D.A.T. Study Guide

Who designed the Sorority Pin of Delta Sigma Theta? - Answer- Founder Madree Penn White. What Greek letters are on the pin? - Answer- D S T (Delta, Sigma, Theta) How many jewels are in the Sigma? - Answer- 9 What do the jewels on Sigma represent. - Answer- The Nine Cardinal Virtues What are the Nine Cardinal Virtues? - Answer- Compassion, Courtesy, Dedication, Fellowship, Fidelity, Honesty, Justice, Purity, Temprence Which one of Delta Sigma Theta's presidents was the first black women to earn a Ph.D.? - Answer- Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander Who was the last surviving founder? - Answer- Naomi Sewell Richardson (she died in 1993 in Washingtonville, NY) Who was the first founder to enter the Omega Omega chapter. - Answer- Mamie Reddy Rose (she died on February 17, 1919) Who served as the first treasurer of the Alpha Chapter? - Answer- Pauline Oberdorfer Minor Who was the only founder to earn a doctorate degree, and one of two never got married? - Answer- Eliza Pearl Shippen Which founder collected elephants? - Answer- Florence Letcher Toms Which founder created the ceremony for inducting honorary members? - Answer- Madree Penn White Which founder created the mechanism for creating new chapters? - Answer- Madree Penn White Which founder drafted the original constitution and by-laws? - Answer- Madree Penn White Who's idea was it to meet in a national convention with the purpose of nationalizing DST? - Answer- Carrie Jane Sutton (Brooks), president of the Alpha Chapter at the time Which chapters attended the First National Convention? - Answer- Alpha Chapter, Gamma Chapter, and Epsilon Chapter.