Question and Answer | Complete Study
Pack | Grade A+
• National Headquarters was established under what National President -✓✓
Jeannette Triplet Jones
• National Boards were created as part of the organizational structure under this
National President -✓✓ Gladys Byram Sheppard
• The National Pan-Hellenic Council was formed under this National President -
✓✓ Anna Johnson Julian
• Delegates voted to hold National Convention every two years under this
National President -✓✓ Ethel Lamar Calimese
• President when the 1st National Convention was held -✓✓ Sadie T.M. Alexander
• Omega Omega was established as a Memorial Chapter under this National
President -✓✓ Dorothy Pelham Beckley
• What is the Sacred Vow/Sorority Vow -✓✓ Membership in Delta Sigma Theta is
a lifetime commitment
• What is the Sacred Trust -✓✓ The induction of new members into Delta Sigma
Theta is the sorority's most sacred trust.
,• Who wrote and composed the Delta National Hymn? -✓✓ Alice Dunbar Nelson
and Florence Cole Talbert
• What is the sorority's official stone? -✓✓ The pearl
• Where were the graduate chapters authorized and what year -✓✓ At the 2nd
National Convention and in 1920
• Who were the first (3) Honorary Members of DST? -✓✓ Nannie H. Burroughs,
Gabrielle Pelham, Mary Church Terrell
• The Jewels representing the Nine Cardinal Virtues are located on which Greek
Letter on the Delta pin -✓✓ Sigma
• When was Delta's Alpha Chapter granted a Certificate of Incorporation? -✓✓
February 18, 1913
• In what year was DST conceptualized as a chartered sorority? -✓✓ 1912
• In what year was the Housing Fund, Sinking Fund, Scholarship Award Fund and
College Tuition Fund established? -✓✓ 1922
• Name the elements of the Minerva Circle of Identify? -✓✓ Sisterhood, Black,
College, Women, Public Service
, • Name the Nine Jewels -✓✓ Compassion, Courtesy, Dedication, Fellowship,
Fidelity, Honesty, Justice, Purity, Temperance
• What is the Mission Statement of the Sorority -✓✓ Delta Sigma Theta Sorority,
Incorporated is an organization of college educated women committed to the
constructive development of its members and to public service with a primary
focus on the Black community.
• Name the First Jewel in the Sigma -✓✓ Compassion
• What is the meaning of the Jewel Compassion -✓✓ Dedicated to the Founders
of Delta Sigma Theta
• Name the Second Jewel in the Sigma and it's meaning -✓✓ Courtesy and is
dedicated to the Mothers of Delta members
• Name the Third Jewel in the Sigma and it's meaning -✓✓ Dedication and is
dedicated to the National Presidents, past and present
• Delta Sigma Theta was incorporated in what year? -✓✓ 1930
• On what university campus was Delta Sigma Theta Sorority founded? -✓✓
Howard University
• What are the two components of the Fundamental Principles of the
organization -✓✓ The Nine Jewels and the Delta Oath