Delta Sigma Theta Practice
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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
Test complete with verified
solutions(latest updated
version already graded A+)
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
