Zeta Psi – Zeta Tau Pledge Exam Study Guide with Key
Concepts and Practice Questions
3 Founders - correct answer ✔✔ John Bradt Yates Sommers
John Moon Skillman
William Henry Dayton
When and where was Zeta Psi founded? - correct answer ✔✔ New York University
June 1st, 1847
First Greek Letter Society - correct answer ✔✔ Phi Beta Kappa
Mother of all fraternities - correct answer ✔✔ Union College
First Zete to graduate - correct answer ✔✔ George S. Woodhull
Zeta Psi first to do what? - correct answer ✔✔ Nationwide, University of California Iota Chapter
International, University of Toronto, Theta Xi
Cross-atlantic, University of Oxford, Iota Omicron
All 8 ivy-league schools
Grand Chapter location - correct answer ✔✔ 15 S Henry St., Pearl River, NY
Bill Comstocks' 3 Visions - correct answer ✔✔ - Everyone gets a copy of The Circle
- Paid secretary to visit every Chapter annually
- Fund for general fraternity support
,Who wrote, "The Badge of Zeta Psi"? - correct answer ✔✔ Francis Lawton
Who wrote In Flanders Fields? - correct answer ✔✔ Dr. John McCrea
Flower of Zeta Psi - correct answer ✔✔ White Carnation
Primary and secondary colors - correct answer ✔✔ Primary- White
Secondary- Gold and black
Fraternity flag - correct answer ✔✔ White field with the Greek letters zeta and psi, in gold,
outlined in black
Letter Positions - correct answer ✔✔ Phi, el prez
Alpha phi, VP
Sigma, Secretary
Alpha sigma, vice secretary
Gamma, Treasurer
Delta, Historian
Sigma rho, Sergeant-at-Arms
First Stanza of In Flanders Fields - correct answer ✔✔ In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
, Second Stanza of In Flanders Fields - correct answer ✔✔ We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Third Stanza of In Flanders Fields - correct answer ✔✔ Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
Why did William Henry Dayton leave NY and where did he go? - correct answer ✔✔ Failing
Health. He went to University of North Carolina to set up a new chapter, which did not happen.
What are the 2nd and 3rd Chapters to be founded? - correct answer ✔✔ 2nd- Williams College
May 23, 1848
3rd- Rutgers University
Chapter that was destroyed by Sherman's march to the sea - correct answer ✔✔ Gamma
Zeta Psi's Executive Director - correct answer ✔✔ George E. McElroy
How many Chapters does Zeta Psi have? - correct answer ✔✔ 87, 53 active and 34 inactive
Zeta Psi Mascot - correct answer ✔✔ Mallord
Concepts and Practice Questions
3 Founders - correct answer ✔✔ John Bradt Yates Sommers
John Moon Skillman
William Henry Dayton
When and where was Zeta Psi founded? - correct answer ✔✔ New York University
June 1st, 1847
First Greek Letter Society - correct answer ✔✔ Phi Beta Kappa
Mother of all fraternities - correct answer ✔✔ Union College
First Zete to graduate - correct answer ✔✔ George S. Woodhull
Zeta Psi first to do what? - correct answer ✔✔ Nationwide, University of California Iota Chapter
International, University of Toronto, Theta Xi
Cross-atlantic, University of Oxford, Iota Omicron
All 8 ivy-league schools
Grand Chapter location - correct answer ✔✔ 15 S Henry St., Pearl River, NY
Bill Comstocks' 3 Visions - correct answer ✔✔ - Everyone gets a copy of The Circle
- Paid secretary to visit every Chapter annually
- Fund for general fraternity support
,Who wrote, "The Badge of Zeta Psi"? - correct answer ✔✔ Francis Lawton
Who wrote In Flanders Fields? - correct answer ✔✔ Dr. John McCrea
Flower of Zeta Psi - correct answer ✔✔ White Carnation
Primary and secondary colors - correct answer ✔✔ Primary- White
Secondary- Gold and black
Fraternity flag - correct answer ✔✔ White field with the Greek letters zeta and psi, in gold,
outlined in black
Letter Positions - correct answer ✔✔ Phi, el prez
Alpha phi, VP
Sigma, Secretary
Alpha sigma, vice secretary
Gamma, Treasurer
Delta, Historian
Sigma rho, Sergeant-at-Arms
First Stanza of In Flanders Fields - correct answer ✔✔ In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
, Second Stanza of In Flanders Fields - correct answer ✔✔ We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Third Stanza of In Flanders Fields - correct answer ✔✔ Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
Why did William Henry Dayton leave NY and where did he go? - correct answer ✔✔ Failing
Health. He went to University of North Carolina to set up a new chapter, which did not happen.
What are the 2nd and 3rd Chapters to be founded? - correct answer ✔✔ 2nd- Williams College
May 23, 1848
3rd- Rutgers University
Chapter that was destroyed by Sherman's march to the sea - correct answer ✔✔ Gamma
Zeta Psi's Executive Director - correct answer ✔✔ George E. McElroy
How many Chapters does Zeta Psi have? - correct answer ✔✔ 87, 53 active and 34 inactive
Zeta Psi Mascot - correct answer ✔✔ Mallord
