Delta Sigma Theta Practice Test | questions and answers |
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Mission Statement 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? 1st national convention
To whom or to what group is the jewel Temperance dedicated? National Staff
What was the purpose of the National Vigilance Committee? To keep in touch with
political and civic activities of the country as they affect the negro race
Name the Nine JewelsCompassion, Courtesy, Dedication, Fellowship, Fidelity, Honesty, Justice,
Purity, Temperance
Delta Sigma Theta was incorporated in what year? 1930
The Jewel Compassion is dedicated to whom or what group in Delta? Founders
Which Honorary Member wrote the Delta Oath? Mary Church Terrell
What three chapters were in attendance at the First National Convention? Alpha, Gamma,
Epsilon
What is the meaning of Jewel Dedication? 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? sisterhood, Black, college, women,
public service
Who designed the Sorority Crest? F. Ailene Marks and Jeannette Tripplet Jones
On what university campus was Delta Sigma Theta Sorority founded? Howard University
Name the writers of the Delta Sigma Theta National Hymn Alice Dunbar Nelson and Florence
Cole Talbert
What were the first two graduate (now called alumnae) chapters authorized by Delta Sigma
Theta? New York City and Washington D.C.
What is the purpose of Jubilee Year established in 1929? hundreds of Delta women would
rededicate themselves to the sorority
, Please name the four funds established under first national president Sadie Tanner Mossell
Alexander Housing fund, sinking fund, scholarship award fund, college tuition fund
How many principles provide the overall framework for all of the initiation activities? Nine
Who was the first Honorary Member initiated into DST? Nannie Burroughs
At what convention was Mary McLeod Bethune initiated? 5th convention
The jewels representing the nine cardinal virtues are located on which Greek letter on the Delta
Pin? The Sigma
I will close my ears and seal my lips to slanderous gossip
I will take an active interest in the welfare 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 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 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 Vashti Turley Murphy
First of the Founders to enter into the Omega Omega on February 17, 1919 Mamie Reddy
Rose
First sergeant-at-arms of the Alpha Chapter; charter member of the Dallas Alumnae chapter
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 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 Florence Letcher
Toms
Accomplished pianist who taught school in Washington DC Olive Claire Jones
The first Vice President of Alpha Chapter, first Black teacher in Richmond County, NY; charter
member of the Queens Alumnae chapter Ethel Cuff Black
With complete solution
Mission Statement 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? 1st national convention
To whom or to what group is the jewel Temperance dedicated? National Staff
What was the purpose of the National Vigilance Committee? To keep in touch with
political and civic activities of the country as they affect the negro race
Name the Nine JewelsCompassion, Courtesy, Dedication, Fellowship, Fidelity, Honesty, Justice,
Purity, Temperance
Delta Sigma Theta was incorporated in what year? 1930
The Jewel Compassion is dedicated to whom or what group in Delta? Founders
Which Honorary Member wrote the Delta Oath? Mary Church Terrell
What three chapters were in attendance at the First National Convention? Alpha, Gamma,
Epsilon
What is the meaning of Jewel Dedication? 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? sisterhood, Black, college, women,
public service
Who designed the Sorority Crest? F. Ailene Marks and Jeannette Tripplet Jones
On what university campus was Delta Sigma Theta Sorority founded? Howard University
Name the writers of the Delta Sigma Theta National Hymn Alice Dunbar Nelson and Florence
Cole Talbert
What were the first two graduate (now called alumnae) chapters authorized by Delta Sigma
Theta? New York City and Washington D.C.
What is the purpose of Jubilee Year established in 1929? hundreds of Delta women would
rededicate themselves to the sorority
, Please name the four funds established under first national president Sadie Tanner Mossell
Alexander Housing fund, sinking fund, scholarship award fund, college tuition fund
How many principles provide the overall framework for all of the initiation activities? Nine
Who was the first Honorary Member initiated into DST? Nannie Burroughs
At what convention was Mary McLeod Bethune initiated? 5th convention
The jewels representing the nine cardinal virtues are located on which Greek letter on the Delta
Pin? The Sigma
I will close my ears and seal my lips to slanderous gossip
I will take an active interest in the welfare 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 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 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 Vashti Turley Murphy
First of the Founders to enter into the Omega Omega on February 17, 1919 Mamie Reddy
Rose
First sergeant-at-arms of the Alpha Chapter; charter member of the Dallas Alumnae chapter
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 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 Florence Letcher
Toms
Accomplished pianist who taught school in Washington DC Olive Claire Jones
The first Vice President of Alpha Chapter, first Black teacher in Richmond County, NY; charter
member of the Queens Alumnae chapter Ethel Cuff Black
