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Mission Statement - correct answer Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated is an organization of college educated women committed to constructive development of its members and to public service with a primary focus on the black community. What convention was Grand Chapter created? - correct answer 1st national convention The jewel temperance is dedicated to - correct answer National staff Purpose of the National Vigilance Committee - correct answer to keep in touch with the political and civic activities of the country as they affected the negro race in general Name the nine jewels - correct answer compassion, courtesy, dedication, fellowship, fidelity, honesty, justice, purity, and temperance Delta Sigma Theta was incorporated when - correct answer February 18 1930 The jewel compassion is dedicated to - correct answer founders of delta sigma theta inc. Which Honorary Member wrote the Delta Oath - correct answer Mary Church Terell What three chapters were in attendance at the First National Convention - correct answer Alpha chapter, gamma chapter, epsilon chapter What is the meaning of the jewel dedication - correct answer To a noble cause is one of humanity's highest calling and an act of consecration What components make up the Minerva Circle of Identity - correct answer Sisterhood, black, college, women, public service Who designed the sorority crest - correct answer F. Ailene Marks and Jeanette Triplett Jones On what university campus was Delta Sigma Theta Sorority founded - correct answer Howard University Writers of the Delta National Hymn - correct answer Alice Dunbar Nelson and Florence Cole Talbert What were the first two graduate chapters authorized by Delta Sigma Theta - correct answer Alpha Beta and Beta Beta Purpose of the Jubilee Year established in 1929 - correct answer Jubilee year was established with hopes that hundreds of Delta women would rededicate themselves to the sorority's ideals and become active participants in its programs Four funds established under First National President Sadie T. Mossell Alexander - correct answer Housing fund, sinking fund, the scholarship award fund, and college tuition fund How many principles provide the overall framework for all of the initiation activities - correct answer Nine First honorary member initiated into Delta Sigma Theta - correct answer Gabrielle Pelham- mother of G. Dorothy Pelham Beckly At what convention was Mary McLeod Bethune initiated? - correct answer 5th convention in December of 1923 The jewels representing the nine cardinal values are located on which Greek letter on the Delta Pin? - correct answer Sigma Complete the following statement from the Delta Oath: I will close my ears - correct answer and seal my lips to slanderous gossip Complete the following statement from the Delta Oath: I will take an active interest in the welfare - correct answer of my country, using my influence toward the enactment of laws for the protection of the unfortunate and weak and for the repeal of those depriving human beings of their privileges and rights Complete the following statement from the Delta Oath: I will never belittle any race - correct answer and will try to persuade others to take the same just stand Born in El Paso, Texas; featured in the Crisis Magazine in 1913; reporter for the Alpha chapter; gifted singer - correct answer Zephyr Chisom Carter Mother of five daughters, four of whom became Deltas; member of the Baltimore Branch of the National Association of College Women; first public high school in U.S. Dunbar High School - correct answer Vashti Turley Murphy First of the Founders to enter into the Omega Omega Chapter on Feb. 17, 1919; from Beta, SC - correct answer Mamie Reddy Rose First Custodian (Historian) of the Alpha Chapter; was the first Black of the Alpha Chapter; was the first Black social worker with New York City and New York County charitees - correct answer Winona Cargile Alexander Presented First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt to parents at the John Wesley AME Zion Church in 1945; had interactions with multiple US presidents including William H. Taft and John F. Kennedy - correct answer Florence Letcher Toms Accomplished pianist who taught school in Washington, D.C. - correct answer Olive Jones The first Vice President of Alpha Chapter; first Black teacher in Richmond County, NY; charter member of the Queens Alumnae Chapter - correct answer Ethel Cuff Black Served as the Recording Secretary of the Alpha Chapter; taught at Claflin College in Oragneburg, S.C. - correct answer Edith Motte Young Founder who selected the Delta mottoes; an acclaimed actress and directress of the America Negro Theater; directress of Harlem School of Arts - correct answer Osceola Macarthy Adams Graduated magna cum laude from Howard University; received her M.A. and Ph.D - correct answer Eliza Pearl Shippen The only Black student enrolled at her school; was the valedictorian of the Class of 1908; born in Kansas; participated in 1913 March on Washington - correct answer Bertha Pitts Campbell Last surviving founder in 1933; the first black graduate of Washingtonville High School; married a member of Alpha Phi Alpha - correct answer Naomi Sewell Richardson Born in Illinois; constant supporter of Alpha Chapter; helped Alpha Nu chapter in the purchase of the sorority house on the campus of the university of Illinois - correct answer Marguerite Young Alexander Accomplished linguist who spoke German, French, Greek, and Latin; designed ceremony for inducting honorary members; first woman of the campus paper, The Howard University Journal - correct answer Madree Penn White President and valedictorian of her graduating class; married a founder of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. - correct answer Edna Brown Coleman