T.O.R.C.H – Final Exam Study Guide with Key Concepts
and Practice Questions
When and where was sigma Gamma Rho founded? - correct answer ✔✔ November 12, 1922 -
Indianapolis, IN at Butler University
When did sgrho become an incorporated national organization - correct answer ✔✔ It became
an incorporated national organization on December 30,1929
Who wrote the sorority's official pledge - correct answer ✔✔ Founder Mary Lou Allison Gardner
Little
What is the name of the official publication - correct answer ✔✔ The Aurora
Who designed the Sorority's official badge - correct answer ✔✔ Founder Cubena McClure
What are the 4 types of sorority meetings? - correct answer ✔✔ local, area, regional, and boulé
Describe the sorority's official badge - correct answer ✔✔ The sorority's official badge is an
open book with a torch as its foundation, ten pearls mounted on the edges and two rubies at
the base
How is sigma Gamma Rho different from other nphc sororities? - correct answer ✔✔ Sigma
Gamma Rho is the only sorority that was not founded on the campus of historically black
colleges or universities
Name 5 of the sorority's national programs - correct answer ✔✔ Operation big bookbag, project
reassurance, project wee savers, sigma youth symposium, program for Africa
, What are Philo affiliates - correct answer ✔✔ Philos are women who are friends of sigma who
function as an auxiliary to the local graduate chapter. Philos also have chapter meetings and
elected officials
What is the rhoer club? - correct answer ✔✔ Young ladies between the ages of 12-18 who are
provided with educational, vocational, civic, social, and cultural experiences through their local
graduate chapter. Rhoer clubs have officers and meetings structured in the same format as
official sigma meetings
Name 3 organizations that the grand chapter has membership in - correct answer ✔✔ Three
organizations that the grand chapter has membership includes National Council of Negro
Women (NCNW), United Negro College Fund (UNCF) , and National Pan-Hellenic Council.
The grand chapter is composed of - correct answer ✔✔ The board of directors, elected chapter
delegates, members at large, life members, and past grand basilei
When are national fees due? - correct answer ✔✔ July 1st
When does grand chapter meet? - correct answer ✔✔ every two years at boule
How many regions are there? List them in order - correct answer ✔✔ There are 5 regions.
Central, northeastern, southeastern, southwestern, and western
What region is the chapter you are seeking membership in? - correct answer ✔✔ Southwestern
What are the duties of the regional syntaktes? - correct answer ✔✔ Presides over the region,
organizes, and supervised chapters
and Practice Questions
When and where was sigma Gamma Rho founded? - correct answer ✔✔ November 12, 1922 -
Indianapolis, IN at Butler University
When did sgrho become an incorporated national organization - correct answer ✔✔ It became
an incorporated national organization on December 30,1929
Who wrote the sorority's official pledge - correct answer ✔✔ Founder Mary Lou Allison Gardner
Little
What is the name of the official publication - correct answer ✔✔ The Aurora
Who designed the Sorority's official badge - correct answer ✔✔ Founder Cubena McClure
What are the 4 types of sorority meetings? - correct answer ✔✔ local, area, regional, and boulé
Describe the sorority's official badge - correct answer ✔✔ The sorority's official badge is an
open book with a torch as its foundation, ten pearls mounted on the edges and two rubies at
the base
How is sigma Gamma Rho different from other nphc sororities? - correct answer ✔✔ Sigma
Gamma Rho is the only sorority that was not founded on the campus of historically black
colleges or universities
Name 5 of the sorority's national programs - correct answer ✔✔ Operation big bookbag, project
reassurance, project wee savers, sigma youth symposium, program for Africa
, What are Philo affiliates - correct answer ✔✔ Philos are women who are friends of sigma who
function as an auxiliary to the local graduate chapter. Philos also have chapter meetings and
elected officials
What is the rhoer club? - correct answer ✔✔ Young ladies between the ages of 12-18 who are
provided with educational, vocational, civic, social, and cultural experiences through their local
graduate chapter. Rhoer clubs have officers and meetings structured in the same format as
official sigma meetings
Name 3 organizations that the grand chapter has membership in - correct answer ✔✔ Three
organizations that the grand chapter has membership includes National Council of Negro
Women (NCNW), United Negro College Fund (UNCF) , and National Pan-Hellenic Council.
The grand chapter is composed of - correct answer ✔✔ The board of directors, elected chapter
delegates, members at large, life members, and past grand basilei
When are national fees due? - correct answer ✔✔ July 1st
When does grand chapter meet? - correct answer ✔✔ every two years at boule
How many regions are there? List them in order - correct answer ✔✔ There are 5 regions.
Central, northeastern, southeastern, southwestern, and western
What region is the chapter you are seeking membership in? - correct answer ✔✔ Southwestern
What are the duties of the regional syntaktes? - correct answer ✔✔ Presides over the region,
organizes, and supervised chapters
