement
In what year was the pledge pin officially adopted?
1910
Who wears the The Purple of the Fraternity?
Worn by the National President
Where did the Founders meet in secret to discuss becoming an organization?
In a dormitory bathroom
How many links are there total in the chain of chapters?
259
Our chapter as an unoffical symbol, what is it?
When was The Creed adopted?
1928
What is shape of ZTA's pledge pin?
Carpenter Square
Name all NINE founders
Maud Jones Horner
Della Lewis Hundley
Mary Campbell Jones Batte
Ethel Coleman Van Name
Helen May Crawford
Frances Yancey Smith
Alice Bland Coleman
Alice Grey Welsh
Ruby Leigh Orgain
What was the name of the university AT THE TIME ZTA was founded? (hint: not Longwood)
Virginia State Female Normal School
Some of our sisters have a creed test in 2 days, lets help them out, recite the whole Creed.
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, 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; to find satisfaction in being, rather than
seeming, 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.”