Delta Sigma Theta Review

The Nine Jewels: Compassion, Courtesy, Dedication, Fellowship, Fidelity, Honesty, Justice, Purity, Temperance

Honorary Member established home for unwanted babies:

Name four (4) National Committees:

Omega Omega was established as a Memorial Chapter:

Helped lobby Delta Sigma Theta to participate in the march for Women’s Suffrage:

About the Fundamental Principles:

Teacher for more than 30 years then began a career as a dramatic performer:

What were the first two graduate (now called alumnae) chapters authorized by Delta Sigma Theta?

First President of the Alpha Chapter; was an active member of the NAACP and the National Council of Negro Women:

Office of 2nd National Vice President created:

Became a music teacher in the Washington, D.C. school system:

Designed the ceremony for inducting Honorary Members:

This Honorary Member was a special correspondent for CNN:

Last surviving Founder in 1993; taught in East St. Louis Ill, Princeton, NJ, & New York, NY; married member of A Phi A:

Graduate Chapters were authorized:

Who currently serves as National First Vice President?

Which pin was commissioned by the Sorority and unveiled at Howard University in 1979?

First Sergeant-at-Arms of the Alpha Chapter; charter member of the Dallas Alumnae Chapter:

First Corresponding Secretary of Alpha Chapter; instrumental in integrating the Galveston Public School System:

Who currently serves as National Second Vice President?

Honors outstanding women in government service:

Which Honorary Member wrote the Delta Oath?

How many principles provide the overall framework for all of the initiation activities?

Strongly enforced the Sorority's regulations and laws; delegates voted to hold National Convention every two years:

President when the 1st National Convention was held:

Executive Director of National Headquarters:

What is the Sorority's Public Motto?

First Doctrine published and Leadership Academy established:

About the Diamond Jubilee Pin:

About the Pyramid Public Motto:

What are the five (5) components of the Minerva Circle of Identity?

This Jewel is dedicated to the deceased Sorors of Delta Sigma Theta.

The Jewel Courtesy is dedicated to what group?

Delta Sigma Theta was incorporated in what year?

Appointed to the Civil Rights Commission by President Lyndon B. Johnson:

Tribute to the arts & artists:

Who currently serves as National Secretary?

Graduated from the first public high school for Blacks in the U.S. known as Dunbar H.S. in Washington, D.C.:

About the Pyramid Pin:

Name one of the first three (3) Honorary members initiated into Delta Sigma Theta.

The mortgage of Delta’s first Headquarters building was burned:

The Jewels representing the Nine Cardinal Virtues are located on which Greek letter on the Delta Pin?

Who currently serves as National Treasurer?

Which international location is included in the Fabulous Farwest region?

Theme was “Every Delta in the House”:

Special emphasis on Reclamation and Retention:

In what year was Mary McLeod Bethune initiated?

Showed EleanorRoosevelt to parents at the John Wesley AMEZion Church in 1945;had interactions with multiple USPresidents

Name the writers of the Delta National Hymn.

First Executive Director hired:

“Fortitude” commissioned and presented to Howard University as a tribute to the Founders:

Excellent musician and graduated as valedictorian of the Teachers College:

Taught at Claflin College in Orangeburg, S.C.:

About the Torch of Wisdom:

Supports and sustains commitment to HBCUs:

Author of the novel “The Valley of the Poor” about poor Blacks in the South:

The first VP of Alpha Chapter; first Black teacher in Richmond County, NY; charter member of the Queens Alumnae Chapter:

Online registration implemented for Regional Conference and National Convention:

Honors achievement in field of communication:

Emphasis on education; focus on voting & women, employment practices, and purchases of war bonds and ambulances:

Collegiate Chapter with the highest GPA:

A bronze statue of a Black woman - arms are broken:

DREF granted non-governmental status at the United Nations:

First Custodian(Historian)of the Alpha Chapter;was the first Black social worker with New York City and County Charities

President and valedictorian of her graduating class; married a Founder of Omega Psi Phi:

An educator from Louisiana, regarded as “A Leader with a Servant’s Heart”:

National Headquarters was established:

Served as the Grand Treasurer of the national organization; served as Directress of the Harlem School of the Arts:

Dr. Betty Shabazz Delta Academy started:

Born in Chicago, IL; studied two foreign languages; helped in the purchase of a sorority house at the Univ of Illinois:

Outstanding contributions to African American heritage:

Capital Funds Campaign implemented:

On what university campus was Delta Sigma Theta Sorority founded?

National Boards were created as part of the organizational structure:

The National Commission on Arts & Letters was established:

What National Officers are appointed for National Convention only?

Appointed to serve on several commissions by Presidents Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon:

The only Founder to receive a doctorate degree:

About the Sorority Emblem:

Who currently serves as International President and Chair, Board of Directors?

What convention was Grand Chapter created?

Honors work in the field of civil rights and social justice:

About the Sorority Pin:

Regional Conferences approved:

Five Point Projects (now Five Point Programmatic Thrust) established:

Delta Academy II – Delta GEMS established:

Gifted singer and actress who harnessed her vocal powers and sang for TV shows:

The “SEE” Program was implemented:

The National Pan-Hellenic Council was formed:

At what convention was the Delta Hymn adopted?

Delta became actively involved in the civil rights movement:

About the Fortitude Pin:

Formed partnership with Habitat for Humanity to build 22 homes:

What is the Sorority’s Most Sacred Trust?

What is the meaning of the Jewel Dedication?

Was from the small town of Belton, South Carolina:

Who designed the Sorority Crest?

Born in Winfield, Kansas and participated in the March on Washington in 1913 and 1981:

Teen Lift Program was established:

Social Action Award: