DAT TEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2025
Mission Statement - .....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
The Sorority Pin - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ The middle
letter, the Sigma has 9 jewels that represent the Nine
Cardinal Virtues that are the foundation of Delta Sigma
Theta
These virtues are: Compassion, Courtesy, Dedication,
Fellowship, Fidelity, Honesty, Justice, Purity, and
Temperance
The first Jewel in the Sigma is... - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
Compassion!
This jewel is dedicated to the Founders of Delta Sigma
Theta Sorority, Incorporated
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The Second Jewel in the Sigma is... - .....ANSWER
...✔✔ Courtesy!
This jewel is dedicated to the mothers of Delta members
The third jewel in the Sigma is... - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
Dedication!
This jewel is dedicated to the National Presidents, past
and present.
Alpha Chapter history - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ The
members agreed that the Sorority should become a
chartered organization at Howard University
In 1919.. - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ First honorary members
of DST: Nannie H Burroughs, Gabrielle Pelham, Mary
Church Terrell
In 1923.. - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Mary McLeod Bethune,
Honorary Member, initiated
Osceola Macarthy Adams - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ She
taught drama at Bennett College and served as
Directress of the Harlem School of the Arts
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Marguerite Young Alexander - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
Was born in Chicago, Illinois
Winona Cargile Alexander - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ She
was Alpha Chapter's first custodian
Ethel Cuff Black - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ First Vice
President of Alpha Chapter
Became a social studies teacher
Charter member of Queens (NY) Alumnae Chapter
Bertha Pitts Campbell - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Was born
in Winfield, Kansas
On March 3, 1913, she participated in the Women's
Suffrage March
She repeated this momentous walk on August 2, 1981
Zephyr Chisom Carter - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Founder
Zephyr Chisom Carter was a very gifted woman who
was not only a singer, but an actress as well
She harnessed her vocal powers and sang for television
shows
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Edna Brown Coleman - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ She was
extremely dedicated and studious and graduated from
Howard in 1913 as valedictorian and class president
Jessie McGuire Dent - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Was the
first corresponding secretary of Alpha Chapter
She became a teacher in the Galveston School District
She battled the Galveston School District in court and
won equal wages for Black teachers
Frederica Chase Dodd - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ She was
the first sergeant-at-arms of Alpha Chapter
Myra Davis Hemmings - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ She
served as president of Alpha Chapter of Delta Sigma
Theta Sorority
Olive Claire Jones - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Founder Olive
Jones became a music teacher in the Washington, DC
public school system
Jimmie Bugg Middleton - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ She
helped lobby Delta Sigma Theta to participate in the
march for women's suffrage