PYRAMID PREPARATION STUDY EXAM
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS 2025
What is the mission statement of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority,
Incorporated? correct answers Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated is
an organization of college educated women committed to the
constructional development of its members and to public service with a
primary focus on the Black community.
Which founder created the Sorority Pin? correct answers Madree Penn
White
Describe what the sorority pin looks like correct answers The pin is
comprised of 3 greek letters for D, S, and T FOR Delta Sigma Theta.
The sigma has N jewels on it that represent the 9 Cardinal Virtues
What are the 9 Cardinal Virtues? correct answers Compassion,Courtesy,
Dedication, Fellowship, Fidelity, Honesty, Justice, Purity, Temperance
They are the foundation of Delta Sigma Theta
Name the first 3 dedications of the first 3 jewels correct answers
Compassion is dedicated to the Founders of Delta Sigma Theta
Sorority, Inc.
Courtesy is dedicated to the mothers of Delta
Dedication is dedicated to the National Presidents, past and present
What were the 2 factions that emerged in 1912 as it relates to Alpha Kappa
Alpha and Delta Sigma Theta? correct answers social issues of the time and
personal development
Who was the president of Alpha Kappa Alpha? correct answers Myra Davis
Hemmings
Who presented Founder Myra Davis Hemmings with the idea of becoming a
chartered sorority? correct answers Founder Madree Penn White
What was the name of the individual that objected the name change of
Alpha Kappa Alpha correct answers Nellie Quander
What date was Delta's Alpha Chapter granted Certificate of
Incorporation? correct answers February 18, 1913
In the first 5 years, DST sought to offer membership to who? correct
answers only honor students
, In what year was the first "loan fund" established and what did this do?
correct answers 1913, it assisted sorors who faced financial difficulties and
continued through the Great Depression of the 1930s
When did the Deltas march with the suffragette movement? correct
answers March 3, 1913
What was the first public service act Delta Sigma Theta participated in?
correct answers The Women's Suffrage March
Who was the president of the Alpha Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta
Sorority, Incorporated founded on the campus on Howard University?
correct answers Myra Davis Hemmings
When was the First National Convention ? correct answers December 27-
30, 1919 in Washington DC
Who were the first honorary members of DST? correct answers Nannie H.
Burroughs, Gabrielle Pelham, Mary Church Terrell
In what year were graduate chapters authorized? correct answers 1920
When was May Week established and under which president? correct
answers in the year of 1921 under President Saddie Tanner Mossell
Alexander
What were the 4 funds established in 1922 and under which president were
these ideas conceived? correct answers Housing Fund
Sinking Fund
Scholarship Award
Fun College Tuition
Fund
Under President
Saddie Tanner
Mossell Alexander
Which Honorary
Member was
initiated in 1923?
correct answers
Mary Mcleod
Bethune
Who were the 2 sorors that composed the Delta Hymn? correct answers
Alice Dunbar- Nelson
Florence Cole Talbert-Mccleave
At which national convention was the Delta Hymn adopted? correct
answers 6th National Convention
In what year was the Delta Hymn written and composed? correct
answers 1924 Which chapter adopted the Jabberwok in 1925? correct
answers Iota Chapter
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS 2025
What is the mission statement of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority,
Incorporated? correct answers Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated is
an organization of college educated women committed to the
constructional development of its members and to public service with a
primary focus on the Black community.
Which founder created the Sorority Pin? correct answers Madree Penn
White
Describe what the sorority pin looks like correct answers The pin is
comprised of 3 greek letters for D, S, and T FOR Delta Sigma Theta.
The sigma has N jewels on it that represent the 9 Cardinal Virtues
What are the 9 Cardinal Virtues? correct answers Compassion,Courtesy,
Dedication, Fellowship, Fidelity, Honesty, Justice, Purity, Temperance
They are the foundation of Delta Sigma Theta
Name the first 3 dedications of the first 3 jewels correct answers
Compassion is dedicated to the Founders of Delta Sigma Theta
Sorority, Inc.
Courtesy is dedicated to the mothers of Delta
Dedication is dedicated to the National Presidents, past and present
What were the 2 factions that emerged in 1912 as it relates to Alpha Kappa
Alpha and Delta Sigma Theta? correct answers social issues of the time and
personal development
Who was the president of Alpha Kappa Alpha? correct answers Myra Davis
Hemmings
Who presented Founder Myra Davis Hemmings with the idea of becoming a
chartered sorority? correct answers Founder Madree Penn White
What was the name of the individual that objected the name change of
Alpha Kappa Alpha correct answers Nellie Quander
What date was Delta's Alpha Chapter granted Certificate of
Incorporation? correct answers February 18, 1913
In the first 5 years, DST sought to offer membership to who? correct
answers only honor students
, In what year was the first "loan fund" established and what did this do?
correct answers 1913, it assisted sorors who faced financial difficulties and
continued through the Great Depression of the 1930s
When did the Deltas march with the suffragette movement? correct
answers March 3, 1913
What was the first public service act Delta Sigma Theta participated in?
correct answers The Women's Suffrage March
Who was the president of the Alpha Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta
Sorority, Incorporated founded on the campus on Howard University?
correct answers Myra Davis Hemmings
When was the First National Convention ? correct answers December 27-
30, 1919 in Washington DC
Who were the first honorary members of DST? correct answers Nannie H.
Burroughs, Gabrielle Pelham, Mary Church Terrell
In what year were graduate chapters authorized? correct answers 1920
When was May Week established and under which president? correct
answers in the year of 1921 under President Saddie Tanner Mossell
Alexander
What were the 4 funds established in 1922 and under which president were
these ideas conceived? correct answers Housing Fund
Sinking Fund
Scholarship Award
Fun College Tuition
Fund
Under President
Saddie Tanner
Mossell Alexander
Which Honorary
Member was
initiated in 1923?
correct answers
Mary Mcleod
Bethune
Who were the 2 sorors that composed the Delta Hymn? correct answers
Alice Dunbar- Nelson
Florence Cole Talbert-Mccleave
At which national convention was the Delta Hymn adopted? correct
answers 6th National Convention
In what year was the Delta Hymn written and composed? correct
answers 1924 Which chapter adopted the Jabberwok in 1925? correct
answers Iota Chapter
