Delta Phi Epsilon – Sorority Overview and Study Guide
What is Delta Phi Epsilon's national founding date? - correct answer ✔✔ March 17th, 1917
Where was Delta Phi Epsilon founded? - correct answer ✔✔ New York University School of Law
Name the first DIMES in our founding sisters - correct answer ✔✔ Dorothy Cohen Schwartzman
Name the second DIMES in our founding sisters - correct answer ✔✔ Ida Bienstock Landau
Name the third DIMES in our founding sisters - correct answer ✔✔ Minna Goldsmith Mahler
Name the fourth DIMES in our founding sisters - correct answer ✔✔ Eve Effron Robin
Name the fifth DIMES in our founding sisters - correct answer ✔✔ Sylvia Steierman Cohn
What type of sorority are we? - correct answer ✔✔ Non-Sectarian (Only one founded at a
professional school)
What does non-sectarian mean? - correct answer ✔✔ Not based on race or creed
Describe our active sisterhood pin - correct answer ✔✔ Gold equilateral triangle, with 21
pearls. Gold letters on black onyx
What are our sorority colors? - correct answer ✔✔ Royal Purple and Pure Gold
,What is one of our three philanthropies? - correct answer ✔✔ ANAD- Anorexia Nervosa and
Associated Disorders
What is a second one of our three philanthropies? - correct answer ✔✔ CFF- Cystic Fibrosis
Foundation
What is the third one of our three philanthropies? - correct answer ✔✔ Delta Phi Epsilon
Education Foundation
What is our symbol? (Mascot) - correct answer ✔✔ The Unicorn
What is our sorority flower? - correct answer ✔✔ The Lovely Purple Iris
What is our sorority jewel? - correct answer ✔✔ The Pearl
What is our sorority motto? - correct answer ✔✔ "Esse Quam Videri"
What does our motto mean? - correct answer ✔✔ To be, rather than to seem to be
What organization were we before becoming Delta Phi Epsilon? - correct answer ✔✔ The Royal
Ladies
What colony of Delta Phi Epsilon were we before we became a chapter? - correct answer ✔✔
Gamma Colony
What chapter of Delta Phi Epsilon are we? - correct answer ✔✔ Beta Upsilon
What is our local founding date at RIT? - correct answer ✔✔ May 13th, 1995
, What date were we colonized? - correct answer ✔✔ April 23rd, 1994
What does PEARL stand for? - correct answer ✔✔ Personal Enrichment Activity for Responsible
Living
What does PDP stand for? - correct answer ✔✔ Personal Development Pearl
List two examples of a PDP - correct answer ✔✔ Training for a Marathon
Learning to Drive Stick-Shift
Attending Leadership Development Retreats
Learning to Live a Healthier Lifestyle
Taking Cooking Classes
What kind of sorority are we? (Social, Service, or Professional) - correct answer ✔✔ Social
Sorority
What is the name of the National Magazine that Delta Phi Epsilon releases? - correct answer
✔✔ The Triad
What date were the Royal Ladies conceived? - correct answer ✔✔ March 15th, 1991
What date were the Royal Ladies initiated? - correct answer ✔✔ April 26th, 1991
List the five S's - correct answer ✔✔ Sisterhood
Scholarship
Service
What is Delta Phi Epsilon's national founding date? - correct answer ✔✔ March 17th, 1917
Where was Delta Phi Epsilon founded? - correct answer ✔✔ New York University School of Law
Name the first DIMES in our founding sisters - correct answer ✔✔ Dorothy Cohen Schwartzman
Name the second DIMES in our founding sisters - correct answer ✔✔ Ida Bienstock Landau
Name the third DIMES in our founding sisters - correct answer ✔✔ Minna Goldsmith Mahler
Name the fourth DIMES in our founding sisters - correct answer ✔✔ Eve Effron Robin
Name the fifth DIMES in our founding sisters - correct answer ✔✔ Sylvia Steierman Cohn
What type of sorority are we? - correct answer ✔✔ Non-Sectarian (Only one founded at a
professional school)
What does non-sectarian mean? - correct answer ✔✔ Not based on race or creed
Describe our active sisterhood pin - correct answer ✔✔ Gold equilateral triangle, with 21
pearls. Gold letters on black onyx
What are our sorority colors? - correct answer ✔✔ Royal Purple and Pure Gold
,What is one of our three philanthropies? - correct answer ✔✔ ANAD- Anorexia Nervosa and
Associated Disorders
What is a second one of our three philanthropies? - correct answer ✔✔ CFF- Cystic Fibrosis
Foundation
What is the third one of our three philanthropies? - correct answer ✔✔ Delta Phi Epsilon
Education Foundation
What is our symbol? (Mascot) - correct answer ✔✔ The Unicorn
What is our sorority flower? - correct answer ✔✔ The Lovely Purple Iris
What is our sorority jewel? - correct answer ✔✔ The Pearl
What is our sorority motto? - correct answer ✔✔ "Esse Quam Videri"
What does our motto mean? - correct answer ✔✔ To be, rather than to seem to be
What organization were we before becoming Delta Phi Epsilon? - correct answer ✔✔ The Royal
Ladies
What colony of Delta Phi Epsilon were we before we became a chapter? - correct answer ✔✔
Gamma Colony
What chapter of Delta Phi Epsilon are we? - correct answer ✔✔ Beta Upsilon
What is our local founding date at RIT? - correct answer ✔✔ May 13th, 1995
, What date were we colonized? - correct answer ✔✔ April 23rd, 1994
What does PEARL stand for? - correct answer ✔✔ Personal Enrichment Activity for Responsible
Living
What does PDP stand for? - correct answer ✔✔ Personal Development Pearl
List two examples of a PDP - correct answer ✔✔ Training for a Marathon
Learning to Drive Stick-Shift
Attending Leadership Development Retreats
Learning to Live a Healthier Lifestyle
Taking Cooking Classes
What kind of sorority are we? (Social, Service, or Professional) - correct answer ✔✔ Social
Sorority
What is the name of the National Magazine that Delta Phi Epsilon releases? - correct answer
✔✔ The Triad
What date were the Royal Ladies conceived? - correct answer ✔✔ March 15th, 1991
What date were the Royal Ladies initiated? - correct answer ✔✔ April 26th, 1991
List the five S's - correct answer ✔✔ Sisterhood
Scholarship
Service
