NOTES AND STRUCTURED SORORITY INTAKE
OVERVIEW GUIDE
◉ The inspiration for establishing Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority,
Incorporated came from. Answer: Ethel Hedgemen Lyle
◉ By whom was Ethel Hedgeman Lyle influenced?. Answer: Tremain
Robinson & Elizabeth Appa Cook, schoolteachers
◉ The first president of Alpha Kappa Alpha was. Answer: Lucy Diggs
Slowe
◉ How are chapter program activities determined?. Answer: By the
International Program Committee, as defined by the Supreme
Basileus
◉ An activity for intensive national study of organizational ideas,
structure and techniques of group leadership is known as. Answer:
Leadership Seminar
◉ Undergraduates may hold which of the following offices?. Answer:
Second Supreme Anti-Basileus and Member-at-Large
,◉ All of these are standing committees of Alpha Kappa Alpha
Sorority, Incorporated except. Answer: Scholarship
◉ The Director of the International Region is. Answer: International
Regional Director
◉ A transfer of the membership must be issued by. Answer: Alpha
Kappa Alpha Corporate Office
◉ The colors of Alpha Kappa Alpha are salmon pink and apple green
and the official flower is the. Answer: Pink Tea Rose
◉ Membership in the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated may
be classified as. Answer: Undergraduate, graduate, general,
associate, honorary, and life
◉ How often does the Boule meet?. Answer: Biennially
◉ How many individuals were in the original group? Name and tell 2
facts about each person. Answer: 9, 1. Ethel Hedgeman Lyle( Named
honorary Basileus (president) at 1926 Boule—a title she carried
until her death & which no other
, woman has held. & taught music). 2. Anna Easter Brown (First
Tamiouchos Alpha Chapter & Taught 31 years in Rocky Mount, NC).
3. Beulah Burkes (Created organization name, motto & colors &
Taught Latin, German & English in Georgia & in Kansas City, MO). 4.
Lillie Burke (Co-created organization motto & Participated in
organizing Xi Omega Chapter) 5. Marjorie Hill (first Ivy Beyond the
Wall &Taught at Morgan College in Lynchburg, VA) 6. Margaret Flagg
Holmes (Member first Constitution & Bylaws Committee & Avid
traveleler). 7. Lavinia Norman (Presided over the first Ivy Day
celebration & Celebrated 100th birthday with a gala party) 8. Lucy
Diggs Slowe (First Basileus (president) Alpha Chapter & Drafted
organization's constitution). 9. Marie Taylor (Celebrated 100th
birthday with a gala party &
◉ When was Alpha Kappa Alpha founded?. Answer: January 15,
1908
◉ The Domestic Travel Tour was. Answer: A one-week tour of cities
which are significant to Black history
◉ When was AKA incorporated?. Answer: January 29, 1913
◉ In February 1928, seven students were admitted into the sorority
without initiation. List these individuals. Answer: Joanna Berry,
Norma Boyd, Ethel Jones, Sara Merriweather, Alice Murray, Carrie
Snowden and Harriet Terry