Protocol and Traditions

Question 1

Three raps

Answer 1

Stand

Question 2

Two raps

Answer 2

Affirm the sacred trust; affirm the sacred vow

Question 3

One rap

Answer 3

Be seated; attention; end of ceremony

Question 4

Sorority Pin

Answer 4

Designed by Founder Madree Penn White; contains the greek letters delta, sigma, theta (DST)

Question 5

Fortitude Pin

Answer 5

Commissioned and unveiled at Howard University in 1979

Question 6

Fundamental Principles

Answer 6

Embodied in the virtues of the 9 jewels and the Delta Oath

Question 7

Diamond Jubilee Pin

Answer 7

DREF contribution of $1000 or more

Question 8

Sorority Public Motto

Answer 8

Intelligence is the torch of wisdom

Question 9

Pyramid Public Motto

Answer 9

Scholarship, fellowship, service and the desire to attain all that would enoble.

Question 10

The Torch of Wisdom

Answer 10

Symbolizes the public motto and represented by the red candle during ritualistic ceremonies

Question 11

Who designed the Pyramid Pin?

Answer 11

The Epsilon chapter at The Ohio State University in 1920 at the Second National Convention

Question 12

What is the sorority emblem?

Answer 12

Minerva-the goddess of wisdom