TORCH PROCESS QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
CCURATE ANSWERS
What was the first collegiate fraternal organization and what year was it founded? -
Answers -Phi Betta kappa - 1776
What was the first Black Greek-lettered organization? - Answers -Sigma Pi Phi - "The
Boule"
The NPHC is the acronym for? - Answers -National Pan-Hellenic Council
Iota Phi Theta became a member of the NPHC in? - Answers -1996
NPHC Organizations are rooted in a specific cultural context but are opened to different
backgrounds in terms of membership is an example of? - Answers -Historically African
American
People join Greek-Lettered organizations for the opportunity to bind and develop close
ties with other like-minded individuals is commonly known as? - Answers -Fraternalism
Although Greek-lettered organizations existed on their respective campuses, the
founders of ΑΦΑ,ΚΑΨ,ΣΓΡ choose to create new organizations because? - Answers -
The existing organizations excluded African Americans
W.E.B DuBois has included NPHC organizations in his concept of the "talented tenth"
which is characterized as? - Answers -A leadership class within the African American
community
Although there are similarities between NPHC organizations and their counterparts, the
major difference is that NPHC organizations have a primary focus on? - Answers -
Service Activities
NPHC Organizations do not accept first semester freshman, because they would prefer
that new members have a collegiate GPA upon applying. This is an example of a
commitment to? - Answers -Scholarship
When was Sigma Gamma Rho founded? - Answers -November 12th, 1922; Butler
University (Indianapolis, Indiana)
Which organization in Indiana boasted the largest membership number outside of the
Southern states in 1922? - Answers -Ku Klux Klan
CCURATE ANSWERS
What was the first collegiate fraternal organization and what year was it founded? -
Answers -Phi Betta kappa - 1776
What was the first Black Greek-lettered organization? - Answers -Sigma Pi Phi - "The
Boule"
The NPHC is the acronym for? - Answers -National Pan-Hellenic Council
Iota Phi Theta became a member of the NPHC in? - Answers -1996
NPHC Organizations are rooted in a specific cultural context but are opened to different
backgrounds in terms of membership is an example of? - Answers -Historically African
American
People join Greek-Lettered organizations for the opportunity to bind and develop close
ties with other like-minded individuals is commonly known as? - Answers -Fraternalism
Although Greek-lettered organizations existed on their respective campuses, the
founders of ΑΦΑ,ΚΑΨ,ΣΓΡ choose to create new organizations because? - Answers -
The existing organizations excluded African Americans
W.E.B DuBois has included NPHC organizations in his concept of the "talented tenth"
which is characterized as? - Answers -A leadership class within the African American
community
Although there are similarities between NPHC organizations and their counterparts, the
major difference is that NPHC organizations have a primary focus on? - Answers -
Service Activities
NPHC Organizations do not accept first semester freshman, because they would prefer
that new members have a collegiate GPA upon applying. This is an example of a
commitment to? - Answers -Scholarship
When was Sigma Gamma Rho founded? - Answers -November 12th, 1922; Butler
University (Indianapolis, Indiana)
Which organization in Indiana boasted the largest membership number outside of the
Southern states in 1922? - Answers -Ku Klux Klan
