Delta Sigma Theta Exam Preparation Guide - Practice-Ready Answer Guide

Delta Sigma Theta Exam Preparation Guide - Practice-Ready Answer Guide Mission Statement - 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 At what national convention was Grand Chapter created? - answer - 1st national convention To whom or to what group is the jewel Temperance dedicated? - answer - National Staff What was the purpose of the National Vigilance Committee? - answer - To keep in touch with political and civic activities of the country as they affect the negro race Name the Nine Jewels - answer - Compassion, Courtesy, Dedication, Fellowship, Fidelity, Honesty, Justice, Purity, Temperance Delta Sigma Theta was incorporated in what year? - answer - 1930 The Jewel Compassion is dedicated to whom or what group in Delta? - answer - Founders Which Honorary Member wrote the Delta Oath? - answer - Mary Church Terrell What three chapters were in attendance at the First National Convention? - answer - Alpha, Gamma, Epsilon What is the meaning of Jewel Dedication? - answer - To a noble cause is one of humanity's highest calling and an act of consecration Name the elements of the Minerva Circle of Identify? - answer - sisterhood, Black, college, women, public service Who designed the Sorority Crest? - answer - F. Ailene Marks and Jeannette Tripplet Jones On what university campus was Delta Sigma Theta Sorority founded? - answer - Howard University Name the writers of the Delta Sigma Theta National Hymn - answer - Alice Dunbar Nelson and Florence Cole Talbert What were the first two graduate (now called alumnae) chapters authorized by Delta Sigma Theta? - answer - New York City and Washington D.C. What is the purpose of Jubilee Year established in 1929? - answer - hundreds of Delta women would rededicate themselves to the sorority Please name the four funds established under first national president Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander - answer - Housing fund, sinking fund, scholarship award fund, college tuition fund How many principles provide the overall framework for all of the initiation activities? - answer - Nine Who was the first Honorary Member initiated into DST? - answer - Nannie Burroughs At what convention was Mary McLeod Bethune initiated? - answer - 5th convention The jewels representing the nine cardinal virtues are located on which Greek letter on the Delta Pin? - answer - The Sigma I will close my ears - answer - and seal my lips to slanderous gossip I will take an active interest in the welfare - 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 privilieges and rights I will never belittle any race - 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 and actress who harnessed her vocal powers and sang for TV shows - 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; Dunbar - answer - Vashti Turley Murphy First of the Founders to enter into the Omega Omega on February 17, 1919 - answer - Mamie Reddy Rose First sergeant-at-arms of the Alpha Chapter; charter member of the Dallas Alumnae chapter - answer - Frederica Chase Dodd First Custodian (historian) of the Alpha Chapter; was the first black social worker with the New York City and New York County charities - answer - Winona Cargile Alexander Presented First lady Eleanor Roosevelt to parents at the John Wesley AME Zion Church in 1946. Had interactions with mutiple presidents including Taft and Kennedy - answer - Florence Letcher Toms Accomplished pianist who taught school in Washington DC - answer - Olive Cla