DST Study Guide Questions & Answers

Mission Statement - ANSWERSDelta 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? - ANSWERS1st national convention The jewel temperance is dedicated to - ANSWERSNational staff Purpose of the National Vigilance Committee - ANSWERSto keep in touch with the political and civic activities of the country as they affected the negro race in general Name the nine jewels - ANSWERScompassion, courtesy, dedication, fellowship, fidelity, honesty, justice, purity, and temperance Delta Sigma Theta was incorporated when - ANSWERSFebruary 18 1930 The jewel compassion is dedicated to - ANSWERSfounders of delta sigma theta inc. Which Honorary Member wrote the Delta Oath - ANSWERSMary Church Terell What three chapters were in attendance at the First National Convention - ANSWERSAlpha chapter, gamma chapter, epsilon chapter What is the meaning of the jewel dedication - ANSWERSTo a noble cause is one of humanity's highest calling and an act of consecration What components make up the Minerva Circle of Identity - ANSWERSSisterhood, black, college, women, public service Who designed the sorority crest - ANSWERSF. Ailene Marks and Jeanette Triplett Jones On what university campus was Delta Sigma Theta Sorority founded - ANSWERSHoward University Writers of the Delta National Hymn - ANSWERSAlice Dunbar Nelson and Florence Cole Talbert What were the first two graduate chapters authorized by Delta Sigma Theta - ANSWERSAlpha Beta and Beta Beta Purpose of the Jubilee Year established in 1929 - ANSWERSJubilee 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 - ANSWERSHousing fund, sinking fund, the scholarship award fund, and college tuition fund How many principles provide the overall framework for all of the initiation activities - ANSWERSNine First honorary member initiated into Delta Sigma Theta - ANSWERSGabrielle Pelham- mother of G. Dorothy Pelham Beckly At what convention was Mary McLeod Bethune initiated? - ANSWERS5th convention in December of 1923 The jewels representing the nine cardinal values are located on which Greek letter on the Delta Pin? - ANSWERSSigma Complete the following statement from the Delta Oath: I will close my ears - ANSWERSand seal my lips to slanderous gossip Complete the following statement from the Delta Oath: I will take an active interest in the welfare - ANSWERSof 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 - ANSWERSand 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 - ANSWERSZephyr 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 - ANSWERSVashti Turley Murphy First of the Founders to enter into the Omega Omega Chapter on Feb. 17, 1919; from Beta, SC - ANSWERSMamie 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 - ANSWERSWinona 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 - ANSWERSFlorence Letcher Toms Accomplished pianist who taught school in Washington, D.C. - ANSWERSOlive Jones The first Vice President of Alpha Chapter; first Black teacher in Richmond County, NY; charter member of the Queens Alumnae Chapter - ANSWERSEthel Cuff Black Served as the Recording Secretary of the Alpha Chapter; taught at Claflin College in Oragneburg, S.C. - ANSWERSEdith Motte Young Founder who selected the Delta mottoes; an acclaimed actress and directress of the America Negro Theater; directress of Harlem School of Arts - ANSWERSOsceola Macarthy Adams Graduated magna cum laude from Howard University; received her M.A. and Ph.D - ANSWERSEliza 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 - ANSWERSBertha Pitts Campbell