ANSWERS FOR ALL COURSES, PERFECT FOR
STUDENTS PREPARING FOR MIDTERMS AND FINALS ”
Mission statemet - CORRECT ANSWER -
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Incorporated is an organization of college educated women commit
ted to the constructive development of its members and to public service with a primary focus
on the black community
Sorority Pin founder - CORRECT ANSWER -Madree Penn White
Who is Madree Penn White - CORRECT ANSWER -Founder and 2nd president of sisterhood
Pin is composed of what? - CORRECT ANSWER -3 greek letters of DST
The S in DST - CORRECT ANSWER -
composed of 9 jewels that represent 9 cardinal virtues that are the foundation of DST
What are the 9 virtues - CORRECT ANSWER -compassion
courtesy
dedication
fellowship
fidelity
honesty
justice
purity
temperance
,1st jewel in Sigma - CORRECT ANSWER -compassion
it is the essence of human spirit
-dedicated to the founders of DST
2nd jewel - CORRECT ANSWER -courtesy
-dedicated to mothers of Delta members
3rd jewel - CORRECT ANSWER -dedication
-dedicated to national presidents past/present
Nellie Quander - CORRECT ANSWER -
Grad member of A.K.A that wanted to keep A.K.A. and objected to name change
2 women who supported A.K.A name change - CORRECT ANSWER -Madree Penn White
Myra Davis Hemmings
Feb 18, 1913 - CORRECT ANSWER -
Delta's alpha chapter is granted a certificate of incorporation
DST early public service project - CORRECT ANSWER -
sorority adopted the children's ward at Freeman's hospital
December 27-30 1919 - CORRECT ANSWER -First national convention in Washington, D.C.
Who were the first honorary member(s) of DST- 1919 - CORRECT ANSWER -
Nannie H. Burroughs
Gabrielle Pelham
, Mary Church Terrell
1920 - CORRECT ANSWER -Grad chapters authorized
1921 - CORRECT ANSWER -May week established
1922 - CORRECT ANSWER -
establishing the housing fund, sinking fund, the scholarship award fund, and the college tuition
fund
1923 - CORRECT ANSWER -Mary McLeod Bethune, Honorary member intitiated
1924 - CORRECT ANSWER -Delta Hymn written and composed by sorors Alice Dunbar-
Nelson and Florence Cole Talbert
1925 - CORRECT ANSWER -Iota Chapter adopts Jabberwock
1927 - CORRECT ANSWER -
Vote to conduct national conventions biennially beginning with the 10th national convention in
1929
1930 - CORRECT ANSWER -
DST was incorporated by a record of incorporation filed in the Library of Congress in Washingt
on, DC
1931 - CORRECT ANSWER -First formal Delta Directory published
1934 - CORRECT ANSWER -First national handbook published