Delta Achievement Test (Updated)
Sorority Motto and Induction
1. Sorority Sacred Motto: Induction of new members
2. Pyramid Public Motto: Scholarship, fellowship, service, and a desire
to attain all that would ennoble
3. Sorority Public Motto: "Intelligence is the torch of Wisdom"
4. Symbol of Public Motto: Torch of Wisdom (represented by the red
candle used during ritualistic ceremonies)
5. Sorority Emblem: The Goddess Minerva, the Goddess of Wisdom
Founding and History
6. University of Founding: Howard University
7. Year of Incorporation: 1930
8. First National Convention: Established the Grand Chapter
9. Convention Where Delta Hymn Was Adopted: 6th
10. Who Wrote the Delta Hymn?: Alice Dunbar Nelson and
Florence Cole Talbert
11. Who Wrote the Delta Oath?: Mary Church Terrell
12. When Was the Women’s Suffrage March?: March 1913
13. Delta Became Actively Involved in Civil Rights Movement
Under: Vivian Osborne Marsh
14. Omega Omega Established as a Memorial Chapter Under:
G. Dorothy Pelham Beckley
Symbols and Jewels
15. Nine Jewels of Delta Sigma Theta: Compassion, Courtesy,
Dedication, Fellowship, Fidelity, Honesty, Justice, Purity, Temperance
16. Courtesy Jewel Dedicated To: The mothers of the Deltas
17. Noble Cause Jewel Represents: Dedication
18. Jewel Dedicated to Deceased Sorors: Purity
Sorority Motto and Induction
1. Sorority Sacred Motto: Induction of new members
2. Pyramid Public Motto: Scholarship, fellowship, service, and a desire
to attain all that would ennoble
3. Sorority Public Motto: "Intelligence is the torch of Wisdom"
4. Symbol of Public Motto: Torch of Wisdom (represented by the red
candle used during ritualistic ceremonies)
5. Sorority Emblem: The Goddess Minerva, the Goddess of Wisdom
Founding and History
6. University of Founding: Howard University
7. Year of Incorporation: 1930
8. First National Convention: Established the Grand Chapter
9. Convention Where Delta Hymn Was Adopted: 6th
10. Who Wrote the Delta Hymn?: Alice Dunbar Nelson and
Florence Cole Talbert
11. Who Wrote the Delta Oath?: Mary Church Terrell
12. When Was the Women’s Suffrage March?: March 1913
13. Delta Became Actively Involved in Civil Rights Movement
Under: Vivian Osborne Marsh
14. Omega Omega Established as a Memorial Chapter Under:
G. Dorothy Pelham Beckley
Symbols and Jewels
15. Nine Jewels of Delta Sigma Theta: Compassion, Courtesy,
Dedication, Fellowship, Fidelity, Honesty, Justice, Purity, Temperance
16. Courtesy Jewel Dedicated To: The mothers of the Deltas
17. Noble Cause Jewel Represents: Dedication
18. Jewel Dedicated to Deceased Sorors: Purity
