Fraternity Education Set Review

Question 1

Steps of Parliamentary Procedure

Answer 1

After obtaining the floor,
1. Make the motion
[Say, “ Brother [name], Beta Chi Sigma Chapter. I move [state motion]”
2. Wait for a second.
3. Question is on the Floor.
4. Debate.
5. The chair restates the question.
6. Vote taken.
7. The chair states the results.

Question 2

What is the correct wording for a motion?

Answer 2

“I move…”

Question 3

With a video call, what is the proper way to take a vote?

Answer 3

Roll call is proper way.

Question 4

What is the wording for General Consent?

Answer 4

“If there are no objections…”

Question 5

Identify what a PRESIDENT of a chapter may do.

Answer 5

Serve as an ex-officio member of all committees EXCEPT the nominating committee.
CEO of the chapter.

Question 6

How many Vice-Presidents may a chapter have?

Answer 6

Two.
The first vice president assumes the role of president in his absence. Directors report to him, and he supervises all committees.
The second vice president assumes the role of first vice president and supervises the budget, fraternal relations, membership, and social affairs committees.
[Number depends on size of chapter]

Question 7

How many Secretaries may serve in a chapter?

Answer 7

Three.
The RECORDING secretary records the minutes, notifies Brothers of committees, and signs official documents.
The CORRESPONDING secretary receives and presents correspondence.
The FINANCIAL secretary collects the money.
[Number depends on size of chapter.]

Question 8

What does the TREASURER do?

Answer 8

Receives all funds from the Financial Secretary, deposits funds, and keeps accurate records.

Question 9

Who is the EXECUTIVE BOARD?

Answer 9

The elected officers of the chapter.

Question 10

What is PIA?

Answer 10

Program Implementation Assessment.
Electronic Format.
Community Initiatives.
Implementation Awards.

Question 11

What is CSAF?

Answer 11

Chapter Self Assessment Form.
Completed yearly.
Scholarships and academic achievement.
Membership Growth and Retention.
Chapter Operations and Risk Management.

Question 12

What are the deadlines? [not required]

Answer 12

PIA - January 23rd
CSAF - January 31st
Annual Chapter Report - February 9th

Question 13

Recite the Sigma Creed.

Answer 13

I believe in the principles of the Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity and my loyalty to these transcends all personal responsibility.

I believe that I should be a credit to the organization and that I should at all times safeguard its reputation with the best in conduct.

I believe in the unity of purpose as expressed in the motto - Culture for Service and Service for Humanity.

These things constitute the true test of a PHI BETA SIGMA MAN.

Question 14

Sing We are the Men of Sigma by Big Brother James A. Clark

Answer 14

We are the men of Sigma,
We are marching on to victory;
We are the men of Sigma
Victorious you see.

We are the men of Sigma,
To dare to do ‘til eternity.
Let us cheer, Rah! Rah!
Let us yell Men of Sigma,
The men of Sigma March On.

Question 15

Sing the Crescent Chant
Words by Big Brother John E. Bland
Arranged by Big Brother Richard Hadley

Answer 15

O Sigma dear, thou hast for years led brave men strong and free;
To thee we raise our hearts in song; We pledge our loyalty.

The cause is just, we’ll follow still with courage ever new;
Our souls fresh, thy manor fill with manhood pure and true.

To serve thee e’er in joy or pain, in sorrow or in strife,
We’ll still proclaim, in loud refrain, “Phi Beta is the life.”

Question 16

Fraternity Chapter Committees

Answer 16

Bigger and Better Business
Education
Social Action
Budget
Fraternal Relations
Membership
Social Affairs

Question 16

Sing The Fraternity Hymn

Answer 16

The founders of our wondrous band,
In numbers though were three,
Taught ideals high which soon became
A part of Phi.
Said they, “Our cause” let us make known
Oh brothers don’t dismay;
Fear not; fight on for in this wise
“Our cause speeds on its way.”
Fear not; fight on for in this wise
“Our cause speeds on its way.”

From western plains to eastern hills
There comes a shout of praise
A shout which tells of victory.
Bids “Beta Sigma” raise,
A shout which swells to loud hurrahs
And to us seems to say;
Fear not; fight on, for our cause
Speeds nobly on its way.
Fear not; fight on, for our cause
Speeds nobly on its way.

March on march on, ye mighty host,
Nor think the journey done,
Nor of future deeds to boast,
Till we’ve the victory won.
Then when we hear, from time to time,
“Sigma, what of the day?”
We’ll thunder back along the line:
“Our cause speeds on its way.”
We’ll thunder back along the line:
“Our cause speeds on its way.”

[HUM THE VERSE ANOTHER TIME]
Then when we hear, from time to time,
“Sigma, what of the day?”
We’ll thunder back along the line:
“Our cause speeds on its way.”
We’ll thunder back along the line:
“Our cause speeds on its way.”

Question 17

Recite the “SIGMAbet” [Be able to write capital and lowercase letters.]

Answer 17

SIGMA, Α α, Β β, Γ γ, Δ δ, Ε ε, Ζ ζ, Η η, Θ θ, Ι ι, Κ κ, Λ λ, Μ μ, Ν ν, Ξ ξ, Ο ο, Π π, Ρ ρ, Σ σ/ς, Τ τ, Υ υ, Φ φ, Χ χ, Ψ ψ, Ω ω, SIGMA.

Question 18

Sing Lift Every Voice and Sing

Answer 18

Lift Every Voice and Sing
James Weldon Johnson
1871 – 1938

Lift every voice and sing,
Till earth and heaven ring,
Ring with the harmonies of Liberty;
Let our rejoicing rise
High as the list’ning skies,
Let it resound loud as the rolling sea.
Sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us,
Sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us;
Facing the rising sun of our new day begun,
Let us march on till victory is won.

Stony the road we trod,
Bitter the chast’ning rod,
Felt in the days when hope unborn had died;
Yet with a steady beat,
Have not our weary feet
Come to the place for which our fathers sighed?
We have come over a way that with tears has been watered.
We have come, treading our path through the blood of the slaughtered,
Out from the gloomy past,
Till now we stand at last
Where the white gleam of our bright star is cast.

God of our weary years,
God of our silent tears,
Thou who hast brought us thus far on the way;
Thou who hast by Thy might,
Led us into the light,
Keep us forever in the path, we pray.
Lest our feet stray from the places, our God, where we met Thee,
Lest our hearts, drunk with the wine of the world, we forget Thee;
Shadowed beneath Thy hand,
May we forever stand,
True to our God,
True to our native land.