Delta Sigma Theta Practice
Test
1. Mission Statement: 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
2. At what national convention was Grand Chapter created?: 1st national con- vention
3. To whom or to what group is the jewel Temperance dedicated?: National Staff
4. What was the purpose of the National Vigilance Committee?: To keep in touch with political and civic activities of
the country as they affect the negro race
5. Name the Nine Jewels: Compassion, Courtesy, Dedication, Fellowship, Fidelity, Honesty, Justice, Purity,
Temperance
6. Delta Sigma Theta was incorporated in what year?: 1930
7. The Jewel Compassion is dedicated to whom or what group in Delta?: -
Founders
8. Which Honorary Member wrote the Delta Oath?: Mary Church Terrell
9. What three chapters were in attendance at the First National Convention?-
: Alpha, Gamma, Epsilon
10.What is the meaning of Jewel Dedication?: To a noble cause is one of humanity's highest calling and an
act of consecration
11.Name the elements of the Minerva Circle of Identify?: sisterhood, Black, college, women, public service
12.Who designed the Sorority Crest?: F. Ailene Marks and Jeannette Tripplet Jones
13.On what university campus was Delta Sigma Theta Sorority founded?: -
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Howard University
14.Name the writers of the Delta Sigma Theta National Hymn: Alice Dunbar Nelson and Florence Cole
Talbert
15.What were the first two graduate (now called alumnae) chapters authorized by Delta Sigma Theta?: New
York City and Washington D.C.
16.What is the purpose of Jubilee Year established in 1929?: hundreds of Delta women would rededicate
themselves to the sorority
17.Please name the four funds established under first national president Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander:
Housing fund, sinking fund, scholarship award fund, college tuition fund
18.How many principles provide the overall framework for all of the initiation activities?: Nine
19.Who was the first Honorary Member initiated into DST?: Nannie Burroughs
20.At what convention was Mary McLeod Bethune initiated?: 5th convention
21.The jewels representing the nine cardinal virtues are located on which Greek letter on the Delta Pin?:
The Sigma
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22.I will close my ears: and seal my lips to slanderous gossip
23.I will take an active interest in the welfare: of my country, using my influence toward the enactment of laws for
the protection of the unfortunate and weak and for the repeal of those depriving human beings of their privilieges and
rights
24.I will never belittle any race: and will try to persuade others to take the same just stand
25.Born in El Paso, Texas; featured in the Crisis Magazine in 1913; reporter for the Alpha Chapter, gifted singer
and actress who harnessed her vocal powers and sang for TV shows: Zephyr Chisom Carter
26.Mother of five daughters, four of whom became Deltas; member of the Bal- timore Branch of the National
Association of College Women; Dunbar: Vashti Turley Murphy
27.First of the Founders to enter into the Omega Omega on February 17, 1919: Mamie Reddy Rose
28.First sergeant-at-arms of the Alpha Chapter; charter member of the Dallas Alumnae chapter: Frederica
Chase Dodd
29.First Custodian (historian) of the Alpha Chapter; was the first black social worker with the New York City
and New York County charities: Winona Cargile Alexander
30.Presented First lady Eleanor Roosevelt to parents at the John Wesley AME Zion Church in 1946. Had
interactions with mutiple presidents including Taft and Kennedy: Florence Letcher Toms
31.Accomplished pianist who taught school in Washington DC: Olive Claire Jones
32.The first Vice President of Alpha Chapter, first Black teacher in Richmond County, NY; charter member of
the Queens Alumnae chapter: Ethel Cuff Black
33.Served as the Recording Secretary of the Alpha Chapter; taught Claflin College in Orangeburg, SC:
Test
1. Mission Statement: 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
2. At what national convention was Grand Chapter created?: 1st national con- vention
3. To whom or to what group is the jewel Temperance dedicated?: National Staff
4. What was the purpose of the National Vigilance Committee?: To keep in touch with political and civic activities of
the country as they affect the negro race
5. Name the Nine Jewels: Compassion, Courtesy, Dedication, Fellowship, Fidelity, Honesty, Justice, Purity,
Temperance
6. Delta Sigma Theta was incorporated in what year?: 1930
7. The Jewel Compassion is dedicated to whom or what group in Delta?: -
Founders
8. Which Honorary Member wrote the Delta Oath?: Mary Church Terrell
9. What three chapters were in attendance at the First National Convention?-
: Alpha, Gamma, Epsilon
10.What is the meaning of Jewel Dedication?: To a noble cause is one of humanity's highest calling and an
act of consecration
11.Name the elements of the Minerva Circle of Identify?: sisterhood, Black, college, women, public service
12.Who designed the Sorority Crest?: F. Ailene Marks and Jeannette Tripplet Jones
13.On what university campus was Delta Sigma Theta Sorority founded?: -
, Delta Sigma Theta Practice
Test
Howard University
14.Name the writers of the Delta Sigma Theta National Hymn: Alice Dunbar Nelson and Florence Cole
Talbert
15.What were the first two graduate (now called alumnae) chapters authorized by Delta Sigma Theta?: New
York City and Washington D.C.
16.What is the purpose of Jubilee Year established in 1929?: hundreds of Delta women would rededicate
themselves to the sorority
17.Please name the four funds established under first national president Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander:
Housing fund, sinking fund, scholarship award fund, college tuition fund
18.How many principles provide the overall framework for all of the initiation activities?: Nine
19.Who was the first Honorary Member initiated into DST?: Nannie Burroughs
20.At what convention was Mary McLeod Bethune initiated?: 5th convention
21.The jewels representing the nine cardinal virtues are located on which Greek letter on the Delta Pin?:
The Sigma
, Delta Sigma Theta Practice
Test
22.I will close my ears: and seal my lips to slanderous gossip
23.I will take an active interest in the welfare: of my country, using my influence toward the enactment of laws for
the protection of the unfortunate and weak and for the repeal of those depriving human beings of their privilieges and
rights
24.I will never belittle any race: and will try to persuade others to take the same just stand
25.Born in El Paso, Texas; featured in the Crisis Magazine in 1913; reporter for the Alpha Chapter, gifted singer
and actress who harnessed her vocal powers and sang for TV shows: Zephyr Chisom Carter
26.Mother of five daughters, four of whom became Deltas; member of the Bal- timore Branch of the National
Association of College Women; Dunbar: Vashti Turley Murphy
27.First of the Founders to enter into the Omega Omega on February 17, 1919: Mamie Reddy Rose
28.First sergeant-at-arms of the Alpha Chapter; charter member of the Dallas Alumnae chapter: Frederica
Chase Dodd
29.First Custodian (historian) of the Alpha Chapter; was the first black social worker with the New York City
and New York County charities: Winona Cargile Alexander
30.Presented First lady Eleanor Roosevelt to parents at the John Wesley AME Zion Church in 1946. Had
interactions with mutiple presidents including Taft and Kennedy: Florence Letcher Toms
31.Accomplished pianist who taught school in Washington DC: Olive Claire Jones
32.The first Vice President of Alpha Chapter, first Black teacher in Richmond County, NY; charter member of
the Queens Alumnae chapter: Ethel Cuff Black
33.Served as the Recording Secretary of the Alpha Chapter; taught Claflin College in Orangeburg, SC:
