DELTA ACHIEVEMENT TEST ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS COMPLETE
STUDY GUIDE
◉ Name the elements of the Minerva Circle of Identify.
Answer: Sisterhood, Black, College, Women, Public Service
◉ Name the Nine Jewels.
Answer: Compassion, Courtesy, Dedication, Fellowship, Fidelity,
Honesty, Justice, Purity, Temperance
◉ What is the Mission Statement of the Sorority.
Answer: 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.
Answer: Compassion
◉ What is the meaning of the Jewel Compassion.
Answer: Dedicated to the Founders of Delta Sigma Theta
,◉ Name the Second Jewel in the Sigma and it's meaning.
Answer: Courtesy and is dedicated to the Mothers of Delta members
◉ Name the Third Jewel in the Sigma and it's meaning.
Answer: Dedication and is dedicated to the National Presidents, past
and present
◉ Delta Sigma Theta was incorporated in what year?.
Answer: 1930
◉ On what university campus was Delta Sigma Theta Sorority
founded?.
Answer: Howard University
◉ What are the two components of the Fundamental Principles of
the organization.
Answer: The Nine Jewels and the Delta Oath
◉ Which Founder taught drama at Bennett College; served as
Directress of the Harlem School of Arts; and who selected the Delta
mottoes.
Answer: Osceola McCarthy Adams
, ◉ Which Founder was born in Chicago Illinois; and a constant
supporter of Alpha Chapter.
Answer: Marguerite Young Alexander
◉ Which Founder was the First custodian of the Alpha Chapter; and
the first black social worker with New York City and New York
County charities.
Answer: Winona Cargile Alexander
◉ Which Founder taught at Claflin College in Orangeburg SC.
Answer: Edith Motte Young
◉ Which Founder designed the Sorority Pin; drafted the initial
Constitution & Bylaws; designed the ceremony for inducting
Honorary Members; served as the 2nd President of Alpha Chapter;
and set in motion the mechanism for creating other chapters.
Answer: Madree Penn White
◉ Which Founder published a novel entitled "The Valley of the
Poor".
Answer: Wertie Blackwell Weaver
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS COMPLETE
STUDY GUIDE
◉ Name the elements of the Minerva Circle of Identify.
Answer: Sisterhood, Black, College, Women, Public Service
◉ Name the Nine Jewels.
Answer: Compassion, Courtesy, Dedication, Fellowship, Fidelity,
Honesty, Justice, Purity, Temperance
◉ What is the Mission Statement of the Sorority.
Answer: 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.
Answer: Compassion
◉ What is the meaning of the Jewel Compassion.
Answer: Dedicated to the Founders of Delta Sigma Theta
,◉ Name the Second Jewel in the Sigma and it's meaning.
Answer: Courtesy and is dedicated to the Mothers of Delta members
◉ Name the Third Jewel in the Sigma and it's meaning.
Answer: Dedication and is dedicated to the National Presidents, past
and present
◉ Delta Sigma Theta was incorporated in what year?.
Answer: 1930
◉ On what university campus was Delta Sigma Theta Sorority
founded?.
Answer: Howard University
◉ What are the two components of the Fundamental Principles of
the organization.
Answer: The Nine Jewels and the Delta Oath
◉ Which Founder taught drama at Bennett College; served as
Directress of the Harlem School of Arts; and who selected the Delta
mottoes.
Answer: Osceola McCarthy Adams
, ◉ Which Founder was born in Chicago Illinois; and a constant
supporter of Alpha Chapter.
Answer: Marguerite Young Alexander
◉ Which Founder was the First custodian of the Alpha Chapter; and
the first black social worker with New York City and New York
County charities.
Answer: Winona Cargile Alexander
◉ Which Founder taught at Claflin College in Orangeburg SC.
Answer: Edith Motte Young
◉ Which Founder designed the Sorority Pin; drafted the initial
Constitution & Bylaws; designed the ceremony for inducting
Honorary Members; served as the 2nd President of Alpha Chapter;
and set in motion the mechanism for creating other chapters.
Answer: Madree Penn White
◉ Which Founder published a novel entitled "The Valley of the
Poor".
Answer: Wertie Blackwell Weaver
