DTS Information (Final)
Official Colors - correct answer ✔✔"Crimson" = courage
"Cream" = purity
Why did they split from AKA? - correct answer ✔✔Change in philosophy, wanted to be more than just
social. Not just female alpha phi alphas
Liberal Arts (old standard) ----> School of Education (shift)
What was the first Public act performed by the Delta founders? - correct answer ✔✔Their participation
in the Women's Suffrage March in Washington D.C., March 1913
Mission Statement - correct answer ✔✔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.
Motto - correct answer ✔✔"Intelligence is the torch of Wisdom"
What date was Delta Sigma Theta Founded? - correct answer ✔✔January 13, 1913
What year was Delta Sigma Theta incorporated? - correct answer ✔✔1930
On what campus was DST founded? - correct answer ✔✔Howard University in Washington, D.C.
Who created the oath? - correct answer ✔✔Mary Church Terrell 1914
I will strive to reach the highest educational, moral and spiritual efficiency which I can possibly attain, I
will never lower my aims for any temporary benefit which might be gained. I will endeavor to preserve
my health, for however great one's mental and moral strength may be, physical weakness prevents the
, accomplishment of much that otherwise might be done. I will close my ears and seal my lips to
slanderous gossip. I will labor to ennoble the ideals and purify the atmosphere of the home. I will always
protest against the double standard of morals. I will take an active interest in the welfare of my country,
using my influence toward the enactment of lawas for the protection of the unfortunate and weak and
for the repeal of those depriving human beings of their privileges and rights. I will never belittle any race
and will try to persuade others to take the same just stand. I will not shrink from undertaking what
seems wise and good because handicaps or obstacles of any kind confornt me, but striving to preserve a
calm mind with a courageous spirit, barring btterness from my heart, I will strive all the more earnestly
to reach the goal.
What is DST founded on? - correct answer ✔✔Scholarship, sisterhood, and community service
How many Woman founded Delta? - correct answer ✔✔22 illustrious and game changing women
Delta programs - correct answer ✔✔EMBODI(Empowering Males to Build Opportunities for Developing
Independence)- help young boys/men reach their fullest potential educationally, socially, and
emotionally.
Dr. Betty Shabazz Delta Academy- Made to save or protect young females (11-14) from academic failure,
low self esteem, and a crippled future. Provides local chapter to enhance the education in public
Financial Fortitude- the current Economic Development program initiative of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority,
Incorporated. Financial Fortitude is a process that will help program participants to set and define goals,
develop a plan to achieve them, and to put the plan into action
Mascot (Unofficial) - correct answer ✔✔Elephant
trunk represent = The uplifted trunk represents high goals
Florence Toms (original member) collected them personally and her collection was then donated to the
organization by husband when she died
Official Flower - correct answer ✔✔"African Violet"
Live in moist humid jungles of Africa
Official Colors - correct answer ✔✔"Crimson" = courage
"Cream" = purity
Why did they split from AKA? - correct answer ✔✔Change in philosophy, wanted to be more than just
social. Not just female alpha phi alphas
Liberal Arts (old standard) ----> School of Education (shift)
What was the first Public act performed by the Delta founders? - correct answer ✔✔Their participation
in the Women's Suffrage March in Washington D.C., March 1913
Mission Statement - correct answer ✔✔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.
Motto - correct answer ✔✔"Intelligence is the torch of Wisdom"
What date was Delta Sigma Theta Founded? - correct answer ✔✔January 13, 1913
What year was Delta Sigma Theta incorporated? - correct answer ✔✔1930
On what campus was DST founded? - correct answer ✔✔Howard University in Washington, D.C.
Who created the oath? - correct answer ✔✔Mary Church Terrell 1914
I will strive to reach the highest educational, moral and spiritual efficiency which I can possibly attain, I
will never lower my aims for any temporary benefit which might be gained. I will endeavor to preserve
my health, for however great one's mental and moral strength may be, physical weakness prevents the
, accomplishment of much that otherwise might be done. I will close my ears and seal my lips to
slanderous gossip. I will labor to ennoble the ideals and purify the atmosphere of the home. I will always
protest against the double standard of morals. I will take an active interest in the welfare of my country,
using my influence toward the enactment of lawas for the protection of the unfortunate and weak and
for the repeal of those depriving human beings of their privileges and rights. I will never belittle any race
and will try to persuade others to take the same just stand. I will not shrink from undertaking what
seems wise and good because handicaps or obstacles of any kind confornt me, but striving to preserve a
calm mind with a courageous spirit, barring btterness from my heart, I will strive all the more earnestly
to reach the goal.
What is DST founded on? - correct answer ✔✔Scholarship, sisterhood, and community service
How many Woman founded Delta? - correct answer ✔✔22 illustrious and game changing women
Delta programs - correct answer ✔✔EMBODI(Empowering Males to Build Opportunities for Developing
Independence)- help young boys/men reach their fullest potential educationally, socially, and
emotionally.
Dr. Betty Shabazz Delta Academy- Made to save or protect young females (11-14) from academic failure,
low self esteem, and a crippled future. Provides local chapter to enhance the education in public
Financial Fortitude- the current Economic Development program initiative of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority,
Incorporated. Financial Fortitude is a process that will help program participants to set and define goals,
develop a plan to achieve them, and to put the plan into action
Mascot (Unofficial) - correct answer ✔✔Elephant
trunk represent = The uplifted trunk represents high goals
Florence Toms (original member) collected them personally and her collection was then donated to the
organization by husband when she died
Official Flower - correct answer ✔✔"African Violet"
Live in moist humid jungles of Africa
