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What is being discrete? - ✔✔Showing discretion, keeping your business to yourself and not having anyone know your every move. How many founders are there? - ✔✔22 Illustrious Ladies Founders 1- 5 - ✔✔1. Osceola McCarthy Adams
- Marguerite Young Alexander
- Winona Cargile Alexander
- Ethel Cuff Black
- Bertha Pitts Campbell Founders 6- 10 - ✔✔1. Zephyr Chisom Carter
- Edna Brown Coleman
- Jessie McGuire Dent
- Frederica Chase Dodd
- Myra Davis Hemmings Founders 11- 15 - ✔✔1. Olive C. Jones
- Jimmie Bugg Middleton
- Pauline Oberdorfer Minor
- Vashti Turley Murphy
- Naomi Sewell Richardson Founders 16- 22 - ✔✔1. Mamie Reddy Rose
- Eliza Pearl Shippen
- Florence Letcher Toms
- Ethel Carr Watson
- Wertie Blackwell Weaver
- Madree Penn White
- Edith Motte Young What does Crimson and Cream symbolize? - ✔✔Purity, Courage, Wisdom When was Delta Sigma Theta founded? - ✔✔January 13, 1913 On what campus was DST founded? - ✔✔Howard University What is DST founded on? - ✔✔Scholarship, sisterhood, and community service When was DST incorporated? - ✔✔ 1930 When was the Delta Rho Chapter founded on ASU campus? - ✔✔November 22, 1952 (61 years)
What are the 9 jewels? - ✔✔1. Compassion 4. Fellowship 7. Justice
- Courtesy 5. Fidelity 8. Purity
- Dedication 6. Honesty 9. Temperance What is DST Motto? - ✔✔"Intelligence is the torch of Wisdom" Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity - ✔✔Cornell University; 190 6 Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority - ✔✔Howard University; 1908 Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity - ✔✔Indiana University; 1911 Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority - ✔✔Butler University; 1922 Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity - ✔✔Howard University; 1914 Zeta Phi Beta Fraternity - ✔✔Howard University; 1920 Iota Phi Theta Fraternity - ✔✔Morgan State University; 1963 Where is Lady of Fortitude located? - ✔✔on campus of Howard University
Who created Lady of Fortitude? - ✔✔James King What does Lady of Fortitude symbolize? - ✔✔Strength, Courage, Hope, Wisdom, Beauty, Feminity What do the facial features represent? - ✔✔Depicts courage and determination What do the outreached hands represent? - ✔✔The re-coding of love as well as the giving of oneself to others The statue is shown pushing forward, the tension on her thigh - ✔✔Rep. of her strength What is fortitude? - ✔✔Stands to inspire women to move forcefully forward to meet life's challenges Where are the African Violets located? - ✔✔Live in moist humid jungles of Africa The African Violet - ✔✔Like the deltas, the violets can stand alone and still reflect beauty What does the Elephant symbolize? - ✔✔Strength and determination
Epsilon Chapter - ✔✔Established at Ohio State University on Nov 19, 1919 December 28, 1947 - ✔✔Jabberwook was formally adopted and copyrighted by DST
