DELTA ACHIEVEMENT COMPREHENSIVE
EXAMINATION TEST COMPLETE
QUESTIONS WITH ACCURATE SOLUTIONS
●● National Boards were created as part of the organizational structure
under this National President
Answer: Gladys Byram Sheppard
●● The National Pan-Hellenic Council was formed under this National
President
Answer: Anna Johnson Julian
●● Delegates voted to hold National Convention every two years under
this National President
Answer: Ethel Lamar Calimese
●● President when the 1st National Convention was held
Answer: Sadie T.M. Alexander
●● Omega Omega was established as a Memorial Chapter under this
National President
Answer: Dorothy Pelham Beckley
,●● What is the Sacred Vow/Sorority Vow
Answer: Membership in Delta Sigma Theta is a lifetime commitment
●● What is the Sacred Trust
Answer: The induction of new members into Delta Sigma Theta is the
sorority's most sacred trust.
●● Who wrote and composed the Delta National Hymn?
Answer: Alice Dunbar Nelson and Florence Cole Talbert
●● What is the sorority's official stone?
Answer: The pearl
●● Where were the graduate chapters authorized and what year
Answer: At the 2nd National Convention and in 1920
●● Who were the first (3) Honorary Members of DST?
Answer: 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
Answer: Sigma
, ●● When was Delta's Alpha Chapter granted a Certificate of
Incorporation?
Answer: February 18, 1913
●● In what year was DST conceptualized as a chartered sorority?
Answer: 1912
●● In what year was the Housing Fund, Sinking Fund, Scholarship
Award Fund and College Tuition Fund established?
Answer: 1922
●● 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.
EXAMINATION TEST COMPLETE
QUESTIONS WITH ACCURATE SOLUTIONS
●● National Boards were created as part of the organizational structure
under this National President
Answer: Gladys Byram Sheppard
●● The National Pan-Hellenic Council was formed under this National
President
Answer: Anna Johnson Julian
●● Delegates voted to hold National Convention every two years under
this National President
Answer: Ethel Lamar Calimese
●● President when the 1st National Convention was held
Answer: Sadie T.M. Alexander
●● Omega Omega was established as a Memorial Chapter under this
National President
Answer: Dorothy Pelham Beckley
,●● What is the Sacred Vow/Sorority Vow
Answer: Membership in Delta Sigma Theta is a lifetime commitment
●● What is the Sacred Trust
Answer: The induction of new members into Delta Sigma Theta is the
sorority's most sacred trust.
●● Who wrote and composed the Delta National Hymn?
Answer: Alice Dunbar Nelson and Florence Cole Talbert
●● What is the sorority's official stone?
Answer: The pearl
●● Where were the graduate chapters authorized and what year
Answer: At the 2nd National Convention and in 1920
●● Who were the first (3) Honorary Members of DST?
Answer: 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
Answer: Sigma
, ●● When was Delta's Alpha Chapter granted a Certificate of
Incorporation?
Answer: February 18, 1913
●● In what year was DST conceptualized as a chartered sorority?
Answer: 1912
●● In what year was the Housing Fund, Sinking Fund, Scholarship
Award Fund and College Tuition Fund established?
Answer: 1922
●● 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.
