Key Concepts and Practice Questions
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated was organized on the campus of - ANS✔✔ Howard
University in Washington, D.C., in 1908
The inspiration for establishing Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated came from - ANS✔✔
Ethel Hedgeman Lyle
By whom was Ethel Hedgeman Lyle influenced? - ANS✔✔ Tremain Robinson and Elizabeth Appa
Cook, school teachers
The first president of Alpha Kappa Alpha was - ANS✔✔ Lucy Diggs Slowe
How are chapter program activities determined? - ANS✔✔ By the International Program
Committee, as defined by the Supreme Basileus
Undergraduates may hold which of the following offices? - ANS✔✔ Second Supreme Anti-
Basileus and Member-at-Large
All of these are standing committees of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, except -
ANS✔✔ Scholarship
The Director of the International Region is - ANS✔✔ Carrie J. Clark
A transfer of the membership must be issued by - ANS✔✔ Alpha Kappa Alpha Corporate Office
The colors of Alpha Kappa Alpha - ANS✔✔ Salmon Pink and Apple Green
, The official flower of Alpha Kappa Alpha is the - ANS✔✔ Pink Tea Rose
Membership in Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated may be classified as
______________. - ANS✔✔ Undergraduate, Graduate, General, Associate, Honorary, Life
How often does the Boule meet? - ANS✔✔ Biennially (every 2 years)
How many individuals were in the original group? - ANS✔✔ 9
What are the names of the original founders of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.? - ANS✔✔
Ethel Hedgeman Lyle, Anna Easter Brown, Beulah Burke, Lillie Burke, Marjorie Hill, Margaret
Flagg Holmes, Lavinia Norman, Lucy Diggs Slowe, Marie Woolfolk Taylor
Name two facts about Ethel Hedgeman Lyle - ANS✔✔ Named honorary Basileus (president) at
1926 Boule—a title she carried until her death, which no other woman has held and taught
music
Name two facts about Anna Easter Brown - ANS✔✔ First Tamiouchos Alpha Chapter & Taught
31 years in Rocky Mount, NC
Name two facts about Beulah Burke - ANS✔✔ Created organization name, motto & colors &
Taught Latin, German & English in Georgia & in Kansas City, MO
Name two facts about Lillie Burke - ANS✔✔ Co-created organization motto & Participated in
organizing Xi Omega Chapter
Name two facts about Marjorie Hill - ANS✔✔ First Ivy Beyond the Wall and Taught at Morgan
college in Lynchburg, VA