DELTA SIGMA THETA PRACTICE 2026
COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT
◉ 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
COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT
◉ 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
